Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Skúli.

Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson
Personal information
Full name	Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson
Date of birth	(1988-07-30) 30 July 1988
Place of birth	Iceland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Gefle IF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2005-2012	KR	125	(4)
2012-	Elfsborg	5	(0)
2014	Gefle IF (Loan)	-	(-)
National team^‡
2005	Iceland U17	7	(1)
2006–2007	Iceland U19	11	(3)
2007–2011	Iceland U21	10	(1)
2010-	Iceland	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 April 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 April 2010

Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson (born 30 July 1988) is an Icelandic football player, currently playing for Swedish football club Gefle IF, on loan from Elfsborg. Skúli is described as a very all around player with very strong defensive skills, he can play as a midfielder but mainly as a defender which was the reason Elfsborg signed him, due the many injuries among their defenders. He is right-footed and can play as secondary position right-fullback even if his main position is centreback.

Early years

His mother club is KR Reykjavik where he has played ever since he transferred to IF Elfsborg.

Club career

Before transferring to Elfsborg, Skúli played for KR Reykjavik which he made his debut in 2005 and since he have won all the titles to be won in Iceland, lately he won the double, league- and cup title in 2011. He have made 14 appearances in Europa League qualification with KR and is also going to play there the season 2012/2013 with his new team Elfsborg who is participating EL-qualification for the seventh time in a row, for the great results in Allsvenskan. IF Elfsborg head coach Jörgen Lennartsson commented about Skúli as such: "Skúli is an all-around player, useful in many positions, both as a center-back, wing back and defensive midfielder. He is physically strong, intelligent, has good technique and is defensively strong. He also has a very good game idea". On January 29 2014 Friðgeirsson signed a six-months loan deal with Gefle IF.

Achievements

2011 Icelandic champions
2010, 2011 cup title, Iceland
2005, 2010 supercup title, Iceland

External links

Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Gefle IF – current squad

1 Hedvall 2 Mård 3 J. Olsson 4 Wikström 5 Abdullai 6 Florén 7 Nilsson 8 Lundevall 9 Oremo 11 Pekezela 14 Portin 15 Friðgeirsson 16 Fällman 17 Lantto 18 Mustafa 19 Hansson (c) 20 Bellander 22 Sjanić 23 Karlsson 24 E. Olsson 30 Larsson Manager: Sandberg

Persondata
Name	Skuli Jon Fridgeirsson
Alternative names
Short description	Icelandic footballer
Date of birth	30 July 1988
Place of birth	Iceland
Date of death
Place of death

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