Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson

Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson
Hilmir Rafn with Viking in 2025
Personal information
Full name Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson
Date of birth (2004-02-02) 2 February 2004
Place of birth Hvammstangi, Iceland
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sigma Olomouc
Youth career
–2018 Kormákur
2018–2020 Fjölnir
2021–2022 → Venezia (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Fjölnir 11 (2)
2022–2025 Venezia 1 (0)
2023 → Tromsø (loan) 3 (0)
2024 → Kristiansund (loan) 27 (3)
2025–2026 Viking 15 (2)
2026– Sigma Olomouc 0 (0)
International career‡
2021–2023 Iceland U19 17 (6)
2022– Iceland U21 11 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:58, 19 June 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 08:43, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson (born 2 February 2004) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a forward for Czech First League club Sigma Olomouc.

Club career

Early career

Born in Iceland and raised in the village of Hvammstangi,[1] Hilmir Rafn started his playing career at local grassroots club Kormákur, before joining Fjölnir at the age of 14,[1][2][3] after a successful trial during a training camp in Spain with the under-14 team.[1]

Venezia

In August 2021, Hilmir Rafn joined Serie A side Venezia, initially on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[1][4][5][6] After featuring for the club's under-19 side throughout the 2021-22 season, the forward made his Serie A debut on 22 May 2022, coming on as a substitute for Dennis Johnsen at the 73rd minute of a 0–0 draw against Cagliari.[7][8] At the end of the league campaign, Venezia made their deal for Hilmir Rafn permanent.[9][10]

On 7 August 2022, he was one of the fourteen youth players that received a call-up by head coach Ivan Javorčić for a Coppa Italia preliminary match against Ascoli, after thirteen members of Venezia's first-team tested positive for COVID-19.[11][12] Having taken the place of Mirza Hasanbegovic at the 57th minute of the game, he went on to score a brace between the 88th and 89th minutes, providing his team with the equalizer and taking the match to the extra-time, although Ascoli eventually gained a 2–3 win.[12] On 6 October 2022, Hilmir Rafn extended his contract with the club until June 2027.[13][14]

Loan to Tromsø

On 11 January 2023, Hilmir Rafn officially joined Norwegian side Tromsø IL on loan until the end of the year.[15][16]

He made his debut for the club on 12 March, starting the NM Cupen fourth round match against Start, which ended in a 5–6 win after penalties for his side.[17] One week later, on 19 March, he scored his first goal in the cup's quarter-final match against Lillestrøm, which ended in a 2–3 loss after extra time.[18]

Loan to Kristiansund

On 12 February 2024, Hilmir Rafn joined fellow Eliteserien club Kristiansund on loan for the 2024 season.[19]

Viking

On 10 January 2025, Hilmir Rafn signed a four-year contract with Eliteserien club Viking.[20] He made 12 appearances and scored two goals as Viking won the 2025 Eliteserien.[21][22]

Sigma Olomouc

On 18 June 2025, Hilmir Rafn signed a multi-year contract with Czech First League club Sigma Olomouc.[23]

International career

Hilmir Rafn has represented Iceland at various youth levels, having played for the under-19 and under-21 national teams.[3][13]

In June 2023, he was included in the Icelandic squad that took part in the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[24]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 April 2026[21][25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fjölnir 2020 Besta deild karla 00000000
2021 1. deild karla 1121000122
Total 1121000122
Venezia (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 10000010
Venezia 2022–23 Serie B 00120012
2023–24 Serie B 00000000
Total 10120022
Tromsø (loan) 2023 Eliteserien 30210051
Kristiansund (loan) 2024 Eliteserien 2733000303
Viking 2025 Eliteserien 122541[b]2188
2026 Eliteserien 30210051
Total 1527512239
Career total 577148127217

Honours

Viking

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Íþróttir, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla (7 November 2021). "Íþróttagarpurinn Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson - Ætlar að sýna sínar bestu hliðar á Ítalíu". Feykir.is. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Fermingargjöfin sem ól af sér fyrsta atvinnumann Hvammstanga". visir.is. 24 May 2022. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Leikmaður - Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson". KSÍ (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Hin hliðin - Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson (Fjölnir/Venezia)". fotbolti.net. Archived from the original on 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  5. ↑ "Íslendingar geta keypt hlut í Íslendingafélagi á Ítalíu". frettabladid.is. Archived from the original on 2022-07-20. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  6. ↑ "Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson rinnova il contratto". Venezia FC. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Átján ára Hvammstangastrákur í ítölsku A-deildinni". mbl.is. Archived from the original on 2022-07-20. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  8. ↑ "Venezia-Cagliari 0-0: i sardi sbagliano tutto e retrocedono in serie B". La Repubblica (in Italian). 22 May 2022. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Venezia, debutto in Serie A per Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson". footballscouting.it. 24 May 2022. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Venezia FC, preso a titolo definitivo l'attaccante Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson". notizieplus.it. 28 May 2022. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  11. ↑ Nalesso, Pietro (7 August 2022). "Venezia, 13 under convocati da Javorcic in Coppa Italia: spazio per 7 debuttanti". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  12. 1 2 Nalesso, Pietro (7 August 2022). "Venezia: clamoroso, Mikaelsson doppietta in un minuto". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  13. 1 2 "Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson rinnova il contratto". Venezia FC. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  14. ↑ Nalesso, Pietro (6 October 2022). "UFFICIALE - Venezia, blindato Mikaelsson: la nuova scadenza del contratto". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson in prestito al Tromsø Idrettslag". Venezia FC. 11 January 2023. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  16. ↑ Frantzen, William Johan (11 January 2023). "Talent på lån fra italiensk klubb". Tromsø IL (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  17. ↑ "Start - Tromsø - 12.03.2023 - 17.00". Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). 12 March 2023. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  18. ↑ "Tromsø - Lillestrøm - 19.03.2023 - 17.00". Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). 19 March 2023. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  19. ↑ Betten, Henning (12 February 2024). "Mikaelsson til KBK". Kristiansund BK (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 12 March 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  20. ↑ Larsen, Alexander (10 January 2025). "Mikaelsson klar for Viking". Viking FK (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 1 March 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  21. 1 2 Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson at Soccerway
  22. 1 2 Barka, Even Hye Tytlandsvik (30 November 2025). "Banestorming og enorme scener da Viking vant Eliteserien" [Pitch invasion and huge scenes as Viking win the Eliteserien]. NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 1 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  23. ↑ "Olomouc dotáhla očekávanou posilu, z Vikingu na Hanou dorazil urostlý islandský útočník". EuroFotbal.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 18 June 2025. Archived from the original on 28 July 2026. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  24. ↑ "U19 karla – hópur fyrir EM 2023 kynntur". Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic). 6 June 2023. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  25. ↑ Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
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