Ari Sigurpálsson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 March 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Elfsborg | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2020 | HK | ||
| 2019–2020 | → Bologna (loan) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Bologna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | HK | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Bologna | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → HK (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Víkingur | 65 | (18) |
| 2025– | Elfsborg | 13 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Iceland U15 | 6 | (3) |
| 2019 | Iceland U16 | 6 | (3) |
| 2019 | Iceland U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019 | Iceland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Iceland U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Iceland U21 | 9 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 October 2024 | |||
Ari Sigurpálsson (born 17 March 2003) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a winger for Elfsborg.
Club career
As a youth player, Sigurpálsson joined the youth academy of Icelandic side HK and was promoted to the club's senior team in 2019, where he made ten league appearances and scored zero goals. In 2019, he joined the youth academy of Italian Serie A side Bologna.[1]
Ahead of the 2022 season, he signed for Icelandic side Víkingur, where he made sixty-five league appearances and scored eighteen goals and helped the club win the league title. Following his stint there, he signed for Swedish side Elfsborg in 2025. Icelandic newspaper wrote in 2025 that he "played brilliantly with Víkingur in recent years and attracted a lot of attention for his performance in the Europa League" upon signing for the club.[2]
International career
Sigurpálsson is an Iceland youth international. During October 2021 and March 2022, he played for the Iceland national under-19 football team for 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification.
Personal life
Sigurpálsson was born on 17 March 2003 in Iceland. While playing football, he has been in a relationship with Icelanic footballer Svanhildur Ylfa Dagbjartsdóttir.[3]
References
- ^ Ari Sigurpálsson at Soccerway
- ^ ""Búnar að vera dálítið skrýtnar vikur"" ["It's been a bit of a strange few weeks"] (in Icelandic). Vísir.is. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Unga isländska paret bygger bo i Borås: "Staden känns hemtrevlig"" [Young Icelandic couple builds a nest in Borås: "The city feels homely"] (in Swedish). Borås Tidning. 7 April 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.