Elías Már Ómarsson

Icelandic footballer

Elías Már Ómarsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Keflavík, Iceland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 NAC Breda
Number 10
Youth career
Keflavík
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Keflavík 37 (8)
2015–2016 Vålerenga 28 (6)
2016 → IFK Göteborg (loan) 13 (6)
2017–2018 IFK Göteborg 37 (8)
2018–2021 Excelsior 88 (41)
2021–2023 Nîmes 41 (7)
2023– NAC Breda 16 (9)
International career‡
2011–2012 Iceland U17 9 (1)
2012–2014 Iceland U19 12 (3)
2014–2016 Iceland U21 12 (3)
2015– Iceland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2020

Elías Már Ómarsson (born 18 January 1995) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a forward for Dutch club NAC Breda and the Iceland national team.[1]

Club career

Elías Már started his career with local club Keflavík in 2012. He signed a three-year contract with Vålerenga on 5 February 2015.[2]

In 2016 he went out on loan to Swedish club IFK Göteborg for the second half of the season. He had a clause in the loan contract enabling IFK to buy Ómarsson for a set fee after the loan ended which IFK chose to use.[3][4]

He moved to the Eredivisie club Excelsior Rotterdam in August 2018.[5]

On 18 January 2023, Elías Már agreed to return to the Netherlands on a 1.5-year contract with NAC Breda.[6]

International career

Elías Már holds Icelandic and Norwegian nationalities.[7] He made his first appearance for the Iceland national team on 16 January 2015 in a match against Canada, when he came on as a substitute for Rúrik Gíslason with a few minutes left of the match.[8]


Career statistics

As of 4 December 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Keflavík 2012 Úrvalsdeild 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2013 16 2 1 0 7[a] 0 24 2
2014 20 6 3 0 7[a] 4 30 10
Total 37 8 4 0 14 4 55 12
Vålerenga 2015 Tippeligaen 15 4 2 1 0 0 17 5
2016 13 2 3 2 0 0 16 4
Total 28 6 5 3 0 0 33 9
IFK Göteborg 2016 Allsvenskan 13 6 1 0 0 0 14 6
2017 25 0 5 4 0 0 30 4
2018 12 8 4 1 0 0 16 9
Total 50 14 10 5 0 0 60 19
Excelsior 2018–19[1] Eredivisie 23 7 1 0 2[b] 1 26 8
2019–20[1] Eerste Divisie 28 12 2 0 0 0 30 12
2020–21[1] 37 22 4 3 0 0 41 25
Total 88 41 7 3 2 1 97 45
Nîmes 2021–22 Ligue 2 29 6 3 1 0 0 32 7
2022–23 12 1 2 1 0 0 14 2
Total 41 7 5 2 0 0 46 9
Career total 244 76 31 13 16 5 291 94
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Icelandic League Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in Eredivisie relegation play-off

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d Elías Már Ómarsson at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Elías samdi við Vålerenga til þriggja ára".
  3. ^ "Isländskt nyförvärv till Blåvitt". 8 August 2016.
  4. ^ Jönsson, Fredrik (15 November 2016). "Klart: Elias Omarsson stannar hos IFK Göteborg". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Elias lämnar IFK Göteborg" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  6. ^ "NAC BEREIKT AKKOORD MET ELÍAS MÁR ÓMARSSON" (in Dutch). NAC Breda. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Elías Már OMARSSON". unfp.org (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Kristinn og Matthías skoruðu í sigri á Kanada". Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Omarsson Eredivisie player of the month May, Ødegaard talent of the month; Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 20 May 2019. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

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