Daníel Leó Grétarsson

Daníel Leó Grétarsson Schmidt (born 2 October 1995) is an Icelandic footballer who plays for Blackpool as a defender.

Daníel Leó Grétarsson
Personal information
Full name Daníel Leó Grétarsson Schmidt[1]
Date of birth (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995
Place of birth Keflavík, Iceland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
Blackpool
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Grindavík 49 (5)
2015–2020 Aalesund 105 (5)
2020– Blackpool 6 (0)
National team
2013–2014 Iceland U19 10 (0)
2015–2016 Iceland U21 6 (1)
2020– Iceland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 January 2020

Career

Club

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.

International

Daníel has represented Iceland at U-19 and U-21 level.[3]

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. [4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 December 2020[5][6]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grindavík 2012 Úrvalsdeild 610050-111
2013 1. deild karla 2132172-306
2014 2211071-302
Total 49531193--719
Aalesund 2015 Tippeligaen 8020--100
2016 12020--140
2017 Eliteserien 27140--311
2018 OBOS-ligaen 15100--151
2019 29320--313
2020 Eliteserien 14000--140
Total 1055100----1155
Blackpool 2020–21 League One 60101[lower-alpha 1]0-80
Total 601010--80
Career total 16210141203--19614
  1. Appearance in EFL Trophy

References

  1. Daníel Leó Grétarsson at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. "Ny islending klar for AaFK". www.aafk.no/ (in Norwegian). Aalesunds FK. 12 November 2014. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. "Félagsmaður". www.ksi.is/ (in Icelandic). sdf. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  4. "Daníel Leó inn í landsliðið fyrir Sverri Inga". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  5. "D.Grétarsson". uk.soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  6. "Daníel Leó Grétarsson". www.ksi.is/ (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
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