Ólafur Ingi Skúlason

Ólafur Ingi Skúlason ( born April 1, 1983 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic football player. The midfielder, who made his debut in the Icelandic national team in 2003, was captain of the Icelandic U-21 national selection.

Career

Ólafur began his career at ÍF Fylkir in his hometown Reykjavík. With the club he reached in 2000 in the island's first league runner-up.

In summer 2001, Ólafur moved to England for Arsenal. There he came only in the reserve team for use, so that he was awarded in early 2003 returned to Iceland to his old club ÍF Fylkir. Nevertheless, he established himself in the Icelandic U -21 team whose captain he was. After his return to England in the summer of the year he could not continue to prevail. Nevertheless, he came in November of the year at 0-0 draw with the Mexican national team for his senior international debut. A short time later he came to club based on his competitive debut as coach Arsène Wenger put him on 2 December of the year during a game in the League Cup against Wolverhampton Wanderers as a substitute. In the following season he was on the side of players like Cesc Fabregas, Jermaine Pennant and Sebastian Larsson only in the reserve team for use.

After Ólafur in the Premier League had not been able to enforce and had no Erstligaeinsatz, he left in the summer of 2005, Arsenal in the direction of Brentford FC. When antretenden in the third-tier Football League One club he signed a two-year contract. Shortly after his debut with the club he was injured severely in the knee and missed the rest of the season. Under the summer of 2006 in the newly obligated coach Scott Fitzgerald he no longer belonged to the core team, so he decided to change clubs in December of this year.

In February 2007, Ólafur signed a three -year contract with the hitherto four-time Swedish champion Helsingborgs IF. In the 2007 he could only occasionally play in the starting lineup and came to a total of 15 stakes. At the start of the following season, he injured his cruciate ligament, after his return in August 2008, he was injured again in September on the cross belt and fell out long. In May 2009 he returned to the U21 team of HIF back to the football field. Two months later, he ran again in the Allsvenskan and established himself as a defensive midfielder.