Personal information | |||
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Full name | Helgi Sigurðsson | ||
Date of birth | 17 September 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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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) |
National team | |||
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) |
Teams managed | |||
2017- | Fylkir | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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.
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.