Elías Már Ómarsson (born 18 January 1995) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 2 club Nîmes and the Iceland national team.[1]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Elías Már Ómarsson | ||
Date of birth | (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Keflavík, Iceland | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Nîmes | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
Keflavík | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2014 | Keflavík | 37 | (8) |
2015–2016 | Vålerenga | 28 | (6) |
2016 | → IFK Göteborg (loan) | 13 | (6) |
2017–2018 | IFK Göteborg | 37 | (8) |
2018–2021 | Excelsior | 88 | (41) |
2021– | Nîmes | 41 | (7) |
International career‡ | |||
2011–2012 | Iceland U17 | 9 | (1) |
2012–2014 | Iceland U19 | 12 | (3) |
2014–2016 | Iceland U21 | 12 | (3) |
2015– | Iceland | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2020 |
Elías Már started his career with local club Keflavík in 2012. He signed a three-year contract with Vålerenga on 5 February 2015.[2]
In 2016 he went out on loan to Swedish club IFK Göteborg for the second half of the season. He had a clause in the loan contract enabling IFK to buy Ómarsson for a set fee after the loan ended which IFK chose to use.[3][4]
He moved to Eredivisie club S.B.V. Excelsior in August 2018.[5]
Elías Már made his first appearance for the Iceland national team on 16 January 2015 in a match against Canada, when he came on as a substitute for Rúrik Gíslason with a few minutes left of the match.[6]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Keflavík | 2012 | Úrvalsdeild | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2013 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
2014 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 4 | 30 | 10 | ||
Total | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 55 | 12 | ||
Vålerenga | 2015 | Tippeligaen | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
2016 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | ||
Total | 28 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 | ||
IFK Göteborg | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
2017 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | ||
2018 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | ||
Total | 50 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 19 | ||
Excelsior | 2018–19[1] | Eredivisie | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 26 | 8 |
2019–20[1] | Eerste Divisie | 28 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 12 | |
2020–21[1] | 37 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 25 | ||
Total | 88 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 97 | 45 | ||
Nîmes | 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 7 |
2022–23 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
Total | 41 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 9 | ||
Career total | 244 | 76 | 31 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 291 | 94 |
Nîmes Olympique – current squad | |
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