| Samúel Friðjónsson | |
| Fullname: | Samúel Kári Friðjónsson[1] |
| Birth Date: | 22 February 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Reykjanesbær, Iceland[2] |
| Height: | 1.85 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | –2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Keflavík |
| Youthyears2: | 2013–2016 |
| Youthclubs2: | Reading |
| Years1: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs1: | Keflavík |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2013–2016 |
| Clubs2: | Reading |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2016–2020 |
| Clubs3: | Vålerenga |
| Caps3: | 28 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2019 |
| Clubs4: | → Viking (loan) |
| Caps4: | 28 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2020 |
| Clubs5: | SC Paderborn |
| Caps5: | 5 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs6: | Viking |
| Caps6: | 48 |
| Goals6: | 7 |
| Years7: | 2022–2024 |
| Clubs7: | Atromitos |
| Caps7: | 44 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011–2012 |
| Nationalteam1: | Iceland U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2013–2014 |
| Nationalteam2: | Iceland U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 20 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 3 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2015–2018 |
| Nationalteam3: | Iceland U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam4: | Iceland |
| Nationalcaps4: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 8 January 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 14:31, 18 January 2020 (UTC) |
Samúel Kári Friðjónsson (born 22 February 1996) is an Icelandic professional footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Greek Super League club Atromitos and the Iceland national team.
Samúel joined Reading in March 2013 to train with the club before his two-year contract with the club began on 1 July 2013.[3] Samúel extended his contract with Reading for another year on 22 May 2015.[4] On 9 May 2016, Reading announced that Samúel's contract would not be renewed and that he would become a free agent at the end of his contract on 30 June 2016.[5]
On 16 June 2016, Samúel signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Vålerenga, to start on 1 July 2016 when his Reading contract expired.[6]
Samúel made his debut for Vålerenga on 2 July 2017, coming on as a 65th-minute substitute for Bård Finne in Vålerenga's 0–0 away draw against Brann.[7]
On 30 January 2019, Samúel joined Viking on loan until the end of the 2019 season.[8]
On 18 January 2020, SC Paderborn announced the signing of Samúel on a contract until 30 June 2022.[9]
Samúel rejoined Viking in October 2020, having agreed the termination of his contract with SC Paderborn. He signed a contract until 2022.[10]
Samúel represented the Icelandic U-17 national team on 11 occasions between 2011 and 2012, scoring twice, with his debut coming on 2 August 2011, in a 3–1 win over Sweden U-17.[11] Samúel went on to represent the U-19 team twenty times between 2013 and 2014, scoring three times, with his debut coming in a 1–1 home draw against Denmark.[11] On 26 March 2015, Samúel made his debut for the U-21 team in their 3–0 defeat to Romania.[11] Samúel made his debut for Iceland on 11 January 2018 in an unofficial friendly against Indonesia Selection.[12]
Samúel was called up to Iceland's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 11 May 2018.[13]
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup[14] | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Keflavík | 2012 | Úrvalsdeild | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | [15] | ||
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | |||
| Reading | 2013–14 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| Vålerenga | 2016 | Eliteserien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | [16] | |||
| 2017 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 2 | ||||||
| 2018 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | – | |||
| Viking (loan) | 2019 | Eliteserien | 28 | 2 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 33 | 4 | ||||
| SC Paderborn | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Viking | 2020 | Eliteserien | 7 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 2021 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 28 | 6 | ||||||
| 2022 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | 27 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 48 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 62 | 10 | – | |||
| Atromitos | 2022–23 | Superleague Greece | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 2 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 3 | ||||||
| Career total | 148 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 178 | 20 | – | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 2018 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 8 | 0 | ||