Sverrir Ingi Ingason

Sverrir Ingi Ingason (born 5 August 1993) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a defender for Greek club PAOK and the Iceland national team.

Sverrir previously played for Icelandic club Breiðablik UBK before transferring to Viking FK. After a successful spell at the Norwegian club he moved to Lokeren of Belgium.

An Icelandic youth international, he participated at the UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup with the senior team.

Club Career

Breiðablik

In 2011 at the age of 18 he started playing for Breiðablik's feeder club Augnablik. He quickly got the attention of the parent's club manager, Olafur Kristjansson, who made Sverrir one of his key players. After that season 2012–13 he was voted the most promising player in Breiðablik.

In the season 2013–14 he became one of the best players in the league. He was voted the best player of Breiðablik and made it into the divisions team of the year.

Viking

Sverrir was the subject of transfer speculation with the player linked to several clubs. On 1 January 2014 he decided to sign for Norwegian club Viking FK. At the club he played along with 4 other Icelandic players, Indriði Sigurðsson, Jon Daði Boðvarsson, Steinþor Freyr Þorsteinsson and Bjorn Daniel Sverrisson.

Sverrir was influential early on and right away started all the games in the heart of defence alongside the club's captain and one of Iceland's most experienced centre backs, Indriði Sigurdsson. After his first season he was voted Viking FK best player of 2014.

Lokeren

One year later, he opted for a move to Lokeren. He stayed in Belgium until January 2017, making 70 appearances and scoring one goal.

Granada CF

He moved to Andalusia for the first semester of 2017, joining Granada CF. He maintained his high level of performances, but his team couldn’t avoid relegation. In the summer of 2017, FC Rostov paid 1,2 million euros to

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