# Alfreð Finnbogason
**Alfreð Finnbogason** (born 1989) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a striker for clubs in Iceland, Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Germany, and Denmark, and for the Iceland national team, and who now works as a sporting director for the Norwegian club [Rosenborg BK](https://www.edgepedia.org/rosenborg-bk).[1](https://finnbogason.is/) • [2](https://www.transfermarkt.com/alfred-finnbogason/profil/trainer/152135)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1989, Iceland; birthplace given as Grindavík by Danish and German sources and as Reykjavík by Transfermarkt[3](https://belgiskfodbold.dk/alfred-finnbogason/) • [4](https://www.kicker.de/alfred-finnbogason/laufbahn) • [5](https://www.transfermarkt.de/alfred-finnbogason/profil/spieler/90024) |
| Playing position | Centre forward (striker), 1.84 m tall, right-footed[1](https://finnbogason.is/) • [5](https://www.transfermarkt.de/alfred-finnbogason/profil/spieler/90024) |
| Senior clubs | Breiðablik, KSC Lokeren, Helsingborgs IF, SC Heerenveen, Real Sociedad, Olympiacos Piraeus, FC Augsburg, Lyngby, KAS Eupen; 374 appearances and 160 goals in total[1](https://finnbogason.is/) |
| Eredivisie top scorer | Scored 29 league goals in a Heerenveen season that placed him at the top of the Dutch scoring list, after 24 goals (third most) the season before[3](https://belgiskfodbold.dk/alfred-finnbogason/) |
| Augsburg record | 122 games and 39 goals for FC Augsburg (2016–2022), including 37 Bundesliga goals, still the club's Bundesliga record[1](https://finnbogason.is/) • [6](https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/sport/fc-augsburg/neuer-job-in-norwegen-ex-fca-stuermer-alfred-finnbogason-ist-sportdirektor-bei-rosenborg-trondheim-113125295) |
| Iceland | 73 senior caps and 18 goals; also 11 caps and 5 goals at under-21 level[5](https://www.transfermarkt.de/alfred-finnbogason/profil/spieler/90024) |
| Retirement | Announced 21 November 2024, at age 35[3](https://belgiskfodbold.dk/alfred-finnbogason/) • [4](https://www.kicker.de/alfred-finnbogason/laufbahn) |
| Current role | Sporting director of Rosenborg BK, appointed 7 January 2026 on a contract running to 31 December 2030[2](https://www.transfermarkt.com/alfred-finnbogason/profil/trainer/152135) |
## Club career
**Iceland and Scandinavia.** Finnbogason began at Breiðablik in Kópavogur, scoring 30 goals in 46 appearances between 2008 and 2010.[1](https://finnbogason.is/) A move to the Belgian club KSC Lokeren followed, where he scored 7 goals in 25 games over two seasons, and a 2012 spell at [Helsingborgs IF](https://www.edgepedia.org/helsingborgs-if) in Sweden produced 13 goals in 22 appearances.[1](https://finnbogason.is/) Contemporary Icelandic reporting noted that he became the eighth Icelander to play for Lokeren.[7](https://www.visir.is/paper/fbl/101104.pdf)
**Heerenveen and the Eredivisie.** At SC Heerenveen (2012–2014) he scored 59 goals in 70 appearances.[1](https://finnbogason.is/) His Dutch output rose from 24 league goals, the third most in the [Eredivisie](https://www.edgepedia.org/eredivisie), to a 29-goal season that made him the league's top scorer and earned the move described below.[3](https://belgiskfodbold.dk/alfred-finnbogason/)
**Spain, Greece, and Germany.** Real Sociedad signed him in 2014, but he scored only 4 goals in 31 games, and a season at Olympiacos Piraeus brought 2 goals in 13 appearances.[1](https://finnbogason.is/) When he joined [FC Augsburg](https://www.edgepedia.org/fc-augsburg) in January 2016, the [Bundesliga](https://www.edgepedia.org/bundesliga) club was already the seventh stop of his professional career.[8](https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/Alfred%2BFinnbogason/01/9644)
**FC Augsburg.** Finnbogason spent six and a half years at Augsburg, from 1 February 2016 to 30 June 2022, playing 122 matches in all competitions and scoring 39 goals, 37 of them in the Bundesliga (115 league games) and 2 in the [DFB-Pokal](https://www.edgepedia.org/dfb-pokal).[1](https://finnbogason.is/) • [9](https://datencenter.dfb.de/datencenter/personen/alfred-finnbogason/spieler) His best league seasons were 2017/18 and 2018/19, with 12 and 10 Bundesliga goals respectively.[9](https://datencenter.dfb.de/datencenter/personen/alfred-finnbogason/spieler) A shoulder injury picked up on national-team duty in November 2019 interrupted his 2019/20 season, and he returned as a substitute in Berlin before setting up Ruben Vargas's winning goal against Werder Bremen on his 31st birthday in 2020.[10](https://www.fcaugsburg.de/article/finnbogason-es-ist-ein-super-gefuehl-wieder-dabei-zu-sein-10920) He remains Augsburg's all-time leading Bundesliga scorer.[6](https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/sport/fc-augsburg/neuer-job-in-norwegen-ex-fca-stuermer-alfred-finnbogason-ist-sportdirektor-bei-rosenborg-trondheim-113125295)
**Final playing years.** After leaving Augsburg he played the 2022/23 season for Lyngby in Denmark, scoring 5 goals in 17 games, and then joined the Belgian club KAS Eupen in August 2023, where he scored 1 goal in 27 or 28 appearances depending on the source.[1](https://finnbogason.is/) • [4](https://www.kicker.de/alfred-finnbogason/laufbahn) Eupen's relegation to the Challenger Pro League led to a mutual termination of his contract on 5 September 2024, and on 21 November 2024 he announced his retirement at 35.[3](https://belgiskfodbold.dk/alfred-finnbogason/) • [4](https://www.kicker.de/alfred-finnbogason/laufbahn)
## International career
Finnbogason earned 73 senior caps and scored 18 goals for Iceland, after 11 caps and 5 goals at under-21 level.[5](https://www.transfermarkt.de/alfred-finnbogason/profil/spieler/90024)
## Post-playing career
**Executive roles.** Finnbogason became technical director of his former club Breiðablik on 1 August 2024 and held the post until 6 January 2026, when he moved to Rosenborg BK in Norway as sporting director on a contract running to the end of 2030.[2](https://www.transfermarkt.com/alfred-finnbogason/profil/trainer/152135) In May 2026, as Rosenborg's sporting director, he spoke at the press conference that dismissed head coach Alfred Johansson and installed Alexander Tettey as interim coach.[11](https://www.vg.no/sport/i/wrdBXo/nrk-alfred-johansson-ferdig-som-rosenborg-trener)
**Qualifications.** While still an Augsburg player he completed a sport management qualification at the Johan Cruyff Institute and studies in business and administration at the University of Akureyri, credentials cited in coverage of his Rosenborg appointment.[6](https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/sport/fc-augsburg/neuer-job-in-norwegen-ex-fca-stuermer-alfred-finnbogason-ist-sportdirektor-bei-rosenborg-trondheim-113125295) He has described Augsburg as his club of the heart in later interviews.[12](https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/sport/fc-augsburg/ex-fca-spieler-alfred-finnbogason-fca-mein-absoluter-herzensverein-113918479)
## References
1. [Alfreð Finnbogason, official site with career statistics](https://finnbogason.is/)
2. [Alfred Finnbogason, manager profile, Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.com/alfred-finnbogason/profil/trainer/152135)
3. [Alfreð Finnbogason, belgiskfodbold.dk](https://belgiskfodbold.dk/alfred-finnbogason/)
4. [Alfred Finnbogason, Laufbahn, kicker](https://www.kicker.de/alfred-finnbogason/laufbahn)
5. [Alfred Finnbogason, Spielerprofil, Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.de/alfred-finnbogason/profil/spieler/90024)
6. [Ex-FCA-Stürmer Alfred Finnbogason ist Sportdirektor bei Rosenborg Trondheim, Augsburger Allgemeine](https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/sport/fc-augsburg/neuer-job-in-norwegen-ex-fca-stuermer-alfred-finnbogason-ist-sportdirektor-bei-rosenborg-trondheim-113125295)
7. [Fótblaðið (Visir), 10 October 2010](https://www.visir.is/paper/fbl/101104.pdf)
8. [Alfred Finnbogason, Munzinger Biographie](https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/Alfred%2BFinnbogason/01/9644)
9. [Alfreð Finnbogason, Spielerprofil, DFB Datencenter](https://datencenter.dfb.de/datencenter/personen/alfred-finnbogason/spieler)
10. [Finnbogason: "Es ist ein super Gefühl, wieder dabei zu sein", FC Augsburg](https://www.fcaugsburg.de/article/finnbogason-es-ist-ein-super-gefuehl-wieder-dabei-zu-sein-10920)
11. [Tettey tar over Rosenborg etter Johansson, VG](https://www.vg.no/sport/i/wrdBXo/nrk-alfred-johansson-ferdig-som-rosenborg-trener)
12. [Ex-FCA-Spieler Alfred Finnbogason: "Der FCA ist mein absoluter Herzensverein", Augsburger Allgemeine](https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/sport/fc-augsburg/ex-fca-spieler-alfred-finnbogason-fca-mein-absoluter-herzensverein-113918479)
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