Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson

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

Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson

Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Iceland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Sparta Rotterdam
Youth career
0000–2011	Dalvík
2011–2012	Þór Akureyri
2012–2013	Dalvík
2014–2015	Þór Akureyri
2015–2018	Hannover
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018	Dalvík/Reynir	16	(10)
2019–2022	KA Akureyri	65	(23)
2022–2023	Beerschot	28	(7)
2023–	St. Louis City SC	39	(5)
2025–	→ Sparta Rotterdam (loan)	0	(0)
International career^‡
2013	Iceland U15	1	(0)
2023	Iceland	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 January 2023

Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson (born 13 August 1999) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a winger for Dutch Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam on loan from the Major League Soccer club St. Louis City SC, and the Iceland national team.

Club career

He started training with his local club Dalvík, switching to his father's old club Þór Akureyri for two separate spells before joining German side Hannover's youth team along with his twin brother Þorri Mar Þórisson.[1][2]

In 2018 the brothers returned to their first club Dalvík/Reynir and played with them in the Icelandic 4th tier, with Nökkvi scoring 10 goals in 16 appearances.[3][4][5] The next season they joined KA Akureyri in the Icelandic top tier and Nökkvi played with them for four seasons.[6] In his final season with KA he helped them achieve 2nd place, their best result since winning the league for the only time in 1989, by becoming the top scorer of the 2022 Besta deild karla with 17 goals, despite leaving to join Belgian side Beerschot before the end the season.[7][8] By joining Beerschot, he and his twin brother were now playing for separate clubs for the first time.

On 21 July 2023, Þórisson signed with Major League Soccer side St. Louis City for an undisclosed transfer fee.[9] On 14 January 2025, he moved on loan to Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands, with an option to buy.[10]

International career

Nökkvi made his international debut for Iceland on 8 January 2023 in a friendly match against Estonia.[11]

Career Statistics

Club

As of match played October 20, 2024[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dalvík/Reynir	2018	3. deild karla	16	10	—		—		—		16	10
KA Akureyri	2019	Úrvalsdeild	17	2	1	0	—		—		18	2
	2020	Úrvalsdeild	9	1	1	2	—		—		10	3
	2021	Úrvalsdeild	19	3	1	0	—		—		20	3
	2022	Besta deild karla	20	17	3	5	—		—		23	22
	Total		65	23	6	7	0	0	0	0	71	30
Beerschot	2022-23	Belgian Pro League	28	7	2	1	—		—		30	8
St. Louis City SC	2023	MLS	9	1	—		—		—		9	1
	2024	MLS	30	4	—		1[a]	0	4[b]	0	35	4
	Total		39	5	0	0	1	0	4	0	44	5
Career total			148	45	8	8	1	0	4	0	161	53

1. Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup
2. Appearances in Leagues Cup

Honors

St. Louis City SC

• Western Conference (regular season): 2023[13]

References

1. Akureyri, Verkmenntaskólinn á. "Tvíburabræður á leið til Hannover 96". Verkmenntaskólinn á Akureyri (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
2. "Leikmaður - Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
3. "Fótbolti.net". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
4. "Dalvík/Reynir - 3. deild karla 2018". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
5. "Leikmaður - Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
6. "Tvíburarnir semja við KA". Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar (in Icelandic). KA. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
7. "KA tók 2. sætið og Nökkvi markahæstur". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
8. Sæmundsson, Ingvi Þór (9 June 2022). "Beerschot staðfestir komu Nökkva - Vísir". visir.is (in Icelandic). Vísir.is. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
9. "St. Louis CITY sign Icelandic forward Nökkvi Thórisson | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.
10. "Nökkvi Thórisson sluit aan bij Sparta Rotterdam" [Nökkvi Thórisson joins Sparta Rotterdam] (in Dutch). Sparta Rotterdam. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
11. "Leikskýrsla: Eistland - Ísland - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
12. Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson at Soccerway
13. "St. Louis CITY dominate Sporting KC to set another MLS record". Major League Soccer. September 30, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2024.

External links

• Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
• Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson at Soccerway