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Icelandic centre-back Solvi Ottesen leaves Buriram United

33-year-old Icelandic international Solvi Ottesen has left Buriram United after a half season with the club. The former F.C. Copenhagen defender announced his departure from the club via his official Instagram account on Wednesday.

Solvi Ottesen joined Buriram United from Wuhan Zall in February 2017. During his time with the Thai League T1 club,  the 33-year-old centre-back made 12 league appearances, scoring one goal.

During his career, Ottesen has played for various European clubs such as Djurgardens and F.C. Copenhagen, before making the move to Asia in 2015, joining Jiangsu Suning. He joined Wuhan Zall a year later.

Ottesen has also been capped 28 times for Iceland but has not been figured in the national squad since 2014.