Willum Þór Willumsson
Willum with Go Ahead Eagles in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-23) 23 October 1998
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Go Ahead Eagles
Number 18
Youth career
–2016 Breiðablik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Breiðablik 28 (6)
2019–2022 BATE Borisov 56 (9)
2022– Go Ahead Eagles 39 (13)
International career
2016 Iceland U19 2 (0)
2018–2021 Iceland U21 19 (3)
2019– Iceland 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:41, 17 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2023

Willum Þór Willumsson (born 23 October 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Go Ahead Eagles and the Iceland national team.

Club career

Willum signed with BATE Borisov in February 2019. In February 2022, he signed a six-month extension with the club.[1]

International career

Willum made his debut for the Iceland national team on 15 January 2019 in a friendly against Estonia, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson.[2]

Career statistics

As of match played on 11 November 2023[3]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Breiðablik 2016 Úrvalsdeild 10000010
2017 Úrvalsdeild 801061151
2018 Úrvalsdeild 1964040276
Total 286501010000437
BATE Borisov 2019 Belarusian Premier League 1913220243
2020 Belarusian Premier League 1836110254
2021 Belarusian Premier League 91411[lower-alpha 3]0142
2022 Belarusian Premier League 104511[lower-alpha 3]0165
Total 5691850030207914
Go Ahead Eagles 2022–23 Eredivisie 27820298
2023–24 Eredivisie 12500125
Total 3913200000004113
Career totals 12328255101302016334

Personal life

Willum is the son of Willum Þór Þórsson, a former football player and manager, current member of the Icelandic parliament and Minister of Health since 2021.[4][5][6] He is the brother of fellow footballer Brynjólfur Willumsson, who plays for Kristiansund.[7]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (11 February 2022). "Willum Þór áfram í Hvíta-Rússlandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. "Estonia v Iceland game report". Eurosport. 15 January 2019.
  3. Willum Þór Willumsson at Soccerway
  4. "Willum Þór Þórsson tekinn við heilbrigðisráðuneytinu af Svandísi Svavarsdóttur". www.stjornarradid.is (in Icelandic). Government of Iceland. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  5. "Willum: Geri mér grein fyrir því að 4. sætið er ekki ásættanlegt". fotbolti.net. 14 September 2017.
  6. "Willum Þór Þórsson". Alþingi. 20 November 2019.
  7. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson. "Willum Þór og Brynjólfur Darri Willumssynir í U-21 árs landsliðinu - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  8. "PSV is the main supplier for the Eredivisie Team of the Month". 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.


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