Þórarinn Ingi Valdimarsson

Þórarinn was born and raised in the town of Vestmannaeyjar, and had his debut for Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja (ÍBV) in 2007 and played 12 games for the team in the 1. deild karla (men's 1st division). Þórarinn scored 2 goals in 19 games when ÍBV won promotion to the Úrvalsdeild (Premier division) after winning the 2008 1. deild karla, and was named as the most promising player of the squad at the end of the season. The same year he played 5 games for the Iceland U19 national team. Þórarinn was on a one-month trial with Belgian team KV Mechelen in January 2009. Þórarinn scored 1 goal in 19 matches in 2009 when ÍBV were again playing in the Icelandic top league, after five years of absence. The next season, he scored 5 goals in 21 matches when ÍBV finished third in the 2010 Úrvalsdeild. On 5 December 2010 he signed a new three-year contract with ÍBV. He was later selected for Iceland's first Futsal team. Þórarinn started 21 matches and scored 5 goals in 2011, when ÍBV again finished third in the league. He also played four matches in the Icelandic Cup, scoring one goal. At the end of the season he was elected "young player of the year" by the players in Úrvalsdeild, joining famous players such as Guðni Bergsson, Rúnar Kristinsson and Eiður Guðjohnsen. The same year, Þórarinn played three matches for the under-21 team and was called up for the senior team at the end of the year, in a squad consisting of players from the Scandinavian leagues. In November 2011 he was on trials…

Team

FH

Besta deild: 2015, 2016 Stjarnan

Icelandic Cup: 2018

Individual

ÍBV

Besta deild karla - Young Player of the Year: 2011