Daníel Hafsteinsson, Central Midfield at Víkingur Reykjavík

Central Midfield · Midfielder

#11 Daníel Hafsteinsson

Víkingur Reykjavík Besta-deild karla · Iceland

Date of birth / Age: 12 Nov 1999 (26)
Height · Weight: 1.95 m · 88 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: Iceland
Joined club: 5 Feb 2025
Contract until: 2027
International: Iceland · 2 caps

Date of birth / Age: 12 Nov 1999 (26)
Height · Weight: 1.95 m · 88 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: Iceland
Joined club: 5 Feb 2025
Contract until: 2027
International: Iceland · 2 caps

Season 2026

Appearances: 23
Starting eleven: 21
Goals: 4
Assists: 4
Yellow cards: 3
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,681

Starting eleven91%

21 of 23 appearances

Minutes played1,681

73 per appearance

Goal involvement8

4 goals · 4 assists

Positions played

194 matches · since 2017

RWCFDMAMCM

Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	95	16	12
Attacking Midfield	47	9	6
Defensive Midfield	47	3	6
Centre-Forward	3	0	0
Right Winger	2	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · central midfielders with 900+ minutes

World rank: #490; central midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #180; among central midfielders aged 26–29
In his league: 93%; of Besta-deild karla central midfielders rank below him
Finishing: +3.5; goals above expected · better than 91% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

13 Expected

9.5

112 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

13 Expected

8.9

Teammates converted more of his chances than expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026	Besta-deild karla	Víkingur Reykjavík	12	12	2	4	2	0	0	896
2025/26	UEFA Europa Conference League - Qualification	Víkingur Reykjavík	6	6	2	–	1	–	0	476
2026	Cup	Víkingur Reykjavík	4	2	0	–	0	–	0	219
2026	Super Cup	Víkingur Reykjavík	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2025	Besta-deild karla	Víkingur Reykjavík	26	22	5	4	5	0	0	1,876
2024/25	UEFA Europa Conference League	Víkingur Reykjavík	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	169
2025	Cup	Víkingur Reykjavík	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	69
2024	Besta-deild karla	KA	25	24	5	5	8	0	0	2,027
2023/24	UEFA Europa Conference League	KA	6	6	2	–	1	–	0	530
2024	Cup	KA	4	4	2	–	3	–	0	390
2023	Besta-deild karla	KA	24	23	2	2	5	1	0	1,929
2023	Cup	KA	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	152
2022	Besta-deild karla	KA	25	25	3	2	7	0	0	2,149
2022	Cup	KA	3	3	0	–	1	–	0	215
2021	Besta-deild karla	KA	13	9	1	2	4	0	0	880
2020/21	UEFA Europa League	FH	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	71
2021	Cup	KA	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	16
2020	Besta-deild karla	FH	11	10	3	2	3	0	0	786
2020	Cup	FH	1	1	1	–	1	–	0	90
2019/20	Pinatar Football Festival	Iceland U21	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	14
2019	Besta-deild karla	KA	12	12	1	1	2	0	0	1,032
2019	Allsvenskan	Helsingborg	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	109
2019	Cup	KA	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2021	UEFA U21 Championship	Iceland U21	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	179
2018	Besta-deild karla	KA	20	18	3	1	3	0	0	1,651
2018	Cup	KA	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	161
2018	UEFA U19 Championship	Iceland U19	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	6
2017	Besta-deild karla	KA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	111
2017	Cup	KA	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	72
2019	UEFA U21 Championship	Iceland U21	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	44

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			225	190	32	23^*	49	1^*	0	16,529

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Besta-deild karla	176	25	23
Cup	21	3	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	8	2	–
Allsvenskan	6	0	0
UEFA Europa Conference League - Qualification	6	2	–
Iceland U21	5	0	–
Iceland U19	1	0	–
Super Cup	1	0	–
UEFA Europa League	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Feb 2025 Feb 2025 · Transfer KA Víkingur Reykjavík Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Feb 2021 Feb 2021 · Transfer Helsingborg KA Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Nov 2020 Nov 2020 · Back from Loan FH Helsingborg Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Mar 2020 Mar 2020 · Loan Helsingborg FH Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2019 Jul 2019 · Transfer KA Helsingborg Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Feb 2017 Feb 2017 · Transfer Dalvík / Reynir KA Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2016 Jul 2016 · Free Transfer – Dalvík / Reynir Free Transfer

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