Alfreð Finnbogason

Alfreð Finnbogason (born 1 February 1989) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a striker for German Bundesliga club FC Augsburg and the Iceland national team.
Alfreð was the Dutch Eredivisie's top scorer in the 2013–14 season with 29 goals, a tally topped only by Luis Suárez, Cristiano Ronaldo and Jonathan Soriano in Europe's top leagues that season.
Alfreð made his debut for the Icelandic national team against the Faroe Islands in 2010. He has earned 40 caps to date, scoring 11 goals.

Born in Grindavík, Alfreð played for Grindavík youth teams while also spending two years of his childhood in the Scottish capital Edinburgh while his father studied in the city. Alfreð played for boys' club Hutchison Vale and became a fan of Hibernian.

Breiðablik

Alfreð joined Breiðablik in 2005, featuring in the club's highly successful youth team alongside future internationals and/or expatriates Gylfi Sigurðsson, Aron Jóhannsson, Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson, Elfar Freyr Helgason, Guðmundur Kristjánsson, Kristinn Steindórsson and Kristinn Jónsson.

He made his senior debut for Breiðablik in 2008. In the 2009 Úrvalsdeild season, he scored 13 goals in 18 league games for Breiðablik. At the end of the campaign, he was voted Young Player of the Year by his fellow players. Breiðablik also won their first title ever, the Icelandic Cup.

After the 2009 season, he had a trial with Tippeligaen side Viking and English Championship side Blackpool.

In 2010, Alfreð was joint league top goalscorer with 14 goals, and voted player of the year by fellow players as Breiðablik won their first league title and participated for the first time in the UEFA Europa League when they played against Scottish side Motherwell.

Lokeren

On 3 November 2010, Breiðablik confirmed that an offer for Alfreð from Belgian side Lokeren had been accepted. After completing a medical, Alfreð signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club on 20 November 2010.

Helsingborgs IF (loan)

On 6 March 2012, Alfreð joined Swedish champions Helsingborgs IF on a six-month loan deal, ending on 15 August 2012.

Alfreð scored one goal and made five assists in a 6–1 aggregate win against Polish champions Śląsk Wrocław in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round. At the end of the loan period, Alfreð was Helsingborg's top scorer of 2012 with 12 goals in 17 all competitions matches.

Heerenveen

On 16 August 2012, Alfreð signed a three-year contract with Dutch Eredivisie club Heerenveen after the club reached an agreement for his transfer from Lokeren. He made a promising start for his new club, scoring two goals in his home debut against top side Ajax in a 2–2 draw and later scoring all four goals away to third division side Kozakken Boys in the KNVB Cup. Alfreð ended the season as the third-highest goalscorer of the Eredivisie, scoring 24 of Heereveen's 50 league goals.

Real Sociedad

On 2 July 2014, Alfreð signed for Spanish La Liga club Real Sociedad for a €7.5 million transfer fee, rising to €10 million with add-ons. He made his debut for the club later that month, starting in a 2–0 home win against Aberdeen for the season's UEFA Europa League.

Olympiacos (loan)

Greek champions Olympiacos had previously tried to sign the 26-year-old Icelander, but failed to reach an agreement with his former club, Heerenveen. Despite the rival interest of PAOK, on 26 July 2015, Olympiacos officially announced that they had signed him on loan from Real Sociedad. He scored his first goal in a friendly game against Beşiktaş on August 9, 2015. Alfreð scored his first competitive and the winning goal for Olympiacos against Arsenal on September 29, 2015, in their Champions League Group F clash, earning Olympiacos their first ever win on English soil, in a 3–2 win at Emirates Stadium.

On 5 December 2015, he scored his first goal with a penalty kick in the Superleague in a 4–3 away win against Panthrakikos.

FC Augsburg

He was loaned to FC Augsburg on 1 February 2016. He made his debut as a substitute against Ingolstadt five days later in a 2-1 defeat. He scored his first goal in his third appearance on 28 February, helping Augsburg to a 2-2 draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach. He would go on to score seven goals in fourteen appearances, and the loan was made permanent on 1 July 2016.

Alfreð has 11 caps and five goals for Iceland at under-21 level. His first goal came on 8 September 2009 in a 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Group 5 qualifier 6–2 win over Northern Ireland under-21s at The Showgrounds, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.

Alfreð won his first cap for the Icelandic national team in 2010, coming on as a substitute in a friendly match against the Faroe Islands. Alfreð scored on his full debut for Iceland against Israel in a 3–2 loss at Bloomfield Statium in Tel Aviv. As of 9 October 2016, Alfreð has 40 caps and eleven goals for the senior team.

He was selected for UEFA Euro 2016.

International goals

As of match played 9 October 2016. Iceland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Alfreð goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 November 2010	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel	2	Israel	1–3	2–3	Friendly
2	29 February 2012	Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro	7	Montenegro	1–1	1–2
3	7 September 2012	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	9	Norway	2–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	7 June 2013		15	Slovenia	2–1	2–4
5	12 November 2014	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	23	Belgium	1–1	1–3	Friendly
6	13 November 2015	National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	29	Poland	2–2	2–4
7	17 November 2015	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia	30	Slovakia	1–0	1–3
8	6 June 2016	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	34	Liechtenstein	3–0	4–0
9	5 September 2016	Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev, Ukraine	38	Ukraine	1–0	1–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	6 October 2016	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	39	Finland	2–2	3–2
11	9 October 2016		40	Turkey	2–0	2–0

Club

As of 6 October 2016

1Includes two Europe play-off matches.

International

As of 9 October 2016

Club

Breiðablik

• Úrvalsdeild: 2010
• Icelandic Cup: 2009

Olympiacos

• Superleague Greece: 2015-16

Individual

Breiðablik

• Icelandic Premier League: Player of the Year: 2010
• Icelandic Premier League: Young Player of the Year: 2009
• Icelandic Premier League Silver Boot: 2010
• Icelandic Premier League Bronze Boot: 2009
• Icelandic Premier League Team of the Year: 2009, 2010

Heerenveen

• Eredivisie top scorer: 2013–14

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• "Breiðablik bikarmeistari karla í fyrsta sinn" (in Icelandic). visir.is. Retrieved 21 August 2013. 
• ^ "Dóra María og Alfreð kosin best" (in Icelandic). ksi.is. Retrieved 21 August 2013. 
• ^ "Katrín og Atli valin bestu leikmennirnir" (in Icelandic). ksi.is. Retrieved 21 August 2013.