Personal information | |||
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Full name | Elías Rafn Ólafsson | ||
Date of birth | 11 March 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Reykjavik, Iceland | ||
Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Mafra (on loan from Midtjylland) | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005−2012 | Breiðablik | ||
2012−2013 | Völsungur | ||
2013−2018 | Breiðablik | ||
2018−2019 | Midtjylland | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2016–2018 | Breiðablik | 0 | (0) |
2017 | → FH (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2018− | Midtjylland | 22 | (0) |
2019−2020 | → Aarhus Fremad (loan) | 20 | (0) |
2020−2021 | → Fredericia (loan) | 26 | (0) |
2023− | → Mafra (loan) | 32 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Iceland U16 | 3 | (0) |
2018 | Iceland U19 | 1 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Iceland U21 | 7 | (0) |
2021– | Iceland | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2023 |
Elías Rafn Ólafsson (born 11 March 2000) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga Portugal 2 club Mafra, on loan from Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland. [1] [2] [3]
Elías started playing football at the age of five. [4] He also played both handball and volleyball in his youth and played two games for the Iceland national volleyball team in 2015. [5] He subsequently quit both sports to fully focus on football. [4]
Elías came through the youth academy of Breiðablik. In July 2018, he was sold to reigning Danish champions Midtjylland. [6] [7] In 2019, he was loaned to Aarhus Fremad [8] where he appeared in 20 games. [9] In August 2020, he was loaned to Fredericia. [10] In December 2020, he signed a 5-year contract extension with Midtjylland. [11] [12] In September 2021, he was named the Danish Superliga Player of the Month. [13]
On 18 July 2023 it was confirmed, that Ólafsson had joined Liga Portugal 2 club Mafra on a season-long loan deal. [14]
Elías was selected to the Icelandic national team ahead of its friendly games against Canada and El Salvador in January 2020. He was an unused substitute in both games. [15] In October 2020, Elías was diagnosed with COVID-19, following Iceland's U-21 2–0 win over Luxembourg U-21. [15] In March 2021, he was selected to the Icelandic U-21 team ahead of its games in the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. [16]
He made his debut for the senior Iceland national football team on 8 October 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Armenia. [17]