Ari Freyr Skúlason
Ari in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ari Freyr Skúlason | ||
| Date of birth | 14 May 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder/Left-back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Lokeren | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Valur | |||
| 2003–2005 | SC Heerenveen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | Valur | 11 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | BK Häcken | 28 | (2) |
| 2008–2013 | GIF Sundsvall | 149 | (29) |
| 2013–2016 | OB | 74 | (6) |
| 2016– | Lokeren | 17 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003–2004 | Iceland U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2005 | Iceland U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Iceland U21 | 10 | (0) |
| 2009– | Iceland | 47 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2016 |
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Ari Freyr Skúlason (born 14 May 1987) is an Icelandic international football player who plays for Lokeren in Belgium. He previously played at senior level in Iceland and Sweden, and was also a youth player in the Netherlands.
Even though his most common position is in central midfield he can also play as a winger and has been playing as a fullback with the Iceland national football team. After transferring from Sweden to Denmark in 2013 he stated in an interview that he'd asked to be bought as a left-back to cement his place as the starting left-back in the national team. He will consequently be playing as a left-back in Denmark.
Ari started his career at Valur. He then went to the Netherlands as a sixteen-year-old and spent two seasons with SC Heerenveen before being released at the end of 2005 after not being able to make the first team. He returned to his old club Valur where he played half a season before signing with Allsvenskan club BK Häcken. The club was relegated but even though they were a second tier team they were still able to compete in the UEFA Cup qualifiers the following year because of their fair play ranking. Häcken managed to progress into the main competition after Ari scored the winning goal against Scottish club Dunfermline Athletic F.C.. After the club failed to get promoted he signed with Allsvenskan club GIF Sundsvall at the end of the year. At the start of the 2012 season he became captain of the club.
On 11 July 2013 it was revealed that Ari had signed a contract with Danish Superliga club OB as of the start of 2014 (when his contract with Sundsvall expired). On 19 July it was announced that the clubs had reached an agreement for his semi-immediate transfer. On 27 July he played his last game for Sundsvall, scoring two free-kick goals in a 3-3 draw against GAIS.
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