Andri Fannar Baldursson (born 10 January 2002) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dutch club NEC on loan from the Italian club Bologna.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andri Fannar Baldursson | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Kópavogur, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | NEC | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2019 | Breiðablik | ||
| 2019 | → Bologna (loan) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Bologna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Breiðablik | 1 | (0) |
| 2020– | Bologna | 15 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Copenhagen (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2022– | → NEC (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2018 | Iceland U-16 | 4 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Iceland U-17 | 21 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | Iceland U-18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019– | Iceland U-19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2020– | Iceland U-21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2020– | Iceland | 9 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:55, 3 January 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2022 | |||
Andri started his career with local club Breiðablik in Kópavogur before going on loan to Bologna in January 2019.[1][2] He impressed and was bought by Bologna in August 2019.[3] Andri made his debut in Serie A on 22 February 2020, coming on as a 59th-minute substitute for Andreas Skov Olsen in a 1–1 draw against Udinese,[4] becoming the fifth Icelander to ever play in Serie A.[5] In 2020 Andri was the youngest Icelandic player to play in the top five leagues in Europe.[6]
On 23 August 2021, Danish Superliga club Copenhagen confirmed that Baldursson had joined the club on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy.[7] After a season of limited playing time due to injuries - only eight appearances - Baldursson returned to Bologna at the end of the season.[8][9]
On 6 July 2022, Andri joined NEC in the Netherlands on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[10]
Andri has featured for the U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 Icelandic youth national teams.[11]
He made his Iceland senior national team debut on 8 September 2020 in a Nations League game against Belgium. He started the game and was substituted after 54 minutes in a 5–1 away loss.[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Breiðablik | 2018 | Úrvalsdeild | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bologna (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bologna | 2019–20 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Copenhagen (loan) | 2021–22 | Superliga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Career total | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
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