- Pétur Marteinsson
Football player infobox
playername = Pétur Marteinsson
fullname = Pétur Hafliői Marteinsson
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|7|14
cityofbirth =Reykjavík
countryofbirth =Iceland
height = 1,86 m.
currentclub =KR Reykjavik
clubnumber = 13
position = defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =Fram Reykjavík
years = 1991 1992-1993 1994-1995 1996-1998 1999-2001 2001-2004 2003-2006 2007-
clubs =Fram Reykjavík Leiftur Fram Reykjavík Hammarby IF Stabæk IF Stoke CityHammarby IF KR Reykjavik
caps(goals) = 4 (0) ? (?) 32 (0) 70 (4) 63 (4) 18 (2) 48 (5) 15 (0)
nationalyears = 1993-
nationalteam = flagicon|Iceland Iceland
nationalcaps(goals) = 36 (1)
pcupdate = 7 November 2007
ntupdate = 11 September 2007Pétur Marteinsson (born
July 14 ,1973 inReykjavík ) is anIceland ic football player. He is the son of former Icelandic international playerMarteinn Geirsson .Club career
He started his career in
Fram Reykjavík , and moved to Swedish clubHammarby IF in 1996 where he was a great success. A sought-after defender, Marteinsson was bought by the Norwegian clubStabæk IF , coached byAnders Linderoth . In November 2001 he moved on to Stoke City, a club with many Icelandic players. Unfortunately, the manager who bought him lost his job within a week, and Marteinsson was not favoured by the new manager. Released in August 2003, he returned to Hammarby which incidentally was coached by Anders Linderoth.In October 2006,
KR Reykjavik announced they had won the race for his signature for the 2007 Icelandic premier league season, a move which will see Marteinsson return to his nativeIceland to finish his career.International career
Marteinsson has been capped 35 times for Iceland [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ijs-recintlp.html Iceland - Record International Players] - RSSSF] . He made his debut in an August 1993 friendly match against the USA as a substitute for Kristján Jónsson.
External reference
*sv icon [http://www.hammarbyfotboll.se/se/lagen/a-laget/spelare/?seasonid=2&playerid=12 Bio at Hammarby]
References
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