Elías Ólafsson

Biography

Elías Rafn Ólafsson (born 11 March 2000) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland. Elías started playing football at the age of five. He also played both handball and volleyball in his youth and played two games for the Iceland national volleyball team in 2015. He subsequently quit both sports to fully focus on football. Elías came through the youth academy of Breiðablik. In July 2018, he was sold to reigning Danish champions Midtjylland. In 2019, he was loaned to Aarhus Fremad where he appeared in 20 games. In August 2020, he was loaned to Fredericia. In December 2020, he signed a 5-year contract extension with Midtjylland. In September 2021, he was named the Danish Superliga Player of the Month. On 18 July 2023 it was confirmed, that Ólafsson had joined Liga Portugal 2 club Mafra on a season-long loan deal. After the loan spell Ólafsson returned to Midtjylland. Elías was selected to the Icelandic national team ahead of its friendly games against Canada and El Salvador in January 2020. He was an unused substitute in both games. In October 2020, Elías was diagnosed with COVID-19, following Iceland's U-21 2–0 win over Luxembourg U-21. In March 2021, he was selected to the Icelandic U-21 team ahead of its games in the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He made his debut for the senior Iceland national football team on 8 October 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Armenia.