Willum Þór Þórsson (born 17 March 1963) is a former

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player and manager and politician. From 2013 to 2016, he served on the

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, the Icelandic parliament, for the

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, and is currently a member of parliament since 2017. He holds a

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from the

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and used to teach economics at Menntaskólinn í Kópavogi.

Playing career

Willum began his career at KR before moving on to Breiðablik and later Þróttur where he started his manager career. He represented Iceland at youth level both in basketball and

Managerial career

Willum led Þróttur to Iceland's top league, the Úrvalsdeild in 1997. The wait had been long as Þróttur last played at the top level in 1985. In 2000, he became the manager of Haukar, and in 2002, he was appointed manager of KR and led them to two successive

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in 2002 and 2003. In 2004 KR finished without a title and Þórsson's contract was not renewed. He took charge of

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who had just been promoted to the Úrvalsdeild and finished the 2005 season in 2nd place after champions FH. Valur won the 2005 Icelandic Cup with a 1–0 victory over

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. In 2006, Valur ended the season in 3rd place and in 2007 Willum managed

to their first League title in 20 years and won Manager of the Season in Landsbankadeildin. He left with mutual agreement on 1 July 2009. On 29 September 2009, after the season had finished for the year, he was appointed the new manager of Keflavík. He is the only manager who has won every single league in Iceland (4 in total), 2nd and 3rd division with Haukar, 1st division with Þróttur and the Premier League with KR and

. In November 2010, Willum was appointed as the first manager for the Icelandic futsal team.

Political career

Willum has taken active part in politics with the

. In the

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he was elected to the

and served until 2016, before being elected back into parliament in 2017.

Personal life

Willum is the father of Willum Þór Willumsson, an Icelandic international footballer, as well as the father of Brynjólfur Andersen Willumsson, an Icelandic youth international footballer.

References

External links

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