Hjörtur Hermannsson

Hjörtur Hermannsson

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Fylkir

Born in Reykjavík, Iceland, Hjörtur began his career at Fylkir, based in the Icelandic top division. After going through the ranks for the side, Hjörtur was involved in the first team, where he appeared in the first two matches of the season as an unused substitute. Weeks later, on 6 June 2011, Hjörtur made his Fylkir debut, where he came on as a late substitute, in a 3–1 loss against Stjarnan. Soon after, Hjörtur became a first team regular and then scored his first goal for the club, as well as his first professional goal, in a 2–1 win over Víkingur. Hjörtur went on to make nine appearances in his first season for the side. Despite moving to PSV Eindhoven in the summer, Hjörtur then made three appearances for the side, adding his tally 12 games for Fylkir, with his first appearance came on 15 May 2012 against ÍA, which saw them lose 1–0.

PSV

After the Úrvalsdeild season came to an end, Hjörtur then went on a trial at Eredivisie side PSV Eindhoven on 29 October 2011. After impressing at the trial, Hjörtur signed a three-year deal with PSV, where he will join the club on 1 July 2012. After years of development at the academy, Hjörtur made his professional debut as Jong PSV player in the Eerste Divisie on 18 August 2013 against FC Oss in a 4–0 home win. He replaced Jorrit Hendrix after 61 minutes. He made 25 league appearances during the 2013–14 season after a knee injury ended his season. In the 2014–15 season, Hjörtur continued to remain in the Jong…

International career

While at the duty for Iceland U17 and Iceland U19 for the past three years, Hjörtur was named as one of the promising players by UEFA ahead of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Slovakia and scored once during the campaign against France U17. Following the end of the tournament, Hjörturwas named Team of the Tournament. The following year, Hjörtur was called up by Iceland U21 for the first time and made his Iceland U21 debut on 6 February 2013, where he played the whole game despite losing 3–0 against Wales U21. It wasn't until on 5 March 2014 when Hjörtur scored his first Iceland U21 goal, in a 3–2 loss against Kazakhstan U21. A year later, Hjörtur scored again on 5 September 2015, in a 3–2 win over France U21. In October 2016, Hjörtur captained Iceland U21 for the first time, which saw them win 2–0 against Scotland U21. Hjörtur got his first call up to the senior Iceland squad for friendlies against Poland and Slovakia in November 2015. It wasn't until on 31 January 2016 when he made his senior team debut, coming on as a substitute in the second half, in a 3–2 loss against United States. He was selected for UEFA Euro 2016. However, Hjörtur did not make any appearance for Iceland throughout the UEFA Euro 2016, as they reached the quarter-final and lost to France. Despite making no appearances, Hjörtur stated that being called up for the UEFA Euro 2016 was the best day of his life.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 September 2024

International

Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hjörtur goal.

Club
PSV Eindhoven (2012–)
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Fylkir (2011–2012)
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Jong PSV (2013–)
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IFK Göteborg (2016–2016)
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Jong PSV (2012–2016)
Club
Brøndby IF (2016–2021)
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Pisa SC (2021–)
Club
Iceland national under-17 football team (2010–2012)
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Iceland national under-19 football team (2011–2013)
Club
Iceland national under-21 football team (2013–)
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Iceland men's national football team (2016–)
National team
Iceland

Legacy

Honours

Brøndby

Danish Superliga: 2020–21 Danish Cup: 2017–18

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Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Description

Icelandic association football player

Position

centre-back

Extract from Wikipedia

Hjörtur Hermannsson is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg and the Iceland national team.

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