Elías Rafn Ólafsson

Elías Rafn Ólafsson (born 11 March 2000) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland.

Early life Elías started playing football at the age of five. He subsequently quit both sports to fully focus on football.

Club career 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 five-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.

International career 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 under-21 national team's 2–0 win over Luxembourg U21.

He made his debut for the senior national team on 8 October 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Armenia.

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International

Honours Midtjylland Danish Cup: 2025–26

Individual Danish Superliga Team of the Year: 2025–26