Matthías Hallgrímsson (born 12 December 1946) is an Icelandic former

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 lea ...

who played as a striker.

Club career

Matthías played club football in Iceland and Sweden for ÍA, Halmia and Valur. He was topscorer in the

Úrvalsdeild 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 I ...

in the 1969 and 1975 seasons.

International career

Matthías scored 11 goals in 45 appearances for the Iceland national team. 4 of those appearances came in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

References

1946 births Living people Matthias Hallgrimsson Matthias Hallgrimsson Matthias Hallgrimsson Men's association football forwards Matthias Hallgrimsson IS Halmia players Matthias Hallgrimsson Matthias Hallgrimsson Matthias Hallgrimsson Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden 20th-century Icelandic sportsmen {{Iceland-footy-bio-stub