Hjálmar Þórarinsson

Hjálmar Þórarinsson
Personal information
Date of birth16 February 1986
Place of birthReykjavík, Iceland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionstriker
Club information
Current team
Knattspyrnufélagið Berserkir
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2002-2005Þróttur44(9)
2004-2005→ Hearts (loan)4(0)
2005-2007Hearts0(0)
2006→ Raith Rovers (loan)11(2)
2007-2011Fram Reykjavik100(28)
2012-Berserkir
National team‡
2005-2006Iceland under-21s5(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2007.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 March 2007
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 Hjálmar .

Hjálmar Þórarinsson (born 16 February 1986, in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic footballer currently playing as a striker for Berserkir.

Þórarinsson started his career with Þróttur in his native Iceland before moving to Hearts in October 2004, initially on loan. Displaying a combination of pace and power, he impressed the Tynecastle coaching staff enough in U21 and first team appearances to earn a permanent contract in May 2005. The highlight of this spell for Þórarinsson was a last minute equaliser in the Scottish League Cup semi-final against Motherwell,[1] which Hearts eventually lost 3-2 after extra time.

An influx of established international forwards in the summer of 2005, such as Edgaras Jankauskas and Roman Bednář, ensured Þórarinsson did not feature in the Hearts first team in 2005-06. After a season of U21 football, he moved to Raith Rovers on loan until November 2006. He signed a further loan deal in January 2007, returning to Iceland with Fram until September.

References

  1. ↑ Motherwell 3-2 Hearts, BBC Sport, 1 February 2005

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