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Stefan Thordarson
Personal information
Full name	Stefán Þór Þórðarson
Date of birth	27 March 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Akranes, Iceland
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1990–1993	IA Akranes
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1996	ÍA Akranes
1997	Östers IF
1998	SK Brann
1998	Östers IF
1999	Kongsvinger IL
1999	ÍA Akranes
1999–2000	KFC Uerdingen
2000–2002	Stoke City
2003–2004	ÍA Akranes
2005–2007	IFK Norrköping
2008	ÍA Akranes
2009	FC Vaduz
2009	IFK Norrköping
2010–2011	ÍA Akranes
Total
International career
1995–1996	Iceland U-21
1998–2008	Iceland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stefán Þór Þórðarson (Anglicised Stefan Thor Thordarson; born 27 March 1975) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker for ÍA Akranes, Östers IF, SK Brann, Kongsvinger IL, KFC Uerdingen, Stoke City, IFK Norrköping and FC Vaduz as well as the Iceland national team.

Career

Stefán was born in Akranes and began his career with local side ÍA Akranes. After four years at Akranesvöllur he moved to Swedish football with Östers IF. After scoring six goal in 18 Allsvenskan matches he moved to Norway with SK Brann. However he made just two appearances with Brann and moved back to Östers. He tried Norwegian football again with Kongsvinger IL playing in six matches without scoring he moved to Germany to play for KFC Uerdingen. He spent the 1999–2000 season with Uerdingen before moving to English club Stoke City in the summer of 2000.

He joined up with a number of fellow Icelandic players at Stoke and he made a fine start scoring the winning goal against Liverpool in a pre-season friendly.^[1] His form carried on into the season as he scored against Reading, Peterborough United and Oxford United and twice against Premier League Charlton Athletic in the League Cup one of which was a 30-yard strike.^[1] He only scored once more for the remainder of the 2000–01 as Stoke lost to Walsall in the play-offs.^[1] He found himself in and out of the side in 2001–02 which saw him play in 22 matches, 18 of which came from the bench and he scored four goals.^[1] He was released by Stoke at the end of the season and moved back to Iceland to play for ÍA Akranes.

He then played back in Sweden with IFK Norrköping before a third spell with ÍA Akranes. In 2009, he moved to Liechtenstein club FC Vaduz before ending his career with returns to Norrköping and ÍA.^[2]

International

Stefán has won 6 caps for Iceland and scored on his national team debut against South Africa in 1998. He has also played 8 games for the Under 21 team.

Career statistics

Club

Sources:^[3]^[4]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
ÍA Akranes	1994	Úrvalsdeild	6	0	—		—		—		6	0
	1995	Úrvalsdeild	13	5	—		—		—		13	5
	1996	Úrvalsdeild	12	3	—		—		—		12	3
Östers IF	1997	Allsvenskan	18	6	—		—		—		18	6
SK Brann	1998	Tippeligaen	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Östers IF	1998	Allsvenskan	17	3	—		—		—		17	3
Kongsvinger IL	1999	Tippeligaen	6	0	—		—		—		6	0
KFC Uerdingen 05	1999–2000	Regionalliga West/Südwest	25	6	—		—		—		25	6
Stoke City	2000–01	Second Division	30	4	2	0	6	2	5	1	43	7
Stoke City	2001–02	Second Division	21	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	4
ÍA Akranes	2003	Úrvalsdeild	15	7	—		—		—		15	7
ÍA Akranes	2004	Úrvalsdeild	15	2	—		—		—		15	2
IFK Norrköping	2005	Superettan	25	1	—		—		—		25	1
	2006	Superettan	26	12	—		—		—		26	12
	2007	Superettan	24	10	—		—		—		24	10
ÍA Akranes	2008	Úrvalsdeild	17	3	—		—		—		17	3
FC Vaduz	2008–09	Swiss Super League	12	1	—		—		—		12	1
IFK Norrköping	2009	Superettan	12	4	—		—		—		12	4
ÍA Akranes	2010	1. deild karla	8	2	—		—		—		8	2
ÍA Akranes	2011	1. deild karla	15	4	—		—		—		15	4
Career Total			319	77	2	0	7	2	5	1	333	80

International

Source:^[4]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iceland	1998	4	1
	1999	1	0
	2008	1	0
Total		6	1

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
^ "Stefán Þór Þórðarson". KSI. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
^ Stefán Þórðarson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Stefán Þórðarson at National-Football-Teams.com