Alfons Sampsted (born 6 April 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Dutch club Twente.

Club career

Alfons started his career with local club Breiðablik in Kópavogur in 2015, playing a single cup game, before going on loan to Þór from Akureyri for the latter half of the season. In 2016, he played most of Breiðablik's games as they finished 6th in the 2016 Úrvalsdeild.

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In January 2017, he was transferred to Swedish club IFK Norrköping. He spent three seasons there without ever cementing his place, spending time on loan at IF Sylvia and Landskrona BoIS in Sweden and Breiðablik in Iceland.

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In February 2020, he joined Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt and was a key player in the 2020 season as the club won their first national title. There, he replaced former right back player Erlend Reitan who was on loan from Rosenborg.

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On 27 December 2022, he joined Dutch club FC Twente.

International career

Alfons is as of 15 November 2020 the highest capped player of the Icelandic U21 national team with 30 games.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

Eliteserien: 2020, 2021

References

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Living people

1998 births

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Men's association football fullbacks

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IFK Norrköping players

Landskrona BoIS players

IF Sylvia players

FK Bodø/Glimt players

FC Twente players

Superettan players

Allsvenskan players

Ettan Fotboll players

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Eliteserien players

Eredivisie players

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Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden

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Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands

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Iceland men's international footballers

People from Kópavogur