Helgi Sigurðsson

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 Helgi.
Helgi Sigurðsson
Personal information
Full nameHelgi Sigurðsson
Date of birth14 September 1974
Place of birthReykjavík, Iceland
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionstriker
Club information
Current team
Afturelding
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1992Víkingur R.24(11)
1993–1994Fram36(23)
1994–1996VfB Stuttgart2(0)
1996–1997Tennis Borussia Berlin14(6)
1997Fram5(1)
1997–1999Stabæk52(26)
1999–2001Panathinaikos32(10)
2001–2003Lyn52(13)
2003–2006AGF41(8)
2006Fram18(13)
2007–2009Valur56(29)
2010–2012Víkingur R.49(14)
2013Fram2(0)
2013-Afturelding9(3)
National team
1990–1991Iceland U-1613(5)
1991–1993Iceland U-1820(10)
1992–1995Iceland U-2110(3)
1993–2008Iceland63(10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 September 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).

Helgi Sigurðsson (born 14 September 1974 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a striker for Afturelding. During his career he has played for clubs in Iceland, Germany, Norway, Greece and Denmark.

Club career

He started his career at Víkingur and won the Icelandic championship with them in 1991. He then moved to Fram before signing for VfB Stuttgart in Germany.

Joined Stabæk in 1997 and won the Norwegian Football Cup final with them in 1998, scoring two of three of Stabæk's goals.

In 1999 he moved to Panathinaikos FC in Greece, nicknamed the shark. He played one game in the Champions League for Panathinaikos, coming on as a substitute for Nikolaos Lymperopoulos against Valencia C.F.

He signed for Danish club AGF in February 2004. In 2006 he returned to Iceland and signed for Fram for the second time in his career. A year later he left Fram and signed for their Reykjavík rivals, Valur.

He was a key player for Valur when in 2007 they won their 20th league title and their first in 20 years. He had a great season, playing all 18 league games and scoring 12 goals. He was picked player of the season in Landsbankadeildin for the 2007 season.

He returned to his youth club, Víkingur R. before the 2010 season. Before the 2013 season he left Víkingur and became assistant manager at Fram while also playing 2 games for the club. Early in the 2013 season the Fram manager quit and Helgi quit after that. [1]

International career

He made his debut for Iceland in an August 1993 friendly match against the USA as a substitute for Arnór Guðjohnsen and has been capped 62 times since and scored 10 goals.[2] He also scored his first international goal against the USA, in April 1994, earning his 4th cap. His last match was a 3–0 friendly win against Faroe Islands in 2008.

References

  1. http://www.mbl.is/sport/efstadeild/2013/06/03/helgi_er_haettur_hja_fram/
  2. Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando; Nygård, Jostein (29 February 2012). "Iceland – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

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