Jón Daði Böðvarsson

Jón Daði Böðvarsson
	Böðvarsson training with Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Personal information
Full name	Jón Daði Böðvarsson
Date of birth	25 May 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Selfoss, Iceland
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
0000–2009	Selfoss
2011	→ Aarhus U19 (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2012	Selfoss
2013–2015	Viking
2016	1. FC Kaiserslautern
2016–2017	Wolverhampton Wanderers
2017–2019	Reading
2019–2022	Millwall
2022–2024	Bolton Wanderers
International career‡
2009–2010	Iceland U19
2011–2014	Iceland U21
2012–2022	Iceland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:30, 13 April 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 March 2022

Jón Daði Böðvarsson (transliterated as Jon Dadi Bodvarsson; born 25 May 1992) is an Icelandic professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for League One club Bolton Wanderers. Jón Daði is the grandson of two of Iceland's premier writers, Þorsteinn frá Hamri and Ásta Sigurðardóttir.

Club career

Jón Daði began his senior career during the 2009 season in the Icelandic second tier with Selfoss, scoring 20 as their side were promoted to the Icelandic top flight. After being loaned to the youth ranks of the Danish club Aarhus for four months in 2011, he returned to Selfoss, who had been relegated in the meantime. They scored seventy times during the 2011 season as the club were promoted back to the top flight.

After netting a further seventy goals back in the top division, Jón Daði moved to the Norwegian side Viking in November 2012.^[4] During three seasons in the Norwegian top flight, he scored 15 times before leaving for German second division side 1. FC Kaiserslautern in January 2016, with whom he had already signed a pre-contract in June 2015 for a three-year deal.^[5] He made his Kaiserslautern debut on 5 February 2016 against Union Berlin and scored the first of two goals for the team on 4 March 2016 in a 1–2 defeat at Nürnberg.^[6]

On 2 August 2016, Jón Daði signed for English Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal.^[7] He scored his first goal on his debut for the club on 6 August 2016 in a 2–2 draw against Rotherham.^[8] His debut simultaneously meant he became the 1,000th player to appear in a league game for the club.^[9] Jón Daði scored his second goal for Wolves on 20 August, scoring the final goal in Wolves' 3–1 win against Birmingham City. His third and final goal for Wolves was in a 3–1 defeat to Bristol City in April 2017.

Despite being a fan favourite at Wolves, he moved to fellow English Championship side Reading in a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee on 14 July 2017.^[10] He scored his first goal for Reading in a 2–0 win at Birmingham City on 26 August 2017.^[11] His first hat trick for Reading was on 16 January 2018 in the 3rd round of the FA Cup.

On 12 July 2019, he signed for fellow Championship side Millwall for an undisclosed fee.^[12] He scored his first goals for Millwall when he scored twice in an EFL Cup tie against Oxford United on 27 August 2019.^[13]

On 20 January 2022, he signed for League One side Bolton Wanderers on an eighteen-month contract after his Millwall contract was cancelled, taking over the number 9 shirt from the recently departed Eoin Doyle.^[14] On 2 April, Bolton won 4–0 against Plymouth Argyle in the 2023 EFL Trophy Final^[15] He missed the match through injury, though still received a medal as he had played in the earlier rounds.^[16] On 13 June 2023, he signed a new initial one-year deal, keeping him at Bolton for at least another season.^[17] On 2 December 2023, he scored a first half hat-trick against Harrogate Town in the FA Cup.^[18] On 22 May 2024, the club confirmed that he would be leaving at the end of his contract on 30 June.^[19]

International career

Having already played for Iceland at under-19 and under-21 level, Jón Daði made his full international debut on 14 November 2012 as a substitute in a friendly against Andorra. He scored his first international goal on 9 September 2014 in a 3–0 victory over Turkey during Euro 2016 qualifying.

He was selected for UEFA Euro 2016, the first international tournament for which Iceland had ever qualified. Jón Daði started all five matches at the tournament in France and scored in the final group game against Austria which ensured the Icelanders' progress from the group phase.

On 27 June 2016, Jón Daði 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.^[20]

Böðvarsson was called up to Iceland's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 11 May 2018.^[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 April 2024^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Selfoss	2008	1. deild karla	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2009	1. deild karla	16	1	2	0	5	0	—		23	1
	2010	Úrvalsdeild	21	3	1	0	7	2	—		29	5
	2011	1. deild karla	21	7	2	0	0	0	—		23	7
	2012	Úrvalsdeild	22	7	3	1	7	0	—		32	8
	Total		80	18	9	1	19	2	—		108	21
Viking	2013	Tippeligaen	23	1	2	1	—		—		25	2
	2014	Tippeligaen	29	5	3	1	—		—		32	6
	2015	Tippeligaen	29	9	6	6	—		—		35	15
	Total		81	15	11	8	—		—		92	23
1. FC Kaiserslautern	2015–16	2. Bundesliga	15	2	0	0	—		—		15	2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2016–17	Championship	42	3	3	0	3	0	—		48	3
Reading	2017–18	Championship	33	7	2	3	1	0	—		36	10
	2018–19	Championship	20	7	0	0	0	0	—		20	7
	Total		53	14	2	3	1	0	—		56	17
Millwall	2019–20	Championship	31	4	2	0	2	2	—		35	6
	2020–21	Championship	38	1	1	0	1	0	—		40	1
	2021–22	Championship	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
	Total		69	5	3	0	4	2	—		76	7
Bolton Wanderers	2021–22	League One	21	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	7
	2022–23	League One	21	3	1	1	1	1	4^[a]	3	27	8
	2023–24	League One	36	4	4	3	1	0	5^[a]	3	46	10
	Total		78	14	5	4	2	1	9	6	94	25
Career total			418	71	33	16	29	5	9	6	489	98

Notes

^ ^a ^b Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

International

As of matches played 29 March 2022^[26]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iceland	2012	1	0
	2013	0	0
	2014	7	1
	2015	10	0
	2016	12	1
	2017	6	0
	2018	5	0
	2019	7	1
	2020	6	0
	2021	5	0
	2022	4	1
Total		64	4

Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jón Daði goal.

List of international goals scored by Jón Daði Böðvarsson
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	9 September 2014	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	Turkey	1–0	3–0	2016 UEFA Euro qualification	^[27]
2	22 June 2016	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Austria	1–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2016	^[28]
3	7 September 2019	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	Moldova	3–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification	^[29]
4	12 January 2022	Titanic Deluxe Belek Football Center, Antalya, Turkey	Uganda	1–0	1–1	Friendly	^[30]

Honours

Selfoss

1. deild karla: 2009; runner-up/promotion: 2011

Bolton Wanderers

EFL Trophy: 2022–23^[16]

References

^ "EFL: Club list of registered players" (PDF). English Football League. 20 May 2017. p. 41. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Iceland" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ "Jón Daði Böðvarsson". Bolton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^ "Böðvarsson første signering" (in Norwegian). Viking Fotboll. 30 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016.
^ "FCK verpflichtet Jón Daði Böðvarsson" (in German). Kaiserslautern. 17 June 2015.
^ "Jón Daði Böðvarsson" (in German). Fussballdaten.de.
^ "Bodvarsson signs for Wolves". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 2 August 2016.
^ "Rotherham 2 Wolves 2 – Report and Pictures". 6 August 2016.
^ "Players Refused To Lose". 6 August 2016.
^ "Jón Daði Böðvarsson is a Royal!". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
^ "Birmingham 0-2 Reading". BBC. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ "Jon Dadi Bodvarsson: Millwall sign Iceland striker from Reading". BBC Sport. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
^ "Oxford 2-2 Millwall". BBC. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ "Wanderers Get Bodvarsson On Board". bwfc.co.uk. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
^ "Bolton Wanderers 4-0 Plymouth Argyle". BBC Sport.
^ ^a ^b @jondadi What a brilliant day! Proud to be a part of this team & club 🤍 El capitan @Ralmeidas5"
^ "Böðvarsson Signs New Deal". bwfc.co.uk. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ Jon Dadi Bodvarsson struck a first-half hat-trick as Bolton Wanderers breezed into the third round of the FA Cup with a 5-1 win against League Two side Harrogate Town.
^ "RETAINED LIST CONFIRMED". bwfc.co.uk. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
^ "England 1 Iceland 2: Fairytale continues as Hodgson's men crash out". FourFourTwo. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
^ "A karla - Hópurinn sem fer á HM í Rússlandi". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ "Böðvarsson, Jón". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
^ "J. Böðvarsson". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ "Jón Daði Böðvarsson". KSÍ. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ Jón Daði Böðvarsson at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
^ "Jón Böðvarsson". eu-football. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
^ Sigthórsson and Lagerbäck on "perfect" Iceland at UEFA.com
^ Iceland v Austria: Euro 2016 Live at guardian.co.uk
^ Iceland v Moldova: Euro 2020 Qualifiers Live at guardian.co.uk
^ "Iceland 1-1 Uganda Cranes: Kaddu on target | International Build up". 12 January 2022.

External links

Jón Daði Böðvarsson at Soccerbase
Profile on KSÍ's official website.

[EFL-26] Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

[1] "EFL: Club list of registered players" (PDF). English Football League. 20 May 2017. p. 41. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[FIFA-2] "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Iceland" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

[3] "Jón Daði Böðvarsson". Bolton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

[4] "Böðvarsson første signering" (in Norwegian). Viking Fotboll. 30 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016.

[5] "FCK verpflichtet Jón Daði Böðvarsson" (in German). Kaiserslautern. 17 June 2015.

[6] "Jón Daði Böðvarsson" (in German). Fussballdaten.de.

[7] "Bodvarsson signs for Wolves". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 2 August 2016.

[8] "Rotherham 2 Wolves 2 – Report and Pictures". 6 August 2016.

[9] "Players Refused To Lose". 6 August 2016.

[Jón_Daði_Böðvarsson_is_a_Royal!-10] "Jón Daði Böðvarsson is a Royal!". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

[11] "Birmingham 0-2 Reading". BBC. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

[12] "Jon Dadi Bodvarsson: Millwall sign Iceland striker from Reading". BBC Sport. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

[13] "Oxford 2-2 Millwall". BBC. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[14] "Wanderers Get Bodvarsson On Board". bwfc.co.uk. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

[EFLT23-15] "Bolton Wanderers 4-0 Plymouth Argyle". BBC Sport.

[medal-16] @jondadi What a brilliant day! Proud to be a part of this team & club 🤍 El capitan @Ralmeidas5"

[17] "Böðvarsson Signs New Deal". bwfc.co.uk. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

[18] Jon Dadi Bodvarsson struck a first-half hat-trick as Bolton Wanderers breezed into the third round of the FA Cup with a 5-1 win against League Two side Harrogate Town.

[19] "RETAINED LIST CONFIRMED". bwfc.co.uk. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[20] "England 1 Iceland 2: Fairytale continues as Hodgson's men crash out". FourFourTwo. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[21] "A karla - Hópurinn sem fer á HM í Rússlandi". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.

[22] "Böðvarsson, Jón". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

[23] "J. Böðvarsson". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[24] "Jón Daði Böðvarsson". KSÍ. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

[25] Jón Daði Böðvarsson at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)

[27] "Jón Böðvarsson". eu-football. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

[28] Sigthórsson and Lagerbäck on "perfect" Iceland at UEFA.com

[29] Iceland v Austria: Euro 2016 Live at guardian.co.uk

[30] Iceland v Moldova: Euro 2020 Qualifiers Live at guardian.co.uk

[31] "Iceland 1-1 Uganda Cranes: Kaddu on target | International Build up". 12 January 2022.

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Jón Daði Böðvarsson

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