Willum Þór Willumsson

Willum Þór Willumsson (born 23 October 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Go Ahead Eagles and the Iceland national team.

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

Willum Þór Willumsson
Willum with Go Ahead Eagles in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-23) 23 October 1998
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Go Ahead Eagles
Number 18
Youth career
–2016 Breiðablik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Breiðablik 28 (6)
2019–2022 BATE Borisov 56 (9)
2022– Go Ahead Eagles 58 (15)
International career‡
2016 Iceland U19 2 (0)
2018–2021 Iceland U21 19 (3)
2019– Iceland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:10, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2024

Club career

Willum signed with BATE Borisov in February 2019. In February 2022, he signed a six-month extension with the club.[1] In July 2022 he joined Go Ahead Eagles in Eredivisie.[2]

International career

Willum made his debut for the Iceland national team on 15 January 2019 in a friendly against Estonia, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson.[3]

Career statistics
As of match played on 12 May 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Breiðablik 2016 Úrvalsdeild 100000——10
2017 Úrvalsdeild 801061——151
2018 Úrvalsdeild 1964040——276
Total 286501010000437
BATE Borisov 2019 Belarusian Premier League 19132—20—243
2020 Belarusian Premier League 18361—10—254
2021 Belarusian Premier League 9141——1[lower-alpha 3]0142
2022 Belarusian Premier League 10451——1[lower-alpha 3]0165
Total 5691850030207914
Go Ahead Eagles 2022–23 Eredivisie 27820———298
2023–24 Eredivisie 31720———337
Total 5815400000006215
Career totals 14230275101302018436
  1. Appearances in the Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance in the Belarusian Super Cup

Personal life

Willum is the son of Willum Þór Þórsson, a former football player and manager, current member of the Icelandic parliament and Minister of Health since 2021.[5][6][7] He is the brother of fellow footballer Brynjólfur Willumsson, who plays for Kristiansund.[8]

Honours

Individual

References
  1. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (11 February 2022). "Willum Þór áfram í Hvíta-Rússlandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/go-ahead-op-de-scandinavische-tour-ijslander-en-noor-naar-deventer
  3. "Estonia v Iceland game report". Eurosport. 15 January 2019.
  4. Willum Þór Willumsson at Soccerway
  5. "Willum Þór Þórsson tekinn við heilbrigðisráðuneytinu af Svandísi Svavarsdóttur". www.stjornarradid.is (in Icelandic). Government of Iceland. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  6. "Willum: Geri mér grein fyrir því að 4. sætið er ekki ásættanlegt". fotbolti.net. 14 September 2017.
  7. "Willum Þór Þórsson". Alþingi. 20 November 2019.
  8. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson. "Willum Þór og Brynjólfur Darri Willumssynir í U-21 árs landsliðinu - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  9. "PSV is the main supplier for the Eredivisie Team of the Month". 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
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