Ásgeir Sigurvinsson

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Ásgeir "Sigi" Sigurvinsson (born May 8, 1955 in Vestmannaeyjar) is an Icelandic football coach and former player.

One of the first Icelandic footballers to play in a foreign country, Sigurvinsson moved to Belgian club Standard Liège in 1973 and stayed for eight seasons, playing 250 matches and scoring 57 goals. His career in Liège was crowned by the Belgian Cup victory in the 1980/81 season. Shortly thereafter he was bought by German giants Bayern München, but only stayed there for one season.

Instead he moved to VfB Stuttgart, where he saw great success during eight seasons, the greatest achievement being the winning of the 1984 Bundesliga title. In total he played 211 Bundesliga matches and scored 39 goals. After retiring in 1990 he worked at VfB for another three years as a scout. He left to coach Fram Reykjavík between April and November 1993.

Sigurvinsson, who got 45 caps and 5 goals for the national team, was Technical Director at the Football Association of Iceland for six years and later coached the national team from 2003-2005.

In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's 50 anniversary, the Football Association of Iceland selected Sigurvinsson as its Golden Player, the most outstanding Icelandic player of the last 50 years. [1]