Dagur Dan Þórhallsson

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

Dagur Dan Þórhallsson

Dagur with Orlando City in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Dagur Dan Þórhallsson[1]
Date of birth	(2000-05-02) 2 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Orlando City
Number	17
Youth career
0000–2013	Fylkir
2013–2017	Haukar
2017–2018	Gent
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016	Haukar	6	(0)
2018–2019	Keflavík	16	(1)
2019	→ Mjøndalen (loan)	1	(0)
2019–2020	Mjøndalen	12	(0)
2019	→ Kvik Halden (loan)	12	(5)
2021	→ Fylkir (loan)	20	(1)
2022	Breiðablik	25	(9)
2023–	Orlando City	60	(4)
International career^‡
2016	Iceland U16	9	(0)
2016	Iceland U17	3	(0)
2017	Iceland U18	3	(2)
2018	Iceland U19	5	(0)
2019–2022	Iceland U21	8	(0)
2022–	Iceland	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Dagur Dan Þórhallsson (born 2 May 2000) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a right-back for Major League Soccer club Orlando City and the Iceland national team. Dagur has also been deployed as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Hafnarfjörður, Dagur spent time in the Fylkir youth ranks before joining the Haukar academy in 2013. He made his senior debut with Haukar on 12 September 2016, starting and playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–1 draw with HK in the 2016 1. deild karla. He made six appearances for the club before leaving to join the youth ranks of Belgian Pro League club Gent. He returned to Icelandic football with Keflavík in 2018, playing in the Úrvalsdeild. In the first half of 2019 he was loaned to Mjøndalen in Norway's top flight, making one league appearance and a further four in the cup before joining Mjøndalen permanently in the summer. He was immediately loaned out for the remainder of the 2019 season to third tier team Kvik Halden where he played regularly, scoring five goals in 12 league appearances as the team reached the promotion playoffs. In 2021, Dagur returned to Iceland on loan from Mjøndalen, joining Fylkir for the 2021 Úrvalsdeild season. Ahead of the 2022 season he made a permanent transfer to Breiðablik.

In January 2023, Dagur signed a two-year contract with two additional club option years with Orlando City of Major League Soccer.^[3]

International career

Youth

Dagur has been capped for Iceland at all age-specific levels from under-16 to under-21. He appeared in 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification and 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification as Iceland failed to progress from the first qualifying stage both times. He made six appearances during 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification as Iceland reached the play-off round. He started both playoff games as Iceland lost 2–1 on aggregate to Czech Republic.^[4]

Senior

Dagur received his first senior international call-up for Iceland in November 2022 for a pair of friendlies against Saudi Arabia and South Korea. Played outside of a FIFA window, the squad was a chance for manager Arnar Viðarsson to work with domestic players and those from other leagues not active in November. He made his debut on 6 November 2022, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 defeat to Saudi Arabia in Abu Dhabi.^[5] After missing the 2022 Baltic Cup, he returned to the squad in January 2023 for friendlies against Estonia and Sweden, starting both.^[4]

Personal life

Dagur is the son of former international footballer Þórhallur Dan Jóhannsson.^[6] On 1 December 2024, Dagur and his partner Friðrika Arnardóttir announced on Instagram that they were having a child together.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 November 2024^[8][4][9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup[a]		League Cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Haukar	2016	1. deild karla	6	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		6	0
Keflavík	2018	Úrvalsdeild	16	1	0	0	0	0	—		—		16	1
Mjøndalen (loan)	2019	Eliteserien	1	0	4	0	—		—		—		5	0
Mjøndalen	2020		12	0	0	0	—		—		—		12	0
	Total		13	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
Kvik Halden (loan)	2019	2. divisjon	12	5	0	0	—		—		2[c]	0	14	5
Fylkir (loan)	2021	Úrvalsdeild	20	1	3	0	0	0	—		—		23	1
Breiðablik	2022	Besta deild karla	25	9	4	0	5	2	3[d]	0	1[e]	0	38	11
Orlando City	2023	Major League Soccer	30	2	1	0	3	0	2[f]	0	3[g]	0	39	2
	2024		30	2	—		5		3	0	3[g]	1	40	3
	Total		60	4	1	0	8	0	5	0	6	1	80	5
Career total			152	20	12	0	13	2	8	0	9	1	194	23

1. Icelandic Cup, Norwegian Cup and U.S. Open Cup
2. Icelandic League Cup and MLS Cup Playoffs
3. 2019 2. divisjon promotion playoffs
4. UEFA Europa Conference League
5. Icelandic Super Cup
6. CONCACAF Champions League
7. Appearances in Leagues Cup

International

As of match played 19 November 2024^[4]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iceland	2022	2	0
	2023	2	0
	2024	2	0
Total		6	0

References

1. "2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup – Club roster: Orlando City SC (USA)" (PDF). CONCACAF. January 30, 2024. p. 19. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
2. "Dagur Thórhallsson MLS profile". www.mlssoccer.com.
3. "Orlando City SC acquires Icelandic National Team midfielder Dagur Dan Thórhallsson". www.orlandocitysc.com.
4. "Leikmaður - Dagur Dan Þórhallsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic).
5. "Sjö nýliðar í naumu tapi gegn HM-liði Sádi-Araba". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic).
6. "Fótbolti.net". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 September 2022.
7. @fridrikaarnard (1 December 2024). "Dagsson 2025🤍". Retrieved 2 December 2024 – via Instagram.
8. "Dagur Dan Þórhallsson - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
9. "Dagur Dan Thorhallsson - Profil". Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian).

External links

• Dagur Dan Þórhallsson at Soccerway.com
• Dagur Dan Þórhallsson at National-Football-Teams.com
• Dagur Dan Þórhallsson at kicker (in German)
• Dagur Dan Þórhallsson at FBref.com
• Dagur Dan Þórhallsson at Major League Soccer