Viðar Orn Kjartansson

Viðar Orn Kjartansson (Icelandic pronunciation: ​[ˈvɪːðar ortn̥ ˈcʰar̥tansɔn]; born 11 March 1990) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a striker for Norwegian club Valerenga IF.

Club Career

Viðar made his debut for Selfoss in 2006, aged 16. He joined Icelandic top division club IBV in 2009 but rejoined Selfoss after a short stint with IBV.

He joined Icelandic club Fylkir in 2013 and after a very prolific goalscoring season in the Icelandic top flight, he joined Norwegian club Valerenga in December 2013. Viðar scored his first goal for Valerenga in a 3–1 home win over Bodo/Glimt on 6. April 2014.

After his first year in Norway, Viðar ended up as the top scorer in the Norwegian top league with 25 goals scored in 29 games.

On 22 January 2015, Viðar transferred to Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty. Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty signed him for €3.5 million. On 7 March 2015, he made his debut and scored his first goal for Jiangsu in the first league match of the 2015 season which Jiangsu Sainty lost to Shanghai SIPG 2–1.

Viðar played a vital part in the Chinese FA cup, and was the club's top goalscorer in the cup with four goals, which helped Jiangsu to win their first trophy in history of the club.

On 27 January 2016, he signed for Swedish club Malmo FF.

On 30 August 2016, he transferred to Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. He signed a four-year deal with the club. On 26 October 2016, Viðar won the Swedish championship as Malmo FF sealed the title in his absence.

On 31 August 2018, he signed a four-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Rostov, joining his compatriots Ragnar Sigurðsson, Bjorn Bergmann Sigurðarson and Sverrir Ingi Ingason at the club. He scored his first two goals for the club on 26 September 2018 in a Russian Cup 4–0 victory over a third-tier club FC Syzran-2003.

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