Tómas Bent Magnússon
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 August 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | Fylkir | ||
| 2012–2018 | ÍBV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2024 | ÍBV | 81 | (9) |
| 2019 | → KFS (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 2022 | → KFS (loan) | 3 | (2) |
| 2025 | Valur | 41 | (4) |
| 2025– | Heart of Midlothian | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 August 2025 | |||
Tómas Bent Magnússon (born 14 August 2002) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian, as a midfielder. He previously played for Icelandic sides ÍBV and Valur and was a youth player at Fylkir.
Early life
Magnússon was born on 14 August 2002 in Iceland. The cousin of Icelandic footballer Gudjón Ernir Hrafnkelsson, he is a native of the Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland.[2]
Career
As a youth player, Magnússon joined the youth academy of Fylkir. In 2012, he joined the youth academy of ÍBV and was promoted to the club's senior team in 2019, where he made eighty-one league appearances and scored nine goals and helped them achieve promotion from the second tier to the top flight. The same year, he was sent on loan to KFS, where he made nine league appearances and scored two goals.
Following his stint there, he signed for Valur ahead of the 2025 season, where he made forty-four league appearances and scored four goals. Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið wrote in 2025 that he "played a key role for Valur" while playing for the club.[3]
During the summer of 2025, he signed for Scottish side Heart of Midlothian.[4][5]
References
- ^ ":Tomas Bent Magnusson set to fly to Scotland to join Hearts". BBC Sport. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ "Hin hliðin - Tómas Bent Magnússon (ÍBV)" [The Other Side - Tómas Bent Magnússon (ÍBV)] (in Icelandic). Fótbolti.net. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ ""Engin óskastaða" fyrir Val" ["No preference" for Val] (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ "Magnusson will bring 'height & aggression' to Hearts". BBC Sport. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ "Magnússon is Maroon". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian F.C. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.