Daníel Leó Grétarsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Daníel.

Daníel Leó Grétarsson
Personal information
Full name Daníel Leó Grétarsson Schmidt[1]
Date of birth (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Keflavík, Iceland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 SønderjyskE
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Grindavík 49 (5)
2015–2020 Aalesund 105 (5)
2020–2022 Blackpool 15 (0)
2022–2023 Śląsk Wrocław 32 (1)
2023– SønderjyskE 31 (3)
International career‡
2013–2014 Iceland U19 10 (0)
2015–2016 Iceland U21 6 (1)
2020– Iceland 22 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:28, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Daníel Leó Grétarsson Schmidt (born 2 October 1995) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for SønderjyskE and the Iceland national team. He has previously played for Grindavík, Aalesund and Blackpool.

Club career

On 12 November 2014, Daníel signed a three-year contract with Norwegian Tippeligaen side Aalesunds FK.[2]

On 5 October 2020, Daníel joined Blackpool in the English Football League for an undisclosed fee.

Daníel signed for Śląsk Wrocław on 27 January 2022 for an undisclosed fee.[3] After 1.5 years in Poland, he moved to Denmark and joined Danish 1st Division club SønderjyskE on 26 June 2023, signing a deal until June 2027.[4]

International career

Daníel has represented Iceland at U19 and U21 level.[5]

He was called up to the senior team for the first time in September 2019 when he joined the squad for the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Moldova and Albania.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 April 2021[7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grindavík 2012 Úrvalsdeild 6 1 0 0 5 0 – 11 1
2013 1. deild karla 21 3 2 1 7 2 – 30 6
2014 22 1 1 0 7 1 – 30 2
Total 49 5 3 1 19 3 0 0 71 9
Aalesund 2015 Tippeligaen 8 0 2 0 – – 10 0
2016 12 0 2 0 – – 14 0
2017 Eliteserien 27 1 4 0 – – 31 1
2018 OBOS-ligaen 15 1 0 0 – – 15 1
2019 29 3 2 0 – – 31 3
2020 Eliteserien 14 0 0 0 – – 14 0
Total 105 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 115 5
Blackpool 2020–21 League One 12 0 2 0 1[a] 0 – 15 0
Career total 168 10 15 1 20 3 0 0 204 14
  1. ^ Appearance in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ^ Daníel Leó Grétarsson at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ "Ny islending klar for AaFK". aafk.no/ (in Norwegian). Aalesunds FK. 12 November 2014. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Gretarsson To Join Slask Wroclaw". Blackpool Football Club. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ^ ISLANDSK LANDSHOLDSSPILLER TIL SØNDERJYSKE FODBOLD, soenderjyske.dk, 26 June 2023
  5. ^ "Félagsmaður". ksi.is/ (in Icelandic). sdf. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Daníel Leó inn í landsliðið fyrir Sverri Inga". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  7. ^ "D.Grétarsson". uk.soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Daníel Leó Grétarsson". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.


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