Samuel Giménez

Left Midfielder - Keflavik
21 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process
64 Edition

The Keflavik Post

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Marin Mudražija is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Keflavik is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Marin Brigić gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Somebody is after Samuel Giménez’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Samuel Giménez suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Keflavik have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

Back issues
61 Edition

The Keflavik Post

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Evgeny Pesegov asks to leave Keflavik

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

6 matches without a win for Keflavik

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Keflavik are no longer polite ones.

Squad

No place for Frans Elvarsson on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Keflavik pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Sindri Snær Magnússon

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Óskar Borgþórsson asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Match

Keflavik and Leiknir cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Leiknir came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

In brief

58 Edition

The Keflavik Post

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Sindri Kristinn Ólafsson hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Keflavik can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Evans Oppong: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Keflavik have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Stefan Alexander Ljubičić is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.21 with 12 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

No place for Muhamed Alghoul on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Keflavik pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Match

Keflavik and KR take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Darri Bergmann Gylfason

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

55 Edition

The Keflavik Post

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Samuel Giménez hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Keflavik can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Keflavik see off Fjolnir

Three points for Keflavik, 1-0 the final word against Fjolnir in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Marin Brigić

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Leiknir are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Keflavik will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

Halid Alghoul finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Keflavik have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Market

The Stefan Alexander Ljubičić talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Keflavik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

51 Edition

The Keflavik Post

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The cup run ends for Keflavik

0-1 against Valur, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Market

Samuel Giménez hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Keflavik can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Sindri Snær Magnússon: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Keflavik have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

A bad afternoon for Keflavik against Vikingur

0-2 to Vikingur, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Evgeny Pesegov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Sindri Kristinn Ólafsson lets one through his hands

A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.

In brief

41 Edition

The Keflavik Post

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Dagur Ingi Valsson out for 100 days

The medical room confirms 100 days on the sidelines for Dagur Ingi Valsson, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Keflavik lose Evgeny Pesegov

57 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Match

Keflavik get the job done against Stjarnan

A 2-1 win over Stjarnan, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Axel Ingi Jóhannesson gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Samuel Giménez wants a proper job in this side

Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Samuel Giménez has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Keflavik know, and have known for weeks.

Market

The Marin Brigić talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Keflavik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

36 Edition

The Keflavik Post

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Samuel Giménez hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Keflavik can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Axel Ingi Jóhannesson gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

The armband comes off Nacho Heras

Keflavik will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

Squad

Sindri Kristinn Ólafsson handed the armband

The captaincy goes to Sindri Kristinn Ólafsson. It is not a job that wins matches, but a dressing room always notices who is given it.

Squad

Halid Alghoul has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Halid Alghoul keeps the shirt for now, at Keflavik's convenience rather than his own.

Market

The Marin Brigić talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Keflavik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

27 Edition

The Keflavik Post

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Halid Alghoul asks to leave Keflavik

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Samuel Giménez gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Stefan Alexander Ljubičić linked with a move away

The name of Stefan Alexander Ljubičić keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Keflavik say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

21 Edition

The Keflavik Post

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Keflavik sink to position 10

7 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Edon Osmani has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Keflavik they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Edon Osmani

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

20 Edition

The Keflavik Post

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Samuel Giménez hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Keflavik can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Evgeny Pesegov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Samuel Giménez knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Keflavik, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

15 Edition

The Keflavik Post

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Frans Elvarsson gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Stefan Alexander Ljubičić linked with a move away

The name of Stefan Alexander Ljubičić keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Keflavik say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Edon Osmani knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Keflavik, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

14 Edition

The Keflavik Post

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Frans Elvarsson: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Keflavik have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Marin Mudražija out for 109 days

The medical room confirms 109 days on the sidelines for Marin Mudražija, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Boardroom

123% of the income goes out in wages at Keflavik

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

In brief

13 Edition

The Keflavik Post

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Samuel Giménez asks to leave Keflavik

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Samuel Giménez says Keflavik went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match

Keflavik sink to position 10

7 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

In brief

8 Edition

The Keflavik Post

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

6 matches without a win for Keflavik

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Keflavik are no longer polite ones.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Stefan Alexander Ljubičić

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Keflavik draw a blank against FH

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. FH defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

6 Edition

The Keflavik Post

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

235% of the income goes out in wages at Keflavik

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Samuel Giménez

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Keflavik and KR cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. KR came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

In brief