Full name Helgi Sigurðsson Playing position Apps (Gls) Current team Fylkir | Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland Years Team Height 1.85 m Position Forward | |
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Date of birth (1974-09-17) 17 September 1974 (age 42) | ||
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.
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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. In mid-season 2015, Helgi teamed up with his home club Víkingur taking the role of assistant manager alongside with manager Milos Milojevic.
After the 2016 season, Helgi was released from his post at Víkingur to take the role of manager at Fylkir
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. 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.