Nóel Atli Arnórsson (born 30 September 2006) is an Icelandic professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club AaB.

Career

Arnórsson joined AaB at the age of 11, moving from Aalborg KFUM. At AaB, Arnórsson worked his way up through the club's youth academy, and in August 2023 made his first-team debut when he was substituted in a

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match against Egen UI. He became the 11th youngest player to make his debut for AaB's first team when he was just 16 years and 319 days old. The following month he made another appearance in a cup match. On 11 October 2023, Arnórsson signed a new contract with AaB until the end of 2026. On 10 March 2024, Arnórsson made his league debut in the

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when he was in the starting lineup against

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. Young Arnórsson finished the season with eight league games and two cup games for AaB's first team. Ahead of the 2024–25 season, Arnórsson was permanently promoted to the first team squad. Davidsen made his

debut on 19 July 2024, where he was in the starting lineup in the season opener against

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. In September 2024 Arnórsson was injured in a match against

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. He was back again in late October, playing matches for the U-19 team, but in November he was injured again during a U-19 match, which would keep him out for the rest of the year.

Personal life

Nóel Atli Arnórsson is the son of former Icelandic handball player

Arnór Atlason Arnór Atlason (born 23 July 1984) is an Icelandic retired handball player. He is the current head coach of TTH Holstebro, and assistant coach of the Iceland men's national handball team. Career Arnór proved to be one of the best players in ...

, who had an illustrious career as a player for the Icelandic national team and as a player and assistant coach for

Aalborg Håndbold Aalborg Handball () is a professional handball club from Aalborg, Denmark that competes in the Danish Handball League. Aalborg Håndbold play their home games in the Gigantium arena in Aalborg – known as Jutlander Bank Arena for sponsorship rea ...

. Nóel is the grandson of former Icelandic handball player

Atli Hilmarsson Atli Hilmarsson (born 23 December 1959) is an Icelandic former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nóel Atli Arnorsson 2006 births Living people Icelandic men's footballers 21st-century Icelandic sportsmen Men's association football central defenders Iceland men's youth international footballers Iceland men's under-21 international footballers Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players AaB Fodbold players Icelandic expatriate men's footballers Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark