Hákon Arnar Haraldsson

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

Hákon Arnar Haraldsson

Hákon Arnar with Lille in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	(2003-04-10) 10 April 2003 (age 22)[1]
Place of birth	Akranes, Iceland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team	Lille
Number	7
Youth career
2006–2019	ÍA
2019–2021	Copenhagen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019	ÍA	0	(0)
2021–2023	Copenhagen	40	(8)
2023–	Lille	44	(6)
International career^‡
2017–2018	Iceland U15	4	(1)
2019	Iceland U16	6	(3)
2019–2020	Iceland U17	15	(1)
2021	Iceland U19	3	(1)
2020–	Iceland U21	5	(2)
2022–	Iceland	20	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:28, 15 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 March 2025

Hákon Arnar Haraldsson (born 10 April 2003) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for French Ligue 1 club Lille and the Iceland national team.^[2]

Club career

Hákon Arnar is a youth academy graduate of Icelandic club ÍA. He made his senior debut for the club on 26 February 2019 in a 6–0 league cup win against Stjarnan.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2019, Hákon Arnar joined youth academy of Danish club Copenhagen.^[3] On 21 May 2021, club announced that he have signed a new contract with the club until June 2026.^[4] He made his senior debut for the club on 29 July 2021 in a 5–0 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying round win against Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino.^[5]

On 17 July 2023, Hákon Arnar signed for French Ligue 1 club Lille, on a five-year contract running until 30 June 2028.^[6] The financial details of the transfer include an initial and base fee of €12 million and a maximum of €5 million add-ons depending on sporting conditions.^[7]

International career

Hákon Arnar is an Icelandic youth international.^[8] On 2 September 2021, he scored twice in his team's 2–1 victory against Belarus in 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification stage.^[9] He made his Iceland senior team debut on 2 June 2022 in a 2–2 draw against Israel.^[10]

Personal life

Hákon Arnar was born into a family of footballers. His parents Haraldur Ingólfsson and Jónína Víglundsdóttir are former national team players.^[11] His brothers Tryggvi Hrafn and Haukur Andri are also professional footballers.^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 March 2025^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
ÍA	2019	Úrvalsdeild	0	0	0	0	2	0	—		2	0
Copenhagen	2021–22	Danish Superliga	11	4	0	0	—		4[c]	0	15	4
	2022–23	Danish Superliga	29	4	6	0	—		8[d]	1	43	5
	Total		40	8	6	0	—		12	1	58	9
Lille	2023–24	Ligue 1	26	2	2	3	—		10[c]	0	38	5
	2024–25	Ligue 1	18	4	3	1	—		10[d]	2	31	7
	Total		44	6	5	4	—		20	2	69	12
Career total			84	14	11	4	2	0	32	3	127	21

1. Includes Icelandic Cup, Danish Cup, Coupe de France
2. Includes Icelandic League Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 20 March 2025^[2]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iceland	2022	7	0
	2023	8	3
	2024	4	0
	2025	1	0
Total		20	3

Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hákon Arnar goal.

List of international goals scored by Hákon Arnar Haraldsson

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 March 2023	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	2–0	7–0	UEFA Euro 2024 qualification
2	8 September 2023	Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1–2	1–3	UEFA Euro 2024 qualification
3	16 October 2023	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	Liechtenstein	4–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2024 qualification

Honours

Copenhagen

• Danish Superliga: 2021–22;^[13] 2022–23^[14]
• Danish Cup: 2022–23^[15]

International

• Baltic Cup: 2022

Individual

• Icelandic Men's Footballer of the Year: 2022^[16]

References

1. "Hákon Arnar Haraldsson | Iceland | European Qualifiers". Retrieved 8 September 2023.
2. Hákon Arnar Haraldsson at Soccerway
3. "Hákon Arnar Haraldsson Joins Talent Department". F.C. Copenhagen. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
4. "F.C. København Forlænger Med Hákon Arnar Haraldsson". F.C. Copenhagen (in Danish). 21 May 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
5. "Torpedo Zhodino–Copenhagen". UEFA Conference League. UEFA. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
6. "L'international islandais, Hákon Haraldsson, nouveau renfort offensif". LOSC (in French). 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
7. Marcant, Raphaël (18 July 2023). "LOSC – FC Copenhague : Un bras de fer a été gagné pour Hákon Arnar Haraldsson". Le Petit Lillois (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
8. "U21 karla - Hópurinn fyrir leiki í september". 25 August 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
9. "Sigur í fyrsta leik hjá U21 árs liðinu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 2 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
10. "Tek þetta alfarið á mig". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 2 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
11. "Í leikmannahóp stórveldisins í fyrsta sinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 4 May 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
12. "Fetar í fótspor foreldranna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
13. "FC Copenhagen win 14th Danish league title". F.C. Copenhagen. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
14. "Inside Danish Sport: Titletown Copenhagen". 30 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
15. "FCK win 2022/23 Danish Cup". F.C. Copenhagen. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
16. Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (19 December 2022). "Glódís Perla og Hákon Arnar eru Knattspyrnufólk ársins 2022". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 December 2022.

External links

• Hákon Arnar Haraldsson at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
• Copenhagen profile
• Hákon Arnar Haraldsson at WorldFootball.net