| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Willum Þór Þórsson | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Iceland | ||
| Playing position | midfielder or defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Leiknir R. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1980-1989 | KR | - | (-) |
| 1990-1995 | Breiðablik | 85 | (19) |
| 1996 | Þróttur | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1979 | Iceland U-17 | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1997-1998 | Þróttur | ||
| 2000-2001 | Haukar | ||
| 2002-2004 | KR | ||
| 2005-2009 | Valur | ||
| 2009-2011 | Keflavík | ||
| 2011- | Leiknir R. | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 September 2008. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Willum Þór Þórsson (born 17 March 1963) is a former football player and the current manager of Keflavík.
He holds a Master's degree in Microeconomics from the University of Copenhagen and teaches economics at Menntaskólinn í Kópavogi.
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Þórsson 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.
Þórsson 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 and 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 Þórsson'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.In 2006 Valur ended the season in 3rd place and in 2007 Willum managed Valur to their first League title in 20 years and won Manager of the season in Landsbankadeildin. He left with mutual agreement on 1 July 2009. On 29 September 2009, after the season had finished for the year, he was appointed the new manager of Keflavík.
He's the only manager who has won every single league in Iceland (4 in total), 2nd and 3rd division with Haukar, 1st division with Þróttur and the Premier League with KR and Valur.
In November 2010 Willum was appointed as the first manager for the Icelandic futsal team.[1]
Þórsson has taken active part in politics with the Progressive Party.