Arnór Ingvi Traustason


Arnór Ingvi Traustason is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for Swedish club Malmö FF as a midfielder. He was named as the most promising player of the 2013 Úrvalsdeild after the season by his fellow Úrvalsdeild players.

Club career

Arnór Ingvi signed with Rapid Wien in the summer of 2016.
On 5 July 2017, AEK Athens announced the signing of Traustason on a one-year loan deal with a purchase option of €1 million for the summer of 2018. On 26 October 2017, he scored his first goal for the club in 7–0 away win against Apollon Larissa for the Greek Cup.
He was officially set for release from the club on 4 December 2017 as his performances and work rate did not live up to the expectations of experienced Spanish manager Manolo Jimenez.
He made only five official performances with the club at the first part of 2017–18 season and signed a three and a half-year contract with Swedish club Malmö FF for an undisclosed fee.

International career

Arnór Ingvi has represented Iceland at youth levels such as the under-17s, the under-19s and the under-21s.
He played for the under-21 side at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification and the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification.
Arnór Ingvi made his senior debut for Iceland on 13 November 2015 in a 2–4 away defeat at the National Stadium against Poland. He was included in Heimir Hallgrímsson and Lars Lagerbäck's 23-man squad for the Euro 2016. On 22 June 2016, Arnór Ingvi scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Austria as Iceland finished second in their Euro 2016 group, thus taking them to the Round of 16.
In May 2018 he was named in Iceland’s 23 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Career statistics

International

International goals

No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
113 January 2016Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates31–01–0Friendly
224 March 2016MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark51–21–2Friendly
329 March 2016Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece61–23–2Friendly
422 June 2016Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France82–12–1UEFA Euro 2016
515 November 2016Ta' Qali National Stadium, Malta, Malta121–02–0Friendly

Honours

IFK Norrköping