Ari Freyr Skulason is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays as the central midfielder and left-back for National Team of Iceland and Belgian professional football club, Lokeren. The 30-year-old footballer has played for Valur, BK Hacken, GIF Hacken, and OB previously.
Total Football is his agent along with Rurik Gislason.
Ari Freyr Skulason was born on May 14, 1987, in Reykjavik, Iceland. He belongs to white ethnicity and holds an Icelandic nationality. He also has an elder brother.
Skulason's current market value is estimated at £810k as of January 9, 2018, while his market value was estimated to be £900k as of January 21, 2017.
Ari Skulason currently plays for Lokeren through which he gets paid around €9K as his weekly wage. His annual salary is reported to be about €500,000. However, his net worth of 2018 is still unrevealed.
He wears the shoes designed by Nike during his games as a part of the endorsement deal and might receive a good amount for the promotion of the brand. Moreover, he owns a Volov xc90 car and has also bought a BMW cafe racer bike which is believed to be his favourite.
Ari Freyr Skulason began his career as a member of the Value U-19 team. On February 21, 2003, he moved to the youth team of Heerenveen U-17 on a free transfer. Later, he left the club after spent two seasons.
On June 2, 2005, Ari Skulason moved to a senior team of Valur on a free transfer. For the club, he scored 1 goal in 11 appearances before leaving the club in 2006.
On August 15, 2006, Ari Skulason was transferred to Hacken. He was the member of the UEFA Cup qualifiers. He later scored a winning goal over Scottish club, Dunfermline Athletic F.C. He scored 2 goals in 21 appearances.
Ari Freyr Skúlason was transferred to GIF Sundsvall on January 1, 2008, and later became the captain at the start of the 2012 season. He scored 29 goals in 149 appearances before leaving the club in 2013.
On July 31, 2013, Skulason signed with Danish Superliga club, 0B., where he scored 6 goals in 74 appearances until 2016. In his last game with the club, he scored two free-kick goals in a 3-3 draw against GAIS.
On July 18, 2016, Skulason was signed by KSC Lokeren while his market value was estimated at £630,000. He has so far scored 2 goals in 17 appearances.
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On July 29, 2003, Skúlason made his international debut with the Iceland U-17 with whom he played 9 matches.
Ari Skulason has been described as one of Iceland's most promising defenders after representing Icelandic youth international, having earned caps at under-19 and under-21 level.
On November 10, 2009, Skulason earned his first senior cap in a friendly match against Iran in a 1-0 win. He then has been the starter left-back in the national team during the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
Skulason then named for the Euro 2016 and played all five matches which led the team in the quarter-finals. He has been capped 52 times for his national team.
He is supported by Birkir Sævarsson and Ragnar Sigurðsson in the international matches.
Skulason got married to his long-term girlfriend, Erna on August 3, 2015, after dating for eight years. Skulason and Erna are the parents of three children. The couple has two sons: Henry Leo born in 2012 and Gabriel Eli born in 2014.
The couple is also blessed with a beautiful daughter named, Camilla ósk Aradóttir born on January 15, 2016.
Ari Skulason's daughter came into limelight during the Euro 2016 after he kissed his daughter and the baby got her nickname, “CHeeksson”. He is 5 feet 7 inch tall and has 65 kg weight respectively.
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