Samúel Pétursson Thorsteinsson (1 January 1893 – 25 November 1956) was an Icelandic

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

and a

physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

. He played in seven matches for the Denmark national team in 1918 and 1919. Playing the right

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position, he won the

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in 1919 and 1921 as part of

Akademisk Boldklub Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe (or AB) is a Danish professional football club from Gladsaxe north of Copenhagen, currently playing at the 3rd highest level of Danish domestic football in the Danish 2nd Division group 1. The club was established on F ...

. He also played briefly for the Italian Naples Foot-Ball & Cricket Club, becoming the first Nordic footballer to compete in Italy.

Family

Thorsteinsson was born in

Bíldudalur Bíldudalur () is a village situated on the coast of Arnarfjörður, one of the Westfjords in Iceland. It is situated in the Vesturbyggð municipality and has 238 inhabitants (as of January 2021). The village prospered in the 19th century thank ...

, Iceland, to Icelandic entrepreneur Pétur J. Thorsteinsson and Ásthildur Guðmundsdóttir. He was a younger brother of Icelandic artist

Muggur Guðmundur Pétursson Thorsteinsson (5 September 1891, Bíldudalur – 27 July 1924, Søllerød), better known as Muggur, was an Icelandic painter, graphic artist, author and film actor. Biography Muggur was born in Bíldudalur, Iceland. His fa ...

and older brother of footballers

Gunnar Thorsteinsson Gunnar Pétursson Thorsteinsson (26 June 1894 – 5 March 1921) was an Icelandic footballer. He is considered one of Iceland's first great footballers. Early life and family Gunnar was the son of the entrepreneur Pétur J. Thorsteinsson and Ás ...

and

Friðþjófur Thorsteinsson Friðþjófur Thorsteinsson Pétursson (28 August 1895 – 13 April 1967) was an Icelandic footballer, coach and former chairman of Fram. He is considered one of Iceland's first great footballers. Early life and family Friðþjófur was the son ...

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* 1893 births 1956 deaths 20th-century Danish physicians Akademisk Boldklub players Men's association football midfielders Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Samuel Thorsteinsson People from Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-footy-bio-stub