St. Louis CITY SC acquired Icelandic attacker Nökkvi Thórisson from Belgian Club Beerschot V.A., pending ITC and his work authorization. Thórisson is signed through 2025 with an option for 2026.
“We are very excited to bring an Icelandic national team player to St. Louis,” said CITY SC Sporting Director Lutz Pfannenstiel. “Nökkvi is an all-around attacker who will be helpful for our squad. We hope he can carry over his recent national team call-up experience and strong club season performance for the stretch run in our inaugural season.”
Thórisson, 23, earned his first Iceland National team call-up and appearance on January 8, 2023 in an international friendly against Estonia. He tallied a start to help Iceland get a 1-1 draw.
For club, Thórisson recently completed his first season with Beerschot, a Belgium club in the second division. The Dalvík, Iceland, native recorded eight goals and three assists in 30 matches across all competitions. Prior to arriving at Beerschot, Thórisson spent the last four years at KA Akureyri, a top division Icelandic club. The Icelandic attacker combined for 35 goals and nine assists in 88 matches across all competitions, including an impressive 23 goal/5 assist campaign over 26 matches in 2022 that led to his move to Belgium.
TRANSACTION: St. Louis CITY SC acquired Icelandic attacker Nökkvi Thórisson from Belgian Club Beerschot V.A., pending ITC and his work authorization. Thórisson is signed through 2025 with an option for 2026.
Nökkvi Thórrison Pronunciation: NOOK-vee TORE-ee-sun Position: Attacker DOB: August 13, 1999 (23) Birthplace: Dalvík, Iceland Height: 6’ 2” Nationality: Iceland Last Club: Beerschot V.A.
This doesn’t move me at all. Already 23 and the furthest he’s gotten is a second division Belgian club that stayed midtable.
He had 11 goal contributions in 30 matches, but only 4 were against teams in the top half of the table, 2 of which were against Anderlecht’s under 23 squad. Of the remaining 7, 6 were against bottom half teams and one was against a 3rd division club. This should be thought of as nothing more than bench depth not some big acquisition. Lutz’s statement: “We hope he can carry over his recent national team call-up experience and strong club season performance for the stretch run in our inaugural season.” is a pipe dream.
I don’t want us to go blow the money that Miami has on players like Messi or Alba that are over the hill and command astronomical wages, but some more ambition than a bench player on the Icelandic national team would be good.
