University of California, Santa Barbara

UC SANTA BARBARA
2025
The Big West Freshman of the Year … Big West All-Freshman Team selection … Selected to The Big West Championship All-Tournament Team … Named The Big West Freshman of the Week on Oct. 27 … Played in all 20 matches, making 18 starts … Recorded a team-high three assists and scored a goal … Led the team in shots … Took a career-high nine shots, four of them on goal, against UC Irvine on Oct. 25 … Scored his first career goal, the game-winner, against Sacramento State on Oct. 22 … Recorded his first career assist in the 3-0 win over North Florida, setting up the game-winning goal … Assisted the Gauchos’ lone goal at No. 25 San Diego on Sept. 10 … Also assisted the game-winning goal in the 3-0 win over UC Riverside on Oct. 4.

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CLUB
Played for Víkingur Reykjavík, making his first-team debut in 2020, which he says is his most memorable athletic achievement so far … Helped Víkingur win the Mjólkurbikarinn, Iceland’s domestic cup competition, in 2021-22 … Also played internationally for Iceland at the U17 and U19 levels … Scored his first international goal against Sweden.

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HIGH SCHOOL
Attended the Commercial College of Iceland.

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PERSONAL
Sigurður Steinar “Stoney” Björnsson was born Jan. 15, 2004 in Gothenburg, Sweden … Grew up in Reykjavík, Iceland … Son of Björn Petur Sigurðsson and Sigridur Snorradottir … Has two older sisters, Brynhildur and Hrafnhildur … Majoring in Economics at UC Santa Barbara … Aspires to play soccer professionally … Roots for Chelsea and lists Blues winger Mykhailo Mudryk as one of his favorite athletes … Enjoys watching basketball and the NFL in his free time, especially Sauce Gardner and Tee Higgins … Listens to Digga D, DigDat and Justin Bieber.