Willum Þór Willumsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Willum.

Willum Þór Willumsson
Willum with Go Ahead Eagles in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-23) 23 October 1998
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 NEC
Number 19
Youth career
–2016 Breiðablik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Breiðablik 28 (6)
2019–2022 BATE Borisov 56 (9)
2022–2024 Go Ahead Eagles 58 (15)
2024–2026 Birmingham City 60 (6)
2026– NEC 4 (0)
International career‡
2016 Iceland U19 2 (0)
2018–2021 Iceland U21 19 (3)
2019– Iceland 18 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 March 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:40, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Willum Þór Willumsson (born 23 October 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club NEC and the Iceland national team.

Club career

BATE Borisov

Willum signed with BATE Borisov in February 2019. In February 2022, he signed a six-month extension with the club.[2]

Go Ahead Eagles

In July 2022 he joined Go Ahead Eagles in Eredivisie.[3]

Birmingham City

On 19 July 2024, recently relegated English League One (third-tier) club Birmingham City signed Willum on a four-year contract. The fee was undisclosed.[4] He made his debut in the starting eleven for the opening fixture of the season, a 1–1 draw at home to Reading, but left the field just after half-time after aggravating a knee problem.[5]

NEC

On 1 February 2026, Willumsson returned to the Netherlands to join NEC on a two-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[6]

International career

Willum made his debut for the Iceland national team on 15 January 2019 in a friendly against Estonia, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson.[7]

Personal life

Willum is the son of Willum Þór Þórsson, a former football player and manager, former member of the Icelandic parliament and was Minister of Health.[8][9][10] He is the brother of fellow footballer Brynjólfur Willumsson, who plays for Groningen.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 March 2026[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Breiðablik 2016 Úrvalsdeild 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2017 8 0 1 0 6 1 — — 15 1
2018 19 6 4 0 4 0 — — 27 6
Total 28 6 5 0 10 1 — — 43 7
BATE Borisov 2019 Belarusian Premier League 19 1 3 2 — 2[c] 0 — 24 3
2020 18 3 6 1 — 1[c] 0 — 25 4
2021 9 1 4 1 — — 1[d] 0 14 2
2022 10 4 5 1 — — 1[d] 0 16 5
Total 56 9 18 5 0 0 3 0 2 0 79 14
Go Ahead Eagles 2022–23 Eredivisie 27 8 2 0 — — — 29 8
2023–24 31 7 2 0 — — — 33 7
Total 58 15 4 0 — — — 62 15
Birmingham City 2024–25[13] League One 41 6 3 1 1 0 — 3[e] 0 48 7
2025–26 Championship 10 0 1 0 1 0 — 0 0 12 0
Total 51 6 4 1 2 0 — 3 0 60 7
NEC Nijmegen 2025–26 Eredivisie 4 0 1 0 — — — 5 0
Career total 197 36 32 6 12 1 3 0 5 0 247 43
  1. ^ Appearances in Icelandic Cup, Belarusian Cup, KNVB Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in Icelandic League Cup, EFL Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearance in Belarusian Super Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy

International

As of match played 10 June 2025[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iceland 2019 1 0
2020 0 0
2021 0 0
2022 0 0
2023 7 0
2024 7 0
2025 3 0
Total 18 0

Honours

Birmingham City

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Willum Willumsson". Birmingham City F.C. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ^ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (11 February 2022). "Willum Þór áfram í Hvíta-Rússlandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Go Ahead op de Scandinavische tour: IJslander en Noor naar Deventer" [Go Ahead on the Scandinavian tour: Icelander and Norwegian to Deventer]. VI.nl (in Dutch). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Birmingham sign Willumsson from Go Ahead Eagles". BBC Sport. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ^ Dicken, Alex (12 August 2024). "Willum Willumsson latest as Birmingham City injury list grows before Charlton". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Willumsson leaving Birmingham City for NEC". BBC. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Estonia v Iceland game report". Eurosport. 15 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Willum Þór Þórsson tekinn við heilbrigðisráðuneytinu af Svandísi Svavarsdóttur". www.stjornarradid.is (in Icelandic). Government of Iceland. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Willum: Geri mér grein fyrir því að 4. sætið er ekki ásættanlegt". fotbolti.net. 14 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Willum Þór Þórsson". Alþingi. 20 November 2019.
  11. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson. "Willum Þór og Brynjólfur Darri Willumssynir í U-21 árs landsliðinu - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  12. ^ "W. Willumsson". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  13. ^ "Games played by Willum Þór Willumsson in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Leikmaður: Willum Þór Willumsson" [Player: Willum Þór Willumsson] (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnusamband Íslands (Iceland Football Association). Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  15. ^ "Birmingham win League One title after Wrexham draw". BBC Sport. 12 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
    "Section Six: EFL Regulations". Handbook: 2024/25 EFL Regulations (PDF). English Football League. 2024. 38.2 p. 301. Retrieved 14 April 2025. To be eligible to receive a Championship, League One or Two winners medal, a player must have been named on the team sheet in at least 25% of the Club's league fixtures in that season.
    "Birmingham City FC: Squad: Statistics: 2024/2025". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  16. ^ Long, Dan (13 April 2025). "Birmingham City 0–2 Peterborough United: Harley Mills scores stunning free-kick as Posh become first team ever to retain Vertu Trophy". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  17. ^ "PSV is the main supplier for the Eredivisie Team of the Month". 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
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