Hannes Sigurðsson

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Hannes Sigurðsson
Personal information
Full name	Hannes Thorstein Sigurðsson
Date of birth	April 10, 1983 (age 23)
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	189 cm
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Viking F.K.
Number	21
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001 2002-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-	FH Hafnarfjordur Viking F.K. Stoke City F.C. Brøndby IF Viking F.K.	11 (1) 69 (15) 25 (1) 9 (2) 0 (0)
National team
2005-	Iceland	10 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Hannes Thorstein Sigurðsson (born April 10, 1983 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic football player who, as of April 2007, plays for Viking F.K. in the Norwegian Premier League. A powerful 189 cm, 90 kg striker, he has played 10 games and scored one goal for the Iceland national football team.

[edit] Biography

Sigurdsson started his professional career with FH Hafnarfjordur in 2001, scoring one goal in eleven matches. He moved to Norway to play for Viking in 2002, and although he came on as a substitute to score twice on his debut, he spent the best part of his first three seasons in Norway on the substitutes' bench. While he played in 55 matches during these three years, he only started in six of these. However, Sigurdsson emerged as a supersub, racking up twelve goals to make him the most efficient player in the Norwegian League with one goal every 72 minutes in 2002 and 2003. He emerged as a regular starter in 2005, when he also got his national team debut against Italy in March.

In July 2005 he signed for the English club Stoke City F.C. on a Bosman transfer, and he joined his new club in October 2005. He scored one goal in twenty-nine matches in his first season. On August 30, 2006 Sigurdsson signed a deal with Danish Superliga runners-up Brøndby IF, after he was deemed surplus to requirements by Stoke manager Tony Pulis. He was a first-team regular throughout the autumn season, though injuries caused him to miss several games. He fell out of favour when manager René Meulensteen was replaced by Tom Køhlert ahead of the spring season, and looked to leave Brøndby. Sigurdsson was asked to find a new club and had to train with the junior team.

Sigurdsson returned to his old side Viking in February 2007, but his registration for the Norwegian club was delayed by the FIFA ruling that a player may only represent two clubs during one year. After a lengthy appeals process, where the case of Javier Mascherano's transfer from West Ham United F.C. to Liverpool F.C. was frequently cited, Sigurdsson was finally cleared to play for Viking on March 30, 2007 - one day before the closure of the Norwegian transfer window.

[edit] External links

• (Danish) Brøndby IF profile
• Career statistics at Danmarks Radio

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