Valur Gíslason
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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 Valur.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Valur Fannar Gíslason | ||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Eskifjördur, Iceland | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?-1995 | Umf. Austri | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1995–1996 | Fram | 30 | (2) |
| 1996–1998 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Leeds United A.F.C. (loan) | ||
| 1999 | Strømsgodset | 19 | (0) |
| 2000-2001 | Fram | 31 | (0) |
| 2002-2005 | Fylkir | 61 | (3) |
| 2006 | Valur | 7 | (1) |
| 2007-2011 | Fylkir | 87 | (12) |
| 2012 | Haukar | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1992-1994 | Iceland U-17 | 27 | (3) |
| 1994-1996 | Iceland U-19 | 20 | (3) |
| 1996-1999 | Iceland U-21 | 15 | (1) |
| 2000-2010 | Iceland | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 September 2012. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Valur Fannar Gíslason (born 8 September 1977 in Eskifjördur) is an Icelandic international footballer who last played for Haukar. He is the elder brother of fellow international player Stefán Gíslason.
Career
Valur moved from Fram to English side Arsenal in 1996. However, he never made a league appearance for Arsenal,[1] and spent a loan spell at Brighton & Hove Albion in 1997.[2] He moved to Norwegian side Strømsgodset IF in 1998, before returning to Fram in 1999. He later played for the Iceland national football team and captained for Fram.[3] He later played mostly for Fylkir.
References
- ↑ "ARSENAL : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ↑ "BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ↑ "Former Arsenal trainees, from about 1994". Arseweb. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
External links
- Valur Gíslason career stats at Soccerbase
- National games for Iceland, provided by KSÍ
- Statistics for the Icelandic League and Cup, provided by KSÍ
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