Gilfi Sigurdsson - Icelandic football player

Gilfi Sigurdsson is a football player who plays for Swansea City in the position of an attacking midfielder. He was born in Iceland, the city of Habnarfjordur, on September 9, 1989. Has experience playing in the national team.

Career in youth clubs

The first club of the player was "Habnarfjordur" at the youth sports school. In 2003, Gilfi Sigurdsson moved to the Icelandic "Breidablik", where he continued to study football.

And after two years the midfielder was invited to the English football club Reading. After three years in the youth squad of the club, Gilfi showed an excellent game, for which he was transferred to the main team.

Career in professional teams

In the main team Sigurdsson stayed briefly. Already in 2008 he was rented to the English club "Shrewsbury Town", where he scored one goal for five games. And the next year the midfielder went on lease to another club from England called "Creo Alexandra". For this team, fifteen matches were played and three goals scored. In total for "Reading" for two years, Gilfi played forty-three games, scored nineteen times.

In 2010, the right to a football player is redeemed by the German "Hoffenheim". In its composition, thirty-six games were played, nine goals scored. Two years later, Gilfi is again on loan, this time in Welsh Swansea City. He spent time there until the end of the season, for the first time on the field for this club in a match against Barnsley in the FA Cup.

Sigurdsson had good relations with this club. Of 14 games, the footballer missed only one, while scoring 7 times. By the results of March 2012 the midfielder was recognized as the best player of the English Premier League. Prior to this, no player, "Swansea City" did not receive such a reward.

Current career

In July 2012, one of the best clubs of the planet fought for signing the contract with this football player. "Swansea City" has almost reached an agreement with "Hoffenheim", but here the football club "Liverpool" also expressed the desire to see the midfielder in its composition.

As a result of disputes, Gilfi Sigurdsson, whose photo often flashed in the news of the Premier League, was in the English "Tottenham". At that time, the club paid seven and a half million pounds. For games in this team, Gilfi chose number 22. The first season was quite difficult for the player. However, in difficult enough situations, he scored and thereby saved his team.

In "Tottenham" player for two seasons spent fifty-eight games, in which he scored eight goals. Including Gilfi Sigurdsson participated in twenty matches of European tournaments, having distinguished himself three times.

July 2014 brought the transition to the already familiar player "Swansea City", which broke up with ten million euros to sign a contract, calculated for four years. In the first season, the player entered the field in thirty-two matches and scored seven goals in them. The season 2015/2016, which ended not long ago, brought to the player's box eleven goals in thirty-three games.

Protection of colors of a flag

A lot of matches held in the national team Gilfi Sigurdsson. Iceland never denied him challenges to the national team.

Started playing for the national team at the age of seventeen years in the youth team of Iceland, for which Gilfi played three meetings and scored twice. The next step was an invitation to the Icelandic national team, in which players play until nineteen.

From 2007 to 2011 Midfielder went on the field fourteen times in the national team to 21 years.

And finally in 2010 the coach of Iceland's main team invited Sigurdsson to himself. Gilfi defends the colors of his country to this day, having performed already thirty-six times and scoring twelve goals against the opponents.

Player Achievements

Gilfi Sigurdsson, whose biography is not scanty, is interesting to a lot of fans in the world. After all, he received a lot of awards and played in a fairly large number of clubs.

In the 2009/2010 season, Gilfi Sigurdsson gave nine assists and himself scored several goals for Reading, and therefore was voted the player of the year in the Championship. Also, the player admitted the best in the Bundesliga at the end of the season.

And in 2012, Gilfi received an award that no player of his club has received yet. He became the best player in the English Premier League in March 2012.

Performance on Euro-2016

Team Iceland at the European Championships held in France unexpectedly for everyone reached the quarterfinals of the tournament, where she was confronted by the hostess of the tournament. On the way, a strong English team was defeated, as well as draws in games with the future champions of the continent - the Portuguese and with a strong Hungarian squad. Sigurdsson was a direct participant in all these achievements. But as a result, the skill of future silver medalists prevailed, and the French went further in the tournament, beating with a score of 5: 2.

Before the Euro, the national team coach had high hopes for Gilfi, because he always controls the game and often saves it. The scheme proposed by Lars Lagerbak suggests that the midfielder will play deeper than usual. Thus, he will be able to play with almost all teammates. During the matches Gilfi constantly strained the defense of opponents, created dangerous moments for himself and for partners in the attack group.

As Gilfi Siggurdson told in an interview after the tournament, they were very upset when they conceded four goals in the first half of the game. And the French midfielder considers the victory of France deserved. He also noted that the team is waiting for qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup. It is worth noting that with the support of fans who are remembered all over the world, Icelanders are capable of much.