Stefán Teitur Þórðarson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Stefán.

Stefán Teitur Þórðarson
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-16) 16 October 1998
Place of birth Akranes, Iceland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Preston North End
Number 22
Youth career
–2015 ÍA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Kári 1 (0)
2016–2020 ÍA 79 (21)
2020–2024 Silkeborg 103 (13)
2024– Preston North End 39 (3)
International career‡
2018–2021 Iceland U21 16 (1)
2020– Iceland 30 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:11, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:47, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Stefán Teitur Þórðarson (born 16 October 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Preston North End and the Iceland national team.[1]

Club career

On 9 July 2024, Stefán Teitur signed for Championship club Preston North End on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[2]

After a good spell of starts, Stefán got his first goal for the club bending a beautiful finish into the far corner in a 2–1 win over Middlesbrough.

International career

Stefán has played youth international games for the Icelandic U-21s. In January 2020 he made his senior international debut in a match against Canada, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute for Aron Elís Þrándarson.[3]

Personal life

Stefán Teitur is from a huge family of footballers. He is the son of Þórður Þórðarson, a goalkeeper who played one senior international for Iceland. Stefán Teitur's father's brother is Stefán Þór Þórðarson who played six senior internationals for Iceland, scoring once. Stefán Teitur's grandfather's brothers are Ólafur Þórðarson who was capped 72 times by Iceland, scoring 5 goals, and Teitur Þórðarson who was capped 41 times by Iceland, scoring 9 goals, before coming a well-traveled manager. Stefán Teitur's great-grandfather was Þórður Þórðarson who scored 9 goals in 16 caps for Iceland. In addition Stefán Teitur's older brother, Þórður Þorsteinn Þórðarson, is a regular player in the Icelandic top tier and his cousin, Oliver Stefánsson, son of Stefán Þór, is contracted to IFK Norrköping.[4][5]

Going further back, through his great-great-grandmother (mother of Þórður Þórðarson, born 1930) he is related to Pétur Pétursson, who got 41 caps for Iceland, scoring 11 goals. Through his great-grandmother (wife of Þórður Þórðarson, born 1930) he is related to Árni Sveinsson, who got 50 caps for Iceland, scoring 4 goals, Sveinn Teitsson, who got 22 caps and 2 goals for Iceland and Sigursteinn Gíslason, who got 22 caps for Iceland.[5][6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 May 2025[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
ÍA 2016 Úrvalsdeild 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
2017 Úrvalsdeild 16 2 3 0 — — 19 2
2018 1. deild karla 22 10 3 1 — — 25 11
2019 Úrvalsdeild 20 1 2 0 — — 22 1
2020 Úrvalsdeild 17 8 2 1 — — 19 9
Total 78 21 10 2 — — 88 23
Silkeborg 2020–21 Danish 1st Division 20 1 0 0 — — 20 1
2021–22 Danish Superliga 28 2 2 0 — — 30 2
2022–23 Danish Superliga 27 1 4 0 — 8[c] 1 39 2
2023–24 Danish Superliga 28 9 8 2 — — 31 11
Total 103 13 14 2 — 8 1 125 16
Preston North End 2024–25 EFL Championship 39 3 4 0 4 0 — 47 3
Career total 220 37 28 4 4 0 8 1 260 42
  1. ^ Includes Icelandic Cup, Danish Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International goals

As of match played 10 June 2025[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iceland 2020 2 0
2021 5 1
2022 8 0
2023 3 0
2024 8 0
2025 4 0
Total 30 1
As of match played 19 November 2024
Iceland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Stefán goal.[9]
List of international goals scored by Stefán Teitur Þórðarson
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 October 2021 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Liechtenstein 1–0 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Silkeborg

References

  1. ^ a b Stefán Teitur Þórðarson at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Stefán Teitur Thórdarson Signs For PNE". www.pnefc.net. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Fimm spiluðu fyrsta landsleikinn í sigri". mbl.is (in Icelandic). 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  4. ^ Andri Yrkill Valsson (29 May 2019). "Fótboltinn í blóðinu og hola í höggi á ferilskrá". mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Ólafur Þórðarson". timarit.is (in Icelandic). DV. 29 September 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  6. ^ Sigurbjörg Þrastardóttir (26 August 1995). ""Þeir hafa gaman af þessu, strákarnir"". timarit.is (in Icelandic). DV. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  7. ^ Stefán Teitur Þórðarson at Soccerway
  8. ^ "Stefán Teitur Þórðarson: Internationals". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Stefán Teitur Þórðarson". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  10. ^ Mignon, Jacob (9 May 2024). "Kæmpe rød jubel i Parken: Silkeborg vinder pokalfinalen". DR (in Danish). Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Silkeborg IF – AGF". TV 2 Sport (in Danish). 9 May 2024. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  12. ^ "SIF vinder Atlantic Cup" (in Danish). Silkeborg IF. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
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