Stefán Teitur Þórðarson (born 16 October 1998) is an Icelandic professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for club
Preston North End and the
Iceland national team.
Club career
On 9 July 2024, Stefán Teitur signed for
Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
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club
Preston North End on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
After a good spell of starts, Stefán got his first goal for the club bending a beautiful finish into the far corner in a 2–1 win over Middlesbrough.
International career
Stefán has played youth international games for the Icelandic U-21s. In January 2020 he made his senior international debut in a match against
Canada
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, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute for
Aron Elís Þrándarson.
Personal life
Stefán Teitur is from a huge family of footballers. He is the son of
Þórður Þórðarson, a goalkeeper who played one senior international for Iceland. Stefán Teitur's father's brother is
Stefán Þór Þórðarson who played six senior internationals for Iceland, scoring once. Stefán Teitur's grandfather's brothers are
Ólafur Þórðarson who was capped 72 times by Iceland, scoring 5 goals, and
Teitur Þórðarson who was capped 41 times by Iceland, scoring 9 goals, before coming a well-traveled manager. Stefán Teitur's great-grandfather was
Þórður Þórðarson who scored 9 goals in 16 caps for Iceland. In addition Stefán Teitur's older brother, Þórður Þorsteinn Þórðarson, is a regular player in the Icelandic top tier and his cousin, Oliver Stefánsson, son of Stefán Þór, is contracted to
IFK Norrköping
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.
Going further back, through his great-great-grandmother (mother of Þórður Þórðarson, born 1930) he is related to
Pétur Pétursson, who got 41 caps for Iceland, scoring 11 goals. Through his great-grandmother (wife of Þórður Þórðarson, born 1930) he is related to
Árni Sveinsson, who got 50 caps for Iceland, scoring 4 goals, Sveinn Teitsson, who got 22 caps and 2 goals for Iceland and
Sigursteinn Gíslason, who got 22 caps for Iceland.
Career statistics
Club
International goals
:''Iceland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Stefán goal''.
Honours
Silkeborg
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Danish Cup
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The winner will ...
:
2023–24
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The Atlantic Cup: 2024
References
External links
Profileat the Preston North End F.C. website
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