Atli Barkarson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Atli.
Atli Barkarson
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-03-19) 19 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Zulte Waregem
Youth career
2012–2016 Völsungur
2017–2019 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Völsungur 7 (2)
2019 Fredrikstad 3 (0)
2020–2021 Víkingur Reykjavík 36 (1)
2022–2024 SønderjyskE 54 (2)
2024– Zulte Waregem 0 (0)
International career‡
2017 Iceland U16 7 (3)
2017–2018 Iceland U17 8 (0)
2017 Iceland U18 4 (0)
2018–2019 Iceland U19 10 (1)
2021–2022 Iceland U21 7 (2)
2022– Iceland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:54, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022

Atli Barkarson (born 19 March 2001) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Belgian Challenger Pro League club Zulte Waregem and the Iceland national team.

Club career

Atli joined the youth academy of Völsungur in 2012 and was promoted to the first team in 2017. He made seven appearances and scored two goals in the 3. deild karla that season.[2]

On 2 September 2017, Atli joined the youth team of Norwich City of the English Championship. After playing for the club's under-18 team for the first year, he signed his first professional contract on 30 June 2018. In August 2019, Atli left the club to join Fredrikstad FK of the Norwegian First Division.[3] During his short stint with the club, he made three league appearances.[4]

In 2020, Atli returned to Iceland and signed for Víkingur Reykjavík of the Úrvalsdeild.[2] He appeared in the team's single 2020–21 UEFA Europa League match, a 1–2 elimination defeat to NK Olimpija Ljubljana of the Slovenia PrivaLiga.[5]

On 27 January 2022, it was confirmed that Atli had joined Danish Superliga club SønderjyskE on a deal until June 2026.[6] On August 19, 2024, Belgian Challenger Pro League club Zulte Waregem confirmed that they had signed Barkarson on a deal until June 2026.[7]

International career

Atli was called up to the senior national team for a friendlies against Uganda and South Korea in January 2022.[8] He made his senior international debut as a starter in the first match, an eventual 1–1 draw, on 12 January 2022.[9][10]

International career statistics

As of match played 10 June 2022.
Iceland national team
Year Apps Goals
2022 4 0
Total 4 0

References

  1. ^ a b Atli Barkarson at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b "KSI profile". KSI. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Ex-Norwich City Player". Flown from the Nest. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Víkingur Reykjavík vs. Olimpija Ljubljana". UEFA. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  6. ^ LANG KONTRAKT TIL UNG ISLÆNDING, soenderjyske.dk, 27 January 2022
  7. ^ Atli Barkarson nieuwste aanwinst bij Essevee, essevee.be, 19 August 2024
  8. ^ "24 manna hópur fyrir leikina við Úganda og Suður-Kóreu" (in Icelandic). KSI. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  9. ^ "A karla - Byrjunarliðið gegn Úganda" (in Icelandic). KSI. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Jafntefli gegn Úganda" (in Icelandic). KSI. Retrieved 13 January 2022.