Hjörtur Hermannsson
Icelandic association football player
Hjörtur Hermannsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɛrmanˌsɔn]; born 8 February 1995) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg and the Iceland national team.
Club career
Fylkir
Born in Reykjavík, Iceland, Hjörtur began his career at Fylkir, based in the Icelandic top division. After going through the ranks for the side, Hjörtur was involved in the first team, where he appeared in the first two matches of the season as an unused substitute. Weeks later, on 6 June 2011, Hjörtur made his Fylkir debut, where he came on as a late substitute, in a 3–1 loss against Stjarnan. Soon after, Hjörtur became a first team regular and then scored his first goal for the club, as well as his first professional goal, in a 2–1 win over Víkingur. Hjörtur went on to make nine appearances in his first season for the side.
Despite moving to PSV Eindhoven in the summer, Hjörtur then made three appearances for the side, adding his tally 12 games for Fylkir, with his first appearance came on 15 May 2012 against ÍA, which saw them lose 1–0.
PSV
After the Úrvalsdeild season came to an end, Hjörtur then went on a trial at Eredivisie side PSV Eindhoven on 29 October 2011. After impressing at the trial, Hjörtur signed a three-year deal with PSV, where he will join the club on 1 July 2012.
After years of development at the academy, Hjörtur made his professional debut as Jong PSV player in the Eerste Divisie on 18 August 2013 against FC Oss in a 4–0 home win.
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