Veigar Páll Gunnarsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Veigar.

Veigar Páll Gunnarsson

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Personal information
Full name	Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
Date of birth	(1980-03-21) 21 March 1980
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder / Striker
Team information
Current team	Stjarnan
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2000	Stjarnan	59	(14)
2001	Strømsgodset	15	(2)
2002–2003	KR Reykjavík	30	(14)
2004–2008	Stabæk	120	(60)
2009	Nancy	5	(0)
2009–2011	Stabæk	40	(19)
2011–2012	Vålerenga	20	(3)
2012	Stabæk	10	(2)
2013–	Stjarnan	48	(10)
International career
1998	Iceland U-19	7	(3)
2000–2001	Iceland U-21	11	(3)
2001–2011	Iceland	34	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:37, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Veigar Páll Gunnarsson (born 21 March 1980) is an Icelandic football striker who plays for Stjarnan.

His transfer in 2011 led to football clubs Stabæk and Vålerenga being nominated for fines of Norwegian kroner 500,000 and 350,000 respectively, by a committee (påtalenemd) of Football Association of Norway — and a police investigation that saw two persons arrested.

Career

Club

Early years

Veigar Páll made his debut for Stjarnan in the 1996 season, in which he only managed one=1 game as a substitute. He established himself as a regular in the side and started scoring goals, catching the eye of foreign teams. He then went abroad to Norway, where he played for Strømsgodset. He failed to establish himself in the first team so he returned to Iceland to play for KR Reykjavík. He quickly became popular with the fans and was the star player of the KR team that won the Icelandic Premier League in 2002 and 2003. In September 2003 he had a trial with Bolton Wanderers of the English Premier League.

Stabæk

Veigar joined Stabæk in 2004 in the season they got relegated, after being placed 3rd in the league the previous year. He flourished under new coach Jan Jönsson in 2005, with new signing Daniel Nannskog. Veigar was leading the attack with Nannskog, a partnership which was the most feared duo in the league, according to statistics (goals and assist). In the 2006 season, Nannskog became top scorer in the Norwegian Premier League with 19 goals, with Veigar finishing one goal behind.

In 2007, Stabæk finished second, just behind winners Brann. Veigar played well, and was the seasons assist leader with 17, and fourth on the scoring chart with 15.

The following season he made another big contribution to the club, helping them winning the league. Again he was the seasons assist leader with 14, in addition to 10 goals.

Nancy

In December 2008, he signed a contract with the French club AS Nancy of Ligue 1.

Return to Stabæk

On 30 November 2009, Stabæk confirmed that Veigar had signed a contract with his former club. Veigar himself stated that he felt that Nancy had destroyed his career by not letting him play, but that he was looking forward to returning "home" to Stabæk.

Vålerenga

On 30 July 2011, Stabæk and Vålerenga reached an agreement, which later led to controversies. Veigar Páll Gunnarsson signed a contract with Vålerenga until the end of 2014.

After a spell at Stabæk, Gunnarsson returned to his youth-club Stjarnan in 2013, and signed a four-year contract with the club.

National team

He made his debut for Iceland in a January 2001 friendly match against Uruguay at the Millennium Super Soccer Cup in India. He has been capped 33 times since and has scored six goals.

Career statistics

As of 19 July 2015

Season	Club	League	League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1996	Stjarnan	Úrvalsdeild	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
1997			11	0	–		–		–		11	0
1998		1. deild karla	14	4	–		–		–		14	4
1999			17	7	–		–		–		17	7
2000		Úrvalsdeild	16	3	–		–		–		16	3
2001	Strømsgodset	Tippeligaen	15	2	2	1	–		0	0	17	3
2002	KR Reykjavík	Úrvalsdeild	17	7	–		–		–		17	7
2003			13	7	–		–		–		13	7
2004	Stabæk	Tippeligaen	16	2	4	2	–		2	1	22	5
2005		1. Divisjon	28	13	5	4	–		0	0	33	17
2006		Tippeligaen	25	18	3	2	–		0	0	28	20
2007			25	15	5	4	–		0	0	30	19
2008			26	12	7	7	–		2	0	35	19
2008–09	Nancy	Ligue 1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
2010	Stabæk	Tippeligaen	24	10	2	2	–		0	0	26	12
2011			16	9	3	0	–		0	0	19	9
2011	Vålerenga		13	3	0	0	–		0	0	13	3
2012			7	0	3	0	–		0	0	10	0
2012	Stabæk		10	2	0	0	–		0	0	10	2
2013	Stjarnan	Úrvalsdeild	19	4	4	2	–		–		23	6
2014			17	6	2	0	–		–		19	6
2015			10	0	2	0	–		–		12	0
Career total			345	124	42	24	1	0	4	1	392	149

Honours

Club

KR

• Landsbankadeild: 2002, 2003

Stabæk

• Tippeligaen: 2008
• Adeccoligaen: 2005

External links

• Veigar Páll Gunnarsson at National-Football-Teams.com