Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gunnleifur Vignir Gunnleifsson | ||
Date of birth | 14 July 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1993–1995 | HK Kópavogur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995 | HK Kópavogur | 3 | (0) |
1996 | KVA | 16 | (0) |
1997 | HK Kópavogur | 18 | (0) |
1998–1999 | KR Reykjavík | 11 | (0) |
2000–2001 |
Keflavík | 36 | (0) |
2002–2009 | HK Kópavogur | 137 | (1) |
2009 | → FC Vaduz (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2010–2012 |
FH | 65 | (0) |
2013–2020 |
Breiðablik | 109 | (0) |
Total | 400 | (1) | |
International career | |||
2000–2014 | Iceland | 26 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gunnleifur Vignir Gunnleifsson (born 14 July 1975) is an
Career
Gunnleifur started his career with local club HK by making 3 appearances in the 1995 season as the club was relegated from the 1. deild karla to the 2. deild. He joined lower-league club KVA from Eskifjörður and Reyðarfjörður (later known as Fjarðabyggð) and was their 1st choice goalkeeper for the 1996 season as the club was promoted from the lowest league, the 3. deild, to the 2. deild. He then headed back to HK to be their main goalkeeper for the 1997 season in the 2. deild, as the club was promoted to the 1. deild again, along with Gunnleifur's former club KVA.
After impressing in the lower leagues he moved to
Despite having played every game of both seasons for Keflavík he transferred back to his local club,
There he played every game in 2007 as HK finished 9th, two points away from relegation, and every game but one in 2008 as the club was relegated in 11th place. Gunnleifur joined Liechtenstein based Swiss Super League club FC Vaduz[5] on loan on 13 February 2009 in the Icelandic off-season. He didn't return from the loan until late July, in the middle of the Icelandic season, and played 8 games as HK finished 3rd in the 2009 1. deild.
Before the
After that season, as FH weren't ready to offer him more than a 1-year contract, he transferred to
On 20 November 2020, Gunnleifur announced his retirement from football.[9]
International career
During his time with Keflavík he played his first three international games, his debut coming as an 83rd-minute substitute in a 5–0 friendly victory against Malta in July 2000.[10] He featured as the starting goalkeeper in two games in South America in January 2001, against Uruguay and Chile, but didn't feature after that until after his 2008 season with HK. After that he featured in 18 games from his start against the Netherlands in October 2008 until his start against Israel in November 2010, then not featuring in 2011 at all. He played three games in 2012, but was mostly a substitute for Hannes Þór Halldórsson.[11][12]
Honours
- KVA
- 3. deild: 1996
- HK
- FH
- Icelandic Cup: 2010
- Úrvalsdeild: 2012
References
- ^ "Gunnleifur Vignir Gunnleifsson". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Fótbolti.net".
- ^ "Íslandsmót - 2. Deild karla - 2002".
- ^ "Leikskýrsla: HK - Selfoss - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands".
- ^ "FC Vaduz: : Gunnleifsson zum FC Vaduz". Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ "Gunnleifur til liðs við FH".
- ^ "Fótbolti.net".
- ^ http://www.pressan.is/Frettir/Lesafrett/gunnleifur-i-breidablik---allt-sem-eg-trudi-a-er-farid-til-helvitis [dead link]
- ^ Sindri Sverrisson (20 November 2020). "Gunnleifur þakkar fyrir sig: Montinn af ferlinum og sé ekki eftir neinu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ "Leikskýrsla | Mótalisti | Mótamál | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012.
- ^ "Leikmaður - Gunnleifur Vignir Gunnleifsson".
- ^ "Leikmaður - Hannes Þór Halldórsson".
External links
- Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
- football.ch profile (in German)
- FC Vaduz profile (in German) at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 May 2009)