Emil Hallfreðsson

Infobox Football biography
playername = Emil Hallfreðsson
fullname = Emil Hallfreðsson
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|6|29
cityofbirth = Hafnarfjörður
countryofbirth = Iceland
height = height|m=1.86
currentclub = Reggina
clubnumber = 2
position = winger
youthyears =
youthclubs = FH Hafnarfjordur
years = 2002-2004 2005-2007 2006 2007 2007-present
clubs = FH Hafnarfjordur Tottenham Hotspur → Malmö "(loan)" Lyn Reggina
caps(goals) = 27 (7)
0 (0)
19 (5)
1 (0)
21 (0)
nationalyears = 2005-
nationalteam = flagicon|Iceland Iceland
nationalcaps(goals) = 14 (1)
ntupdate = July 28, 2007
pcupdate = June 2, 2008

Emil Hallfreðsson (rendered in English as Emil Hallfredsson; born June 29, 1984 in Hafnarfjörður) is an Icelandic football player currently with Reggina Calcio. Hallfreðsson signed for the Norwegian club Lyn from Spurs on July 10, 2007, but was sold to Reggina only two weeks later, on July 28.

Club career

Primarily a left-sided midfielder, the red-haired Hallfreðsson was brought to Tottenham Hotspur by then Sporting Director Frank Arnesen in January 2005, having spent his formative years at FH Hafnarfjarðar of the Úrvalsdeild in Iceland. Tottenham had been looking for players who could solve their problems on the left, and the purchases of the likes of Andy Reid, Emil Hallfreðsson and Reto Ziegler in 2005 were all done to create more competition for this position. With Hallfreðsson's departure from White Hart Lane in 2007, they have all left the club.

Hallfreðsson became a regular starter for the Tottenham Hotspur Reserves, and played a key part in the Spurs' 2005-06 Premier League Southern Reserve title win. He then had a successful four-month loan stint at Swedish side Malmö FF, with a total of 24 appearances and eight goals, before returning to England in the fall.

His aim had then been to make the Spurs' first team, but in his remaining months at the club he was not selected for a single game. In July 2007, he was sold to the Norwegian club Lyn, where he was slated to stay until 2010. His first match for the club was a friendly against Ham-Kam, followed by a 20-minute substitution in a league game away against Sandefjord. His first and only 90-minute appearance was against Bodø/Glimt in the Norwegian Cup, in which he delivered a fine cross to Dylan Macallister for the 1-0 goal and the win. Three days later, the club surprisingly announced that Hallfreðsson would be leaving for Italy and Reggina.

International career

Emil Hallfreðsson has been capped numerous times for the Icelandic under-21 national football team, and made his debut for the Icelandic A-team in 2005, against Italy. In 2007, he was selected for the national squad for their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.

External links

* [http://www.emmihall.com/ Emil Hallfreðsson's Official Website]