User:Beatpoet/sandboxValgeirsson

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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 Valgeir.

Valgeir Valgeirsson
Personal information
Full name Valgeir Valgeirsson[1]
Date of birth (2002-09-22) 22 September 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Iceland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Right midfielder, right winger
Team information
Current team
 Örebro SK
Number 27
Youth career
0000–2018 HK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 HK 66 (9)
2020–2021 → Brentford (loan) 0 (0)
2022– Örebro SK 36 (4)
International career‡
2018 Iceland U16 6 (1)
2018–2019 Iceland U17 13 (0)
2019 Iceland U19 5 (1)
2021– Iceland U21 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:04, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:15, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Valgeir Valgeirsson (born 22 September 2002) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder and right winger for Örebro SK. He is a product of the HK academy and has been capped by Iceland at youth level.

Club career[edit]

HK[edit]

A right-sided midfielder or winger, Valgeir began his career in his native Iceland in the youth system at HK.[3] His progression was such that he made his senior debut for the club at the age of 15 years, 4 months and 18 days as a substitute for Ólafur Eyjólfsson after 78 minutes of a 4–1 Deildabikar group stage defeat to Grindavík on 9 February 2018.[4][5] Valgeir went on to make two substitute appearances during HK's 2018 1. deild karla promotion season.[4] He was a regular in the first team during the 2019 and 2020 Úrvalsdeild seasons, making 41 appearances in all competitions and scoring seven goals.[6][7]

With less than a month of the 2020 season to play,[3] Valgeir moved to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season, with an option to buy.[3] He gained experience as a right wing back,[8] but did not win a call into the first team squad.[9] The club declined to take up the option to buy Valgeir and he finished his spell with 23 appearances and five goals.[10]

During a difficult 2021 season in which HK suffered relegation,[11][12] he made 24 appearances and scored one goal,[7] but impressed sufficiently to win the club's male Athlete and Footballer of the Year awards.[13] Entering the final year of his contract,[14] a move away from the club did not materialise during the 2021–22 off-season.[12][15] Following 12 appearances and three goals during the first half of the 2022 season,[7] Valgeir transferred out of the club in July 2022.[16]

Örebro SK[edit]

On 29 July 2022, Valgeir moved to Sweden to sign a multi-year contract with Superettan club Örebro SK.[16]

International career[edit]

Valgeir has been capped by Iceland at U16, U17 and U19 level.[17] He was a part of the Iceland squad at the 2019 UEFA European U17 Championship.[17] Valgeir was called into the U21 team for a 2021 UEFA European U21 Championship qualifier versus Sweden on 4 September 2020,[18] but was not included in the matchday squad.[19] In October 2021, Valgeir was long-listed for the U21 squad's 2023 European U21 Championship qualifier versus Portugal.[20] He was included in the final squad and remained an unused substitute during the 1–0 defeat.[9] Following his inclusion in an October 2021 U21 training camp,[21] Valgeir was again named in the squad for the following round of 2023 European U21 Championship qualifiers in November 2021 and he appeared in both matches.[17][22]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 1 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
HK 2018[4] 1. deild karla 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 0
2019[6] Úrvalsdeild 20 3 1 0 3 0 24 3
2020[7] Úrvalsdeild 15 4 2 0 4 0 21 4
2021[7] Úrvalsdeild 21 1 3 0 0 0 24 1
2022[7] 1. deild karla 8 1 2 1 2 1 12 3
Total 66 9 8 1 12 1 86 11
Örebro SK 2022[23] Superettan 12 1 3 0 ― 15 1
2023[23] Superettan 24 3 4 0 ― 28 0
2024[23] Superettan 1 0 0 0 ― 1 0
Total 37 4 6 0 ― 44 4
Career total 103 13 15 1 12 1 130 14
  1. ^ Includes Icelandic Cup, Svenska Cupen
  2. ^ Includes Icelandic League Cup

Honours[edit]

  • HK Footballer of the Year: 2021[13]
  • HK Athlete of the Year: 2021[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "EFL Squad List 2020/21 & U21 Registered Contract Players" (PDF). p. 22. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Valgeir Valgeirsson stats and transfer history". AiScore Football LiveScore. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Valgeir Valgeirsson joins Brentford B on loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Valgeir Valgeirsson :: HK Kópavogs". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "HK Kópavogs 1–4 Grindavík :: Lengjubikarinn 2018 :: Match Events". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Valgeir Valgeirsson :: HK Kópavogs". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Beatpoet/sandboxValgeirsson at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
  8. ^ "Valgeir „gæti eiginlega ekki verið sáttari" hjá Brentford og dreymir um lokakeppnina". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ a b Beatpoet/sandboxValgeirsson at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Valgeir Valgeirsson returns to HK Kópavogur". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Brynjar um Valgeir: Bara spurning um tímapunkt". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ a b Milisic, Aksentije. "KR sagt hafa boðið fjóra og hálfa milljón í Valgeir – HK neitaði". www.fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ a b c "Íþróttahátíð HK 2021". HK (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Þessir renna út á samningi 2022: Margir lykilmenn". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Valgeir á leið til Danmerkur á reynslu". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  16. ^ a b "Valgeir Valgeirsson klar för ÖSK Fotboll". ÖSK Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  17. ^ a b c "Leikmaður – Valgeir Valgeirsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Valgeir og Valgeir í landsliðshópinn". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  19. ^ "Iceland-Sweden | Line-ups | Under-21". UEFA.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ "Valgeir Valgeirsson í æfingahópi U21". HK (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  21. ^ "Sautján ára í æfingahópi U21 landsliðsins". Fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ "Einn nýliði í U21-árs landsliðshópnum". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  23. ^ a b c Beatpoet/sandboxValgeirsson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)

External links[edit]


Category:Living people Category:Icelandic footballers Category:Brentford F.C. players Category:Association football midfielders Category:Iceland youth international footballers Category:Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players Category:Icelandic expatriate footballers Category:Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in England Category:Expatriate footballers in England Category:2002 births Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs players Category:1. deild karla players Category:Iceland under-21 international footballers Category:Örebro SK players Category:Superettan players

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