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Birkir Bjarnason
Birkir Bjarnason (born 27 May 1988) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club Aston Villa and the Iceland national football team.
Club career.
Club career Viking FK.
Birkir started playing football with local clubs in his hometown of Akureyri. His family moved to Norway in 1999 and he joined the youth teams of Figgjo. In the summer of 2005 Birkir joined Viking. In the 2006 season he scored his first goal for Viking against Hamarkameratene. Following that he played consistently
the match finishing 4–4.
He was selected for UEFA Euro 2016 squad for Iceland and played his first UEFA Euro 2016 match, where he set up a goal for Birkir Bjarnason. This was the country's first ever goal in a major tournament when Birkir scored the equalizer against Portugal in their first group match. On 27 June 2016, Jóhann played against England in the UEFA Euro 2016 round of 16 at the Stade de Nice, as Iceland upset England with a 2–1 victory to advance to the quarter-finals.