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Biography
Daði Freyr Arnarsson (born 23 September 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper in the Icelandic Premier League for FH Hafnarfjördur and Iceland national under-19 football team.
Club career
Daði at Norwich City F.C. 2015
BÍ/Bolunarvík
Daði started his career with BÍ/Bolungarvík in 2011, signing with them in 2014 and making his first first team appearance at age 15 in 2014. Daði played 9 first team games in the Icelandic First Division with BÍ/Bolungarvík in 2015, as well as playing full time with the youth team at the time. At age 16 Daði had played 16 official first team games in the Icelandic First Division and 52 official games with the youth team for BÍ/Bolungarvík.
Norwich
After the 2015 season in Iceland Daði was invited to England to go on trials at Norwich City Football Club. Daði practiced with Norwich City FC U18 and U21 teams for a week and played two games with them. Daði kept a clean sheet in the two winning games against Birmingham City FC and another mixed team that both went 3-0. Daði later returned to Iceland ending up signing with Icelandic Premier League club 2015 winners FH Hafnarfjördur.
FH Hafnarfjördur
FH Hafnarfjörður Iceland Premier League winners 2016
Early 2016 Daði signed with the Icelandic Premier League club FH Hafnarfjördur. During 2016 Daði played 26 games with the youth team and served often as a reserve for the mens first team. Daði celebrated a Icelandic Premier League 2016 win with the first team of FH Hafnarfjördur.
International career
Daði Freyr Arnarsson with Iceland national under-19 football team
U17
Daði first represented Iceland national under-17 football team in 2014 and went on making 9 appearances for them until end of 2015. Keeping a clean sheet in 3 of his 6 starting games for the Icelandic under-17 team. He took part three tournaments with the team: UEFA U-17 Championship qualification rounds in Russia 2015, UEFA tournament in North Ireland, and a Nordic friendly tournament.
U19
Daði is considered to be the main goalkeeper of Iceland national under-19 football team after being selected to start all of their 4 last games, 3 of them in the qualifying rounds for UEFA European Under-19 Championship 2016/2017. He kept a clean sheet in a 2-0 win against Latvia and showcased quality skills in a 2-1 loss against Turkey after saving a penalty. However, he was unable to help Iceland qualify as a 2-0 defeat against Ukraine saw them finishing third in their qualifying group.