Arnar Darri Pétursson

For the Icelandic long-distance runner, see Arnar Pétursson.

Arnar Pétursson

Personal information
Full name	Arnar Darri Pétursson
Date of birth	(1991-03-16) 16 March 1991
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Stjarnan
Number	13
Youth career
	Stjarnan
2008	Lyn
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Lyn	15	(0)
2010–2012	SønderjyskE	0	(0)
2012–2015	Stjarnan	3	(0)
2014	→ Víkingur Ólafsvík (loan)	22	(0)
2016–2020	Þróttur	76	(0)
2020	Fylkir	1	(0)
2021–	Stjarnan	3	(0)
International career
2007	Iceland U-17	7	(0)
2008–2009	Iceland U-19	4	(0)
2010–2011	Iceland U-21	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:40, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Arnar Darri Pétursson (born 16 March 1991) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Stjarnan.

He started his career with Stjarnan, and joined Oslo-based club Lyn in March 2008. When Lyn had financial problems in summer 2010 he was signed by SønderjyskE of the Danish Superliga. He made his international U21 debut against Scotland in the fall of 2010 when Iceland met Scotland in playoffs to reach the EM U21 Finals in Denmark 2011. Iceland won both games 2–1 and qualified.

Club career

Stjarnan

Arnar played a first team game for Stjarnanbut played with all their youth teams.

Lyn

At the time Arnar moved to Lyn they had among others Indridi Sigurdsson, Theodor Elmar Bjarnason and more quality players. He made his Norwegian Premier League debut for Lyn on 3 August 2009 against SK Brann. In the end Lyn had to sell all their best players and was in the summer of 2010 declared bankrupt. It was demoted to the Norwegian lower leagues as an amateur club. With Lyn Arnar played 15 games, five of them in the Tippeligaen.

SønderjyskE

On 1 July 2010, Arnar signed for Danish Superliga club SønderjyskE, which is located near the German border, to compete with their existing number one goalkeeper Nathan Coe. He signed for two years.

External links

• Arnar Darri Pétursson on Facebook
• Info on Melar Sport homepage Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• Arnar Darri Pétursson at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)