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Defender
Position
Alfons Sampsted
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Alfons Sampsted joined Blues from FC Twente in August 2024, on a loan with an option to buy.
Alfons Sampsted was born on Monday 6 April 1998 in the Icelandic town of Kopavogur, directly south of Reykjavik in the country's Capital Region. In his hometown, he played youth football with Breioablik until 2015 and emerged into the senior game when debuting during a 0-4 League Cup win over Bi/Bolungarvik that year.
The following season, on the back of a loan move to Por Akureyri, he recorded 17 outings in the top flight ahead of crossing the Norweigan Sea and to Sweden where he joined IFK Norrkoping, where five senior outings were supplemented by loan moves to IF Sylvia twice and Landskrona BoIS, as well as a brief return to his first professional club in 2019.
Scandinavia would continue to be his home but this time in Norway, joining FK Bodo/Glimt in February 2020. He started excellently in the Arctic Circle, with the team winning 10 successive league games at the start of a campaign that would deliver a first-ever Eliteserien championship. Sampsted missed just one match, which was their only top-division defeat, and across three seasons as part of the Yellow Horde, he played in all but two of their league fixtures.
2021 brought another title and the beginning of a historic European run. Glimt reached the UEFA Conference League Quarter-Finals, claiming wins over AS Roma, AZ Alkmaar and Celtic in the process, with the right-back recording three assists and scoring one goal.
After 134 outings, he transferred to FC Twente permanently at the end of 2022, in total featuring during 36 Eredivisie matches. 24 of these came last season as they finished third and earned qualification to the UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round.
Iceland's record appearance maker at Under-21s level has played 21 times for the senior side where he is the roommate of now Birmingham City teammate and lifelong friend Willum Willumsson.
Sampsted became Blues' 11th arrival of the summer transfer window, joining from Twente on a season-long loan.
PLAYER BIO
| Position | Defender |
| Age | 28 |
| From | Iceland |
268
Minutes Played
17
Appearances
6
Goals
SEASON TOTALS
0
WINNING GOALS
122
TACKLES
RED
0
YELLOW
16
PENALTIES
180 cm
HEIGHT
72 kg
WEIGHT
28
AGE
RECENT MATCHES PLAYED
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FT
3
BIR
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Birmingham City
1
FT
0
BAL
Burton Albion
Saturday 19 July 2025
CRA
Crewe Alexandra
4
FT
0
BIR
Birmingham City
Tackles Suffered
0% Success Rate
Tackles
100% Success Rate
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