Pétur Marteinsson

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Personal information
Pétur Marteinsson
Full name	Pétur Hafliői Marteinsson
Date of birth	July 14, 1973 (1973-07-14) (age 34)
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1,86 m.
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	KR Reykjavik
Number	13
Youth clubs
	Fram Reykjavík
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991 1992-1993 1994-1995 1996-1998 1999-2001 2001-2004 2003-2006 2007-	Fram Reykjavík Leiftur Fram Reykjavík Hammarby IF Stabæk IF Stoke City Hammarby IF KR Reykjavik	4 (0) ? (?) 32 (0) 70 (4) 63 (4) 18 (2) 48 (5) 15 (0)
National team²
1993-	Iceland	36 (1)
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 11 September 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Pétur Marteinsson (born July 14, 1973 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic football player. He is the son of former Icelandic international player Marteinn Geirsson.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 External reference
4 References

[edit] Club career

He started his career in Fram Reykjavík, and moved to Swedish club Hammarby IF in 1996 where he was a great success. A sought-after defender, Marteinsson was bought by the Norwegian club Stabæk IF, coached by Anders Linderoth. In November 2001 he moved on to Stoke City, a club with many Icelandic players. Unfortunately, the manager who bought him lost his job within a week, and Marteinsson was not favoured by the new manager. Released in August 2003, he returned to Hammarby which incidentally was coached by Anders Linderoth.

In October 2006, KR Reykjavik announced they had won the race for his signature for the 2007 Icelandic premier league season, a move which will see Marteinsson return to his native Iceland to finish his career.

[edit] International career

Marteinsson has been capped 35 times for Iceland^[1]. He made his debut in an August 1993 friendly match against the USA as a substitute for Kristján Jónsson.