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Birkir Bjarnason

ビルキル・ビャルナソン　/　びるきる・びゃるなそん

Association football player from Iceland

May 27, 1988 (age 38)　・　Akureyri, Iceland

association football player

My Take

Birkir Bjarnason is, to me, a perfect emblem of Iceland's footballing fairy tale. A nation of barely 350,000 people produced this central midfielder from Akureyri who became their most-capped player ever, and I still think of him grinding through that famous Euro 2016 run that knocked out England. There's something I genuinely admire about a small-country professional whose whole story is consistency and stamina rather than superstardom. He never needed to be a global name; being the spine of an overachieving national team across more than a decade is its own kind of greatness, and Iceland clearly knows it.

Overview

Birkir Bjarnason (born 27 May 1988) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He is the most capped player of the Iceland national team.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Birkir Bjarnason
Name (Japanese): ビルキル・ビャルナソン
Reading: びるきる・びゃるなそん
Born: May 27, 1988 (age 38)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Dragon
Origin: Akureyri, Iceland
Blood type: Private
Height: 184 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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