Elías Már Ómarsson

Elías Már Ómarsson (born 18 January 1995) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 2 club Nîmes and the Iceland national team.[1]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Elías Már.

Elías Már Ómarsson
Personal information
Full name Elías Már Ómarsson
Date of birth (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995
Place of birth Njarðvík, Iceland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Nîmes
Number 9
Youth career
Keflavík
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Keflavík 37 (8)
2015–2016 Vålerenga 28 (6)
2016 → IFK Göteborg (loan) 13 (6)
2017–2018 IFK Göteborg 37 (8)
2018–2021 Excelsior 88 (41)
2021– Nîmes 21 (4)
National team‡
2011–2012 Iceland U17 9 (1)
2012–2014 Iceland U19 12 (3)
2014–2016 Iceland U21 12 (3)
2015– Iceland 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2020

Club career

Elías Már started his career with local club Keflavík in 2012. He signed a three-year contract with Vålerenga on 5 February 2015.[2]

In 2016 he went out on loan to Swedish club IFK Göteborg for the second half of the season. He had a clause in the loan contract enabling IFK to buy Ómarsson for a set fee after the loan ended which IFK chose to use.[3][4]

He moved to Eredivisie club S.B.V. Excelsior in August 2018.[5]

International career

Elías Már made his first appearance for the Iceland national team on 16 January 2015 in a match against Canada, when he came on as a substitute for Rúrik Gíslason with a few minutes left of the match.[6]

Career statistics
As of 1 July 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Season Club League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Keflavík 2012 Úrvalsdeild 10000010
2013 162107[lower-alpha 1]0242
2014 206307[lower-alpha 1]43010
Total 378401445512
Vålerenga 2015 Tippeligaen 1542100175
2016 1323200164
Total 2865300339
IFK Göteborg 2016 Allsvenskan 1361000146
2017 2505400304
2018 1284100169
Total 5014105006019
Excelsior 2018–19[1] Eredivisie 237102[lower-alpha 2]1268
2019–20[1] Eerste Divisie 281220003012
2020–21[1] 272243003125
Total 784173218745
Career total 19369261116523585
  1. Appearances in Icelandic League Cup
  2. Appearances in Eredivisie relegation play-off

References
  1. Elías Már Ómarsson at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Elías samdi við Vålerenga til þriggja ára".
  3. "Isländskt nyförvärv till Blåvitt". 8 August 2016.
  4. Jönsson, Fredrik (15 November 2016). "Klart: Elias Omarsson stannar hos IFK Göteborg". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. "Elias lämnar IFK Göteborg" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  6. "Kristinn og Matthías skoruðu í sigri á Kanada". Retrieved 19 January 2015.


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