Steinþór Freyr Þorsteinsson (born 29 July 1985) is an Icelandic

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who currently plays for KA in the Besta deild. He is known for his outstanding athleticism and long throw-ins. He was voted the best player of the first seven rounds of the Icelandic deild in both 2009 and 2010. On 31 July 2010 he signed a -year contract with

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. H ...

, but was released when the club went bankrupt in early February 2011. In March 2011 he signed a one-year contract with Norwegian club

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. At

, Steinþór showed an amazing skill to win penalties and free kicks. In his first 9 games for the team, he had already won 6 penalties for the team.

International career

Steinþór played his first senior national team game for

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in November 2009 against

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