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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Helgi.
Helgi Sigurðsson
Personal information
Full name Helgi Sigurðsson
Date of birth (1974-09-17) 17 September 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) striker
Team information
Current team
 Fylkir
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Víkingur R. 24 (11)
1993–1994 Fram 36 (23)
1994–1996 VfB Stuttgart 2 (0)
1996–1997 Tennis Borussia Berlin 14 (6)
1997 Fram 5 (1)
1997–1999 Stabæk 52 (26)
1999–2001 Panathinaikos 32 (10)
2001–2003 Lyn 52 (13)
2003–2006 AGF 41 (8)
2006 Fram 18 (13)
2007–2009 Valur 56 (29)
2010–2012 Víkingur R. 49 (14)
2013 Fram 2 (0)
2013–2014 Afturelding 9 (3)
International career
1990–1991 Iceland U-16 13 (5)
1991–1993 Iceland U-18 20 (10)
1992–1995 Iceland U-21 10 (3)
1993–2008 Iceland 62 (10)
Managerial career
2017- Fylkir
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 September 2013

Helgi Sigurðsson (born 17 September 1974 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is a retired international footballer and manager of Fylkir. During his career he played for clubs in Iceland, Germany, Norway, Greece and Denmark. He has 10 champions league goals to his name.

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 sub 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] In mid-season 2015, Helgi teamed up with his home club Víkingur taking the role of assistant manager alongside with manager Milos Milojevic.[2]

After the 2016 season, Helgi was released from his post at Víkingur to take the role of manager at Fylkir [3]

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.[4] 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. ^ "Helgi er hættur hjá Fram". Mbl.is. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. ^ http://www.visir.is/milos-framlengdi-til-tveggja-ara-i-vikinni---helgi-verdur-afram-adstodarthjalfari/article/2015151009633
  3. ^ http://www.visir.is/helgi-sig--aetla-ad-koma-fylki-upp-a-50-ara-afmaelinu/article/2016161019404
  4. ^ Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando; Nygård, Jostein (29 February 2012). "Iceland – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

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