Viðar Örn Kjartansson

Viðar made his debut for Selfoss in 2006, aged 16. He joined Icelandic top division club ÍBV in 2009 but rejoined Selfoss after a short stint with ÍBV. He joined Icelandic club Fylkir in 2013 and after a very prolific goalscoring season in the Icelandic top flight, he joined Norwegian club Vålerenga in December 2013. Viðar scored his first goal for Vålerenga in a 3–1 home win over Bodø/Glimt on 6. April 2014. After his first year in Norway, Viðar ended up as the top scorer in the Norwegian top league with 25 goals scored in 29 games. On 22 January 2015, Viðar transferred to Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty. Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty signed him for €3.5 million. On 7 March 2015, he made his debut and scored his first goal for Jiangsu in the first league match of the 2015 season which Jiangsu Sainty lost to Shanghai SIPG 2–1. Viðar played a vital part in the Chinese FA cup, and was the club's top goalscorer in the cup with four goals, which helped Jiangsu to win their first trophy in history of the club. On 27 January 2016, he signed for Swedish club Malmö FF. On 30 August 2016, he transferred to Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. He has won the 2017–18 Toto Cup with the team. He signed a four-year deal with the club. On 26 October 2016, Kjartansson won the Swedish championship as Malmö FF sealed the title in his absence. On 31 August 2018, he signed a four-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Rostov, joining his compatriots Ragnar Sigurðsson, Björn…

Viðar made his senior international debut for Iceland in 2014, starting as a centre forward in a friendly against Austria. He scored his first international goal in a friendly against the United Arab Emirates in January 2016. Despite a strong run for his club team Malmö FF, Viðar was overlooked for a spot in Iceland's Euro 2016 squad and instead put on the team's standby list. His second international goal came in a friendly against Qatar in November 2017. Viðar once again missed out on playing in an international championship, when he was left out of Iceland's World Cup 2018 squad, serving as a non-squad reserve. Viðar announced his retirement from international duty in October 2018 at the age of 28, having won 19 caps and scored two goals. In March 2019, Viðar reversed his decision to retire from the national team and was called up to represent Iceland in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying games against Andorra and France.

Club

As of match played 2 April 2023

International

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

Jiangsu Sainty

Chinese FA Cup: 2015 Malmö FF

Allsvenskan: 2016 KA Akureyri

Bikarkeppni karla: 2024 Maccabi Tel Aviv

Toto Cup: 2017–18 Individual

Úrvalsdeild Top goalscorer: 2013 Eliteserien Forward of the Year: 2014 Eliteserien Top goalscorer: 2014 Norwegian Cup Top goalscorer: 2014 Allsvenskan Forward of the Year: 2016 Israeli Premier League Top goalscorer: 2016–17 ONE magazine player of the week: January 2018