Alfreð Finnbogason

He made his debut three days later, coming off the bench in the 64th minute for Tochi Chukwuani in a 2–0 home loss to Randers.

On 18 August 2023, Finnbogason moved to Belgian Pro League club Eupen on a deal until June 2025.

He made his debut for the club on 20 August, starting in a 3–1 away victory against Kortrijk.

Alfreð Finnbogason (born 1 February 1989) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian Pro League club Eupen, and the Iceland national team.

Alfreð joined Breiðablik in 2005, featuring in the club's highly successful youth team alongside future internationals and/or expatriates Gylfi Sigurðsson, Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson, Elfar Freyr Helgason, Guðmundur Kristjánsson, Kristinn Steindórsson and Kristinn Jónsson.

He made his senior debut for Breiðablik in 2008.

In the 2009 Úrvalsdeild season, he scored 13 goals in 18 league games for Breiðablik.

At the end of the campaign, he was voted Young Player of the Year by his fellow players.

Breiðablik also won their first title ever, the Icelandic Cup.

After the 2009 season, he had a trial with Tippeligaen side Viking and English Championship side Blackpool.

Alfreð made his debut for the Iceland national team against the Faroe Islands in 2010.

He has earned 72 caps to date, scoring 18 goals.

In 2010, Alfreð was joint league top goalscorer with 14 goals, and voted player of the year by fellow players as Breiðablik won their first league title and participated for the first time in the UEFA Europa League when they played against Scottish side Motherwell.

On 3 November 2010, Breiðablik confirmed that an offer for Alfreð from Belgian side Lokeren had been accepted.

After completing a medical, Alfreð signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club on 20 November 2010.

On 6 March 2012, Alfreð joined Swedish champions Helsingborgs IF on a six-month loan deal, ending on 15 August 2012.

Alfreð scored one goal and made five assists in a 6–1 aggregate win against Polish champions Śląsk Wrocław in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round.

At the end of the loan period, Alfreð was Helsingborg's top scorer of 2012 with 12 goals in 17 all competitions matches.

On 16 August 2012, Alfreð signed a three-year contract with Dutch Eredivisie club Heerenveen.

He made a promising start for his new club, scoring two goals in his home debut against top side Ajax in a 2–2 draw and later scoring all four goals away to third division side Kozakken Boys in the KNVB Cup.

Alfreð ended the season as the third-highest goalscorer of the Eredivisie, scoring 24 of Heereveen's 50 league goals.

With Heerenveen, Alfreð was the Dutch Eredivisie's top scorer in the 2013–14 season with 29 goals, a tally topped only by Luis Suárez, Cristiano Ronaldo and Jonathan Soriano in Europe's top leagues that season.

On 2 July 2014, Alfreð signed for Spanish La Liga club Real Sociedad for a €7.5 million transfer fee, rising to €10 million with add-ons.

He made his debut for the club later that month, starting in a 2–0 home win against Aberdeen for the season's UEFA Europa League.

Greek champions Olympiacos had previously tried to sign the 26-year-old Icelandic, but failed to reach an agreement with his former club, Heerenveen.

Despite the rival interest of PAOK, on 26 July 2015, Olympiacos officially announced that they had signed him on loan from Real Sociedad.

He scored his first goal in a friendly game against Beşiktaş on 9 August 2015.

Alfreð scored his first competitive and the winning goal for Olympiacos against Arsenal on 29 September 2015, in their Champions League Group F clash, earning Olympiacos their first ever win on English soil, in a 3–2 win at Emirates Stadium.

On 5 December 2015, he scored his first goal with a penalty kick in the Super League in a 4–3 away win against Panthrakikos.

He was part of their squad at UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where he became the first Icelander to score a goal in the FIFA World Cup.

Born in Grindavík, Alfreð played for Ungmennafélag Grindavíkur's youth teams while also spending two years of his childhood in the Scottish capital Edinburgh.

Alfreð played for boys' club Hutchison Vale, and became a fan of Hibernian, while his father studied in the city.

He was loaned to FC Augsburg on 1 February 2016.

He made his debut as a substitute against Ingolstadt five days later in a 2–1 defeat.

He scored his first goal in his third appearance on 28 February, helping Augsburg to a 2–2 draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach.

He would go on to score seven goals in fourteen appearances, and the loan was made permanent on 1 July 2016.

On 9 September 2017, he scored a hat-trick in a Bundesliga game against FC Köln, in which Augsburg won by 3–0.

On 16 December 2017, he scored another hat-trick in a 3–3 draw against SC Freiburg.

On 1 September 2022, Finnbogason signed a one-year contract with recently promoted Danish Superliga club Lyngby.

On 17 September, he scored his first goal for the Pandas, a consolation goal in the 80th minute of a 3–1 home loss to Standard Liège.