Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ásgeir Sigurvinsson | ||
Date of birth | 8 May 1955 | ||
Place of birth | Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland | ||
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Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1971–1973 | ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar | 21 | (7) |
1973–1981 | Standard Liège | 249 | (57) |
1981–1982 | Bayern Munich | 17 | (1) |
1982–1990 | VfB Stuttgart | 194 | (38) |
Total | 481 | (103) | |
International career | |||
1972–1989 | Iceland | 45 | (5) |
Managerial career | |||
1993 | Fram | ||
2003–2005 | Iceland | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ásgeir "Sigi" Sigurvinsson (born 8 May 1955 in Vestmannaeyjar) is an Icelandic retired football attacking midfielder and coach.
He spent most of his career in Germany, amassing Bundesliga totals of 211 games and 39 goals for two clubs, mainly Stuttgart.
Club career
One of the first Icelandic footballers to play in a foreign country, Ásgeir moved to Belgian club Standard Liège in 1973 and stayed there for eight seasons, amassing more than 300 appearances overall and helping it to the 1981 Belgian Cup. Immediately after, he was bought by FC Bayern Munich, but only lasted one year.
Ásgeir then joined fellow Bundesliga team VfB Stuttgart, where he figured prominently until his retirement at 35. In his second year he scored a career-best – in Germany – 12 goals, being instrumental in a league conquest after a 32-year wait.
During his penultimate season, Ásgeir netted three times from 28 appearances as the Roten finished fifth, still adding all 12 matches (ten complete) in the side's runner-up run in the UEFA Cup. After retiring, he worked at Stuttgart for another three years, as a scout.
Between April and November 1993, Ásgeir had his first coaching experience, with native Knattspyrnufélagið Fram.[1]
International career
Ásgeir gained 45 caps for Iceland and scored five goals,[2] his debut coming on 3 July 1972 at only 17 in a 2–5 friendly home loss against Denmark. He acted as technical director at the Football Association of Iceland for six years, and later coached the national team from 2003 until late 2005.[3]
In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's 50 anniversary, the Icelandic FA selected Ásgeir as its Golden Player, the most outstanding Icelandic player of the last 50 years.[4]
Honours
- IBV
- Icelandic Cup: 1972
- Standard Liège
- Belgian Cup: 1980–81
- Bayern Munich
- Stuttgart
References
External links
- Ásgeir Sigurvinsson profile at Fussballdaten
- Ásgeir Sigurvinsson at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Ásgeir Sigurvinsson – FIFA competition record
- Iceland stats at Eu-Football
- Worldfootball profile
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- 1955 births
- Living people
- People from Vestmannaeyjar
- 20th-century Icelandic people
- Icelandic footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Standard Liège players
- Bundesliga players
- FC Bayern Munich footballers
- VfB Stuttgart players
- Iceland international footballers
- Icelandic expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Icelandic expatriates in Belgium
- Icelandic expatriates in Germany
- UEFA Golden Players
- Icelandic football managers
- Knattspyrnufélagið Fram managers
- Iceland national football team managers