Helgi Sigurðsson (born 17 September 1974) is an Icelandic former professional

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and manager of ÍBV. A forward, he played for clubs in Iceland, Germany, Norway, Greece, and Denmark and represented

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at international level.

Club career

Helgi was born in

Reykjavík Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...

, Iceland. He started his career at Víkingur Reykjavik and won the Icelandic championship with them in 1991. He then moved to

Knattspyrnufélagið Fram ''Knattspyrnufélagið Fram'' (, ) is a professional Icelandic sports club, best known for its football and handball teams. It was founded on 1 May 1908 in Reykjavík. It was based at Safamýri, in the Háaleiti og Bústaðir district near Reyk ...

before signing for

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

in Germany. Joined Stabæk in 1997 and won the

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final with them in 1998, scoring two of three of Stabæk's goals. In 1999, he moved to Panathinaikos in Greece, nicknamed ''the Shark''. He played one game in the Champions League for Panathinaikos, coming on as a sub for

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against

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. He signed for Danish club AGF in February 2004. In 2006, he returned to Iceland and signed for Knattspyrnufélagið Fram for the second time in his career. A year later he left Fram and signed for their

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 The Besta deild karla () is a professional association football league in Iceland and the highest level of the Icelandic football league system. The competition was founded in 1912 as the Icelandic Championship. Because of the harsh winters in Ic ...

for the 2007 season. He returned to his youth club, Víkingur Reykjavik 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.

International career

He made his debut for

in an August 1993 friendly match against the

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as a substitute for

Arnór Guðjohnsen Arnór Guðjohnsen (born 30 April 1961) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent seven years with Belgian club Anderlecht and was the top scorer in the 1986–87 season. He is the father of striker Ei ...

and has been

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62 times since and scored 10 goals. He also scored his first international goal against the US, in April 1994, earning his 4th cap. His last match was a 3–0 friendly win against

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in 2008.

Managerial career

In mid-season 2015, Helgi teamed up with his home club Víkingur Reykjavik taking the role of assistant manager alongside manager Miloš Milojević. Helgi then became Icelandic champion with Víkingur U18 team in September 2016. Winning a convincing 1–0 win over Breiðablik in the final. After the 2016 season, Helgi was released from his post at Víkingur to take the role of manager at

Fylkir Íþróttafélagið Fylkir (, ) is a multi-sport club in Árbær, in the eastern part of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. It features departments in football, handball, volleyball, gymnastics and karate. Kit The Fylkir official home kit is ...

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