Jón Daði Böðvarsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Jón Daði.
Jón Daði Böðvarsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992
Place of birth Selfoss, Iceland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing position Right winger / Forward
Club information
Current team
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2009 Selfoss
2011Aarhus U19 (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Selfoss 80 (18)
2013–2015 Viking 81 (15)
2016 Kaiserslautern 15 (2)
2016– Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 (2)
National team
2009–2010 Iceland U19 7 (1)
2011–2014 Iceland U21 12 (2)
2012– Iceland 30 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:55, 15 November 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:55, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Jón Daði Böðvarsson (born 25 May 1992) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for English club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Iceland national team as a right winger or a striker.

Club career

Jón Daði began his senior career during the 2009 season in the Icelandic second tier with Selfoss, scoring once as his side were promoted to the Icelandic top flight. After being loaned to the youth ranks of the Danish club Aarhus for four months in 2011, he returned to Selfoss, who had been relegated in the meantime. He scored seven times during the 2011 season as the club were promoted back to the top flight.

After netting a further seven goals back in the top division, he moved to the Norwegian side Viking in November 2012.[2] During three seasons in the Norwegian top flight, he scored 15 times before leaving for German second division side Kaiserslautern in January 2016, with whom he had already signed a pre-contract in June 2015 for a three-year deal.[3] He made his Kaiserslautern debut on 5 February 2016 against Union Berlin and scored the first of two goals for the team on 4 March 2016 in a 1–2 defeat at Nürnberg.[4]

On 2 August 2016 he signed for English Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal.[5] Böðvarsson scored his first goal on his debut for the club on 6 August 2016 in a 2–2 draw against Rotherham.[6] His debut simultaneously meant he became the 1000th player to appear in a league game for Wolverhampton Wanderers.[7] Bodvarsson scored his second goal for Wolves on August 20, scoring the final goal in Wolves' 3-1 win against Birmingham City.

International career

Having already played for Iceland at under-19 and under-21 level, Jón Daði made his full international debut on 14 November 2012 as a substitute in a friendly against Andorra. He scored his first international goal on 9 September 2014 in a 3–0 victory over Turkey during Euro 2016 qualifying.

He was selected for UEFA Euro 2016, the first international tournament for which Iceland had ever qualified. Jón Daði started all five matches at the tournament in France and scored in the final group game against Austria which ensured the Icelanders' progress from the group phase.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 November 2016[8][9][10]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Selfoss 2008 1. deild karla 00100010
2009 1. deild karla 1612050231
2010 Úrvalsdeild 2131072295
2011 1. deild karla 2172000237
2012 Úrvalsdeild 2273170328
Total 80189119210821
Viking 2013 Tippeligaen 23100231
2014 Tippeligaen 29531326
2015 Tippeligaen 299423311
Total 8115738818
Kaiserslautern 2015–16 2. Bundesliga 15200152
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2016–17 Championship 1420030172
Career total 190371642220022843

International

As of match played 15 November 2016[11]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Iceland 201210
201300
201471
2015100
2016121
Total302

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1. 9 September 2014 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Turkey 1–0 3–0 2016 UEFA Euro qualification [12]
2. 22 June 2016 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France  Austria 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016 [13]

References

  1. "Jón Dadi Bödvarsson". UEFA.com.
  2. "Böðvarsson første signering" (in Norwegian). Viking Fotboll. 30 November 2012.
  3. "FCK verpflichtet Jón Daði Böðvarsson" (in German). Kaiserslautern. 17 June 2015.
  4. "Jón Daði Böðvarsson" (in German). Fussballdaten.de.
  5. "Bodvarsson signs for Wolves". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 2 August 2016.
  6. "Rotherham 2 Wolves 2 – Report and Pictures". 6 August 2016.
  7. "Players Refused To Lose". 6 August 2016.
  8. "Böðvarsson, Jón". National Football Teams. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  9. "J. Böðvarsson". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  10. "Jón Daði Böðvarsson". KSÍ. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  11. "Jón Böðvarsson". eu-football. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  12. Sigthórsson and Lagerbäck on "perfect" Iceland at UEFA.com
  13. Iceland v Austria: Euro 2016 Live at guardian.co.uk
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