Tryggvi Guðmundsson (born 30 July 1974) is an Icelandic former professional

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. He is Iceland's all-time top scorer in the Úrvalsdeild. He is the highest scoring male Icelandic footballer of all time in association football with 296 goals credited to his name.

Club career

A prolific striker, Tryggvi started his career at ÍBV before moving abroad to clubs in Norway and Sweden. After an unsuccessful loan spell at

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, he returned to Iceland.

International career

Tryggvi made his debut for

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in a July 1997 friendly match against the

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, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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and scoring the only goal of the match. In 2001, he scored his only hat-trick for his country against

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in the

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. He has scored twelve goals in 42 appearances, his last appearance coming in a 2–1 away friendly win against

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in March 2008.

Managerial career

Tryggvi was an assistant manager for ÍBV in 2015 and Vængir Júpiters in 2019. In 2021, he was hired as the manager of Kormákur/Hvöt.

Career statistics

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