Willum Þór Þórsson
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Willum Þór Þórsson (born March 17, 1963) is a former football player and currently manager of Valur.
He holds a Master's degree in Microeconomics from the University of Copenhagen and teaches economics at Menntaskólinn í Kópavogi.
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[edit] Sporting career
Willum began his career at KR before moving on to Breiðablik and later Þróttur where he started his manager career.
He represented Iceland at youth level both in basketball and football.
[edit] Manager career
Willum led Þróttur to Iceland's top league, the Úrvalsdeild in 1997. The wait had been long as Þróttur last played at the top level in 1985.
In 2000 he became the manager of Haukar.
In 2002 he was appointed manager of KR and led them to two successive championships in 2002 and 2003.
In 2004 KR finished without a title and Willum's contract was not renewed. He took charge of Valur who had just been promoted to the Úrvalsdeild and finished the 2005 season in 2nd place after champions FH.
Valur won the 2005 VISA-bikar with a 1-0 victory over Fram.
[edit] Political career
Willum has taken active part in politics with the Progressive Party.
[edit] External link
- KSÍ factfile (in Icelandic)
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