Elías Már Ómarsson

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

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

Elías Már Ómarsson
Elías Már with Nîmes
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995
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 37 (12)
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 10:08, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2020

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 one-and-a-half-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 match played 28 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Keflavík 2012 Úrvalsdeild 10000010
2013 Úrvalsdeild 162107[lower-alpha 1]0242
2014 Úrvalsdeild 206307[lower-alpha 1]43010
Total 378401445512
Vålerenga 2015 Tippeligaen 1542100175
2016 Tippeligaen 1323200164
Total 2865300339
IFK Göteborg 2016 Allsvenskan 1361000146
2017 Allsvenskan 2505400304
2018 Allsvenskan 1284100169
Total 5014105006019
Excelsior 2018–19[1] Eredivisie 237102[lower-alpha 2]1268
2019–20[1] Eerste Divisie 281220003012
2020–21[1] Eerste Divisie 372243004125
Total 884173219745
Nîmes 2021–22 Ligue 2 2963100327
2022–23 Ligue 2 1212100142
Total 4175200469
NAC Breda 2022–23[1] Eerste Divisie 169103[lower-alpha 2]12010
2023–24[1] Eerste Divisie 213003[lower-alpha 2]2245
Total 371210634415
Career total 281883213228335109
  1. Appearances in Icelandic League Cup
  2. Appearances in Eredivisie play-offs

Honours

Individual

References
  1. 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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