Hjálmar Þórarinsson

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Personal information
Hjálmar Þórarinsson
Date of birth	February 16, 1986 (1986-02-16) (age 22)
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1,83 m.
Playing position	striker
Club information
Current club	Fram Reykjavik
Number	10
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2005 2004-2005 2005-present 2006 2007-present	Þróttur → Hearts (loan) Hearts → Raith Rovers (loan) Fram Reykjavik	44 (9) 4 (0) 0 (0) 11 (2) 17 (7)
National team²
2005-2006	Iceland under-21s	5 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 07:29, 4 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Hjálmar Þórarinsson (born 16 February 1986, in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic footballer currently playing as a striker for Fram Reykjavik on loan from Heart of Midlothian.

Þórarinsson started his career with Þróttur in his native Iceland before moving to Hearts in October 2004, initially on loan. Displaying a combination of pace and power, he impressed the Tynecastle coaching staff enough in U21 and first team appearances to earn a permanent contract in May 2005. The highlight of this spell for Þórarinsson was a last minute equaliser in the Scottish League Cup semi-final against Motherwell,^[1] which Hearts eventually lost 3-2 after extra time.

An influx of established international forwards in the summer of 2005, such as Edgaras Jankauskas and Roman Bednář, ensured Þórarinsson did not feature in the Hearts first team in 2005-06. After a season of U21 football, he was informed in June 2006 that he had no future at Tynecastle and was initially linked with a transfer to Swedish club Malmö FF before moving to Raith Rovers on loan until November 2006. He signed a further loan deal in January 2007, returning to Iceland with Fram until September.