Adam Örn Arnarson (born 27 August 1995) is an Icelandic professional
footballer
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who plays as a
right-back
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Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...
for
Fram.
Club career
Arnarson started his career with local club
Breiðablik before moving to
NEC Nijmegen
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in the
Eredivisie
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in January 2013. In August 2014, he joined
Danish Superliga
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club
FC Nordsjælland
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, managed by compatriot
Ólafur Kristjánsson
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Playing career
Kristjánsson started his playing career at FH Hafnarfjör ...
. In November 2014, Arnarson made his Superliga debut for Nordsjælland in a 1–0 loss to
OB.
Arnarson left
Aalesund at the end of the 2018 season. He joined
Górnik Zabrze
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in February 2019. After a spell with
Tromsø
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, he rejoined
Breiðablik in 2022.
International career
Arnarson has been involved with the U-17 and U-19 teams, having in total 32 caps for these sides.
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1995 births
Living people
Men's association football defenders
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NEC Nijmegen players
FC Nordsjælland players
Aalesunds FK players
Górnik Zabrze players
Tromsø IL players
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Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players
Ekstraklasa players
III liga players
Eliteserien players
Norwegian First Division players
Danish Superliga players
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Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
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Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
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Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
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Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
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21st-century Icelandic sportsmen
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