Ólafur Gottskálksson
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Full name | Ólafur Gottskálksson | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 12 March 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Keflavík, Iceland | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
Keflavik | ||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1988–1990 | IA Akranes | 33 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
1990–1994 | KR Reykjavík | 71 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
1994–1997 |
Keflavik | 63 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
1997–2000 | Hibernian | 64 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2000–2002 | Brentford | 73 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 |
Grindavik | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2004 |
Keflavik | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2004 | Margate | |||||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Torquay United | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 340 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | Iceland U21 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
1991–1998 | Iceland | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ólafur Gottskálksson (born 12 March 1968 in Keflavík) is a retired Icelandic professional football goalkeeper. He played ten games for Icelandic national football team.[1]
Football
Club career
Ólafur played for
He returned to
On his return to the United Kingdom in August 2004, he had a trial with
International career
He played 10 times for the
Basketball
Ólafur played basketball for seven season in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla, averaging 5.5 points per game for his career. He won the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 1994.[12] He played 4 games for the junior national basketball teams.[13]
Honours
Keflavík
Personal life
Gottskálksson is the son of goalkeeper Gottskalk Gottskálksson and the brother of goalkeeper Elvar Gottskálksson.[14]
Legal history
In March 2010 Ólafur was sentenced to a ten months prison term in Iceland for housebreaking, robbery and violent attack.[15][16] In October 2011 he was sentenced to additional four months in prison for similar charges, including serious violence.[17]
On 25 July 2016, he was arrested after a police chase for driving under influences with his five-year-old son in the backseat.[18][9] He checked into rehab on 4 August but was rushed to the National University Hospital of Iceland two days later due to internal bleeding and broken ribs, injuries he claimed he sustained when the police arrested him.[19][20]
Honours
Brentford
See also
- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
References
- ^ a b "Margate turn to Icelandic keeper". NonLeagueDaily. 28 August 2004. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ "Keeper stays at Brentford". BBC Sport. 2 August 2002. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ "Icelandic keeper sorry to say his final Ole". The Scotsman. 23 November 2002. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ "Brentford | News | Latest News | Latest News | OLI RETIRES". world.brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ uefa.com (23 November 2002). "Gottskalksson headed for Grindavík – UEFA.com". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Slade makes Downey signing". BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ "Gottskalksson joins Gulls". BBC Sport. 22 September 2004. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ "Gottskalksson gets FA suspension". BBC Sport. 29 June 2005. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ a b Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (18 November 2017). "Keyrði þúsund kílómetra tvisvar í viku eftir kókaíni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Gottskalksson suspended". TheFA.com. 29 June 2005. Archived from the original on 9 January 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ a b Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ólafur Gottskálksson". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Leikur". gamli.kki.is. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ Unglinga- og drengjalandslið Íslands
- ^ "Brentford Football Club". Archived from the original on 11 August 2002. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ "Vísir – Fyrrverandi landsliðsmarkvörður dæmdur í fangelsi". visir.is. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Fyrrverandi landsliðsmarkvörður dæmdur í fangelsi". Víkurfréttir. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Pressan.is". Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ Ísleifsson, Atli (3 August 2016). "Óli Gott lagði á flótta undan lögreglu með fimm ára son sinn í aftursætinu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ Gylfason, Atli Már (8 August 2016). "Fyrrum landsliðsmarkvörður barinn með kylfum af lögreglu og fluttur á bráðamóttöku". Stundin (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- Dagblaðið Vísir(in Icelandic). 8 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ "Vale vault Brentford to lift Vans trophy". BBC Sport. 22 April 2001. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
External links
- Ólafur Gottskálksson: Ferillinn í úrvalsdeild
- Ólafur Gottskálksson at National-Football-Teams.com