Ólafur Ingi Skúlason
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ólafur Ingi Skúlason | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Karabükspor | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Fylkir | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Fylkir | 20 | (0) |
| 2001–2005 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Fylkir (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Brentford | 16 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Helsingborgs IF | 37 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | SønderjyskE | 41 | (3) |
| 2011–2015 | Zulte Waregem | 99 | (6) |
| 2015–2016 | Gençlerbirliği | 25 | (0) |
| 2016– | Karabükspor | 2 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999 | Iceland U-17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Iceland U-19 | 9 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Iceland U-21 | 12 | (0) |
| 2003– | Iceland | 27 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2016 |
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Ólafur Ingi Skúlason (born 1 April 1983) is an Icelandic footballer and a midfielder who plays for Karabükspor.
Ólafur was born in Reykjavík, Iceland where he played for Fylkir. After the Icelandic season had come to a close, he was looking for new employment, and found it with Arsenal on 1 July 2001. Ólafur was loaned back to Fylkir over a part of the 2003 season, and was voted the best young player in the Icelandic league 2003.
A defensive midfielder, his Arsenal debut came on 2 December 2003 in a 5–1 defeat of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., replacing Justin Hoyte after 55 minutes of the match. Ólafur was released by Arsenal on 28 May 2005. He signed for Brentford on 22 June 2005. Upon his arrival at Brentford, the club's website quoted him as saying: "I look at this as a very important move for my career, knowing that manager Martin Allen had been interested in signing me for a while was a huge compliment for me."
In the second game of the 2005/6 season, Ólafur suffered a cruciate and medial ligament injury resulting from a tackle with Chesterfield's Derek Niven, which ruled him out for the rest of the season. He was passed fit for the start of the 2006/7 season and completed his comeback by scoring the winner in a 1–0 win over Blackpool, the first game of the season. He signed for Helsingborgs IF on 21 February 2007. After three successful years in Helsingborg, Ólafur turned down a new contract offer and signed for Danish team SønderjyskE on 6 December 2009.
A year later Ólafur signed for Zulte Waregem in Belgium and stayed there for four years. He then plied his trade in Turkey for a year.
Ólafur earned his first cap for Iceland in a friendly against Mexico on 20 November 2003 as a substitute, replacing Veigar Páll Gunnarsson. He has also captained their U21 team.
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