Birkir Mar Savarsson

Birkir Mar Savarsson (born 11 November 1984) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a defender for Urvalsdeild side Valur and the Iceland national team.

Club Career

Valur

Birkir started his professional career with local team Valur in the Urvalsdeild, where he made his senior debut in 2003. He went on to play 66 competitive league games for the club, scoring twice, across five seasons. He won the 2007 Urvalsdeild with Valur.

Brann

In 2008, at age 23, he joined the Norwegian side SK Brann in Tippeligaen. Before signing for Brann, Savarsson had a trial with Bryne FK. Being known as a versatile defender, he was originally planned as a right back at Brann, but played almost all the 2009 season on the left back. He was often praised for his stamina, pace, and ability to contribute to the attacking play from his wing-back position. Birkir soon also became known for his scoring ability.

In 2011, his side reached the final in the Norwegian Cup, where Birkir played the whole game as Brann lost 1–2 to Aalesunds FK. Birkir played all minutes in every competitive game during the 2012 and 2013 seasons as right back.

Birkir signed a four-year contract extension with Brann in May 2013. During the reign of Swedish manager Rikard Norling, Birkir however lost his place as a regular starter at Brann. In 2014, Norling opted to play the homegrown youngster Andreas Vindheim instead of the Icelandic international. The season ultimately went horrible for Brann, who got relegated to the second tier after losing against Mjondalen in qualification play.

The relegation also put an end to Birkir's 6.5-year spell at Brann, who transferred to the Swedish top tier club Hammarby IF in December 2014. He reportedly left Brann on a free transfer.

Hammarby

At Hammarby he began the 2015 season as a centre-back, but eventually moved back to his natural position on the right flank after the arrival of Richard Magyar. Aft

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