Gilfi Sigurdsson - Icelandic footballer

Gilfi Sigurdsson is a football player who plays for"Swansea City" in the position of the 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 in two years the midfielder was invited toEnglish 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 stayednot for long. Already in 2008 he was rented to the English club "Shrewsbury Town", where he scored one goal for five games. And next year the midfielder went on lease to another club from England under the name "Creus of Alexander". For this team were played fifteen matches and scored three goals. In total for "Reading" for two years, Gilfi played forty-three games, scored nineteen times.

In 2010, the right to a football player buys 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 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 was quite well formedrelations 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, for signing a contract with thisone of the best clubs of the planet fought. "Swansea City" has almost reached an agreement with "Hoffenheim", but then the football club "Liverpool" also expressed the desire to see the midfielder in its composition.

As a result of the disputes, Gilfi Sigurdsson, whose photooften 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 Guilfi Sigurdsson participated in twenty matches of European tournaments, having distinguished himself three times.

July 2014 brought a transition to the already familiarplayer "Swansea City", who 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.

Flag Color Protection

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

Started playing for the national team at the age of seventeen inthe 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 the main teamIceland invited Sigurdsson to himself. Gilfi defends the colors of his country to this day, having acted thirty-six times already 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 ninescoring goals and himself scored several goals for the "Reading", and therefore was recognized as 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 at Euro 2016

Iceland squad on the past in FranceEuropean Championship unexpectedly for everyone reached the quarterfinals of the tournament, where she faced 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 in the end, 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 coach of the national teamhope 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 aftertournament, they were very upset when they conceded four goals into their own goal already 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.