Originally Posted by
geysir
I would hazard a guess (without doing any research) that footballers would tend to come home to Sweden and finish out their career. One example, after Barcelona, Larsson spent a few seasons playing for Helsingborgs, the club he was with before he went abroad, I think it was his dream to do it that way.
I think near enough to 100% of the Icelandic footballers who have played professionally abroad, come back home and those of them who are still good enough, play for their club.