Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Veigar Páll Gunnarsson | ||
| Date of birth | 21 March 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder / Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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FH | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2000 | Stjarnan | 59 | (14) |
| 2001 | Strømsgodset | 15 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | KR Reykjavík | 30 | (14) |
| 2004–2008 | Stabæk | 120 | (60) |
| 2009 | Nancy | 5 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Stabæk | 40 | (19) |
| 2011–2012 | Vålerenga | 20 | (3) |
| 2012 | Stabæk | 10 | (2) |
| 2013–2017 | Stjarnan | 77 | (16) |
| 2017– | FH | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1998 | Iceland U-19 | 7 | (3) |
| 2000–2001 | Iceland U-21 | 11 | (3) |
| 2001–2011 | Iceland | 34 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:37, 10 August 2015 (UTC). |
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Veigar Páll Gunnarsson (born 21 March 1980) is an Icelandic football striker who plays for FH.
His transfer in 2011 led to football clubs Stabæk and Vålerenga being nominated for fines of Norwegian kroner 500,000 and 350,000 respectively, by a committee (påtalenemd) of Football Association of Norway — and a police investigation that saw two persons arrested.
Veigar Páll made his debut for Stjarnan in the 1996 season, in which he only managed one=1 game as a substitute. He established himself as a regular in the side and started scoring goals, catching the eye of foreign teams. He then went abroad to Norway, where he played for Strømsgodset. He failed to establish himself in the first team so he returned to Iceland to play for KR Reykjavík. He quickly became popular with the fans and was the star player of the KR team that won the Icelandic Premier League in 2002 and 2003. In September 2003 he had a trial with Bolton Wanderers of the English Premier League.
Veigar joined Stabæk in 2004 in the season they got relegated, after being placed 3rd in the league the previous year. He flourished under new coach Jan Jönsson in 2005, with new signing Daniel Nannskog. Veigar was leading the attack with Nannskog, a partnership which was the most feared duo in the league, according to statistics (goals and assist). In the 2006 season, Nannskog became top scorer in the Norwegian Premier League with 19 goals, with Veigar finishing one goal behind.
In 2007, Stabæk finished second, just behind winners Brann. Veigar played well, and was the seasons assist leader with 17, and fourth on the scoring chart with 15.
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