- Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
Football player infobox
playername= Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
fullname = Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
nickname = Sigi
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1955|5|8
cityofbirth =Vestmannaeyjar
countryofbirth =Iceland
height =
currentclub = retired
clubnumber =
position =midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1971-1973 1973-1981 1981-1982 1982-1990
clubs = ÍB VestmannaeyjarStandard Liège Bayern München VfB Stuttgart
caps(goals) = ? (?) 249 (57) 17 (1)194 (38)
nationalyears = 1972-1989
nationalteam = flagicon|Iceland Iceland
nationalcaps(goals) = 45 (5)
pcupdate = 11 September 2007
ntupdate = 11 September 2007Ásgeir "Sigi" Sigurvinsson (born
May 8 ,1955 inVestmannaeyjar ) is anIceland ic football coach and former player.Club career
One of the first Icelandic footballers to play in a foreign country, Sigurvinsson moved to Belgian club
Standard Liège in 1973 and stayed for eight seasons, playing 250 matches and scoring 57 goals. His career in Liège was crowned by the Belgian Cup victory in the 1980/81 season. Shortly thereafter he was bought by German giantsBayern München , but only stayed there for one season.Instead he moved to
VfB Stuttgart , where he saw great success during eight seasons, the greatest achievement being the winning of the 1984 Bundesliga title. In total he played 211 Bundesliga matches and scored 39 goals.Retirement
After retiring in 1990 he worked at VfB for another three years as a scout. He left to coach
Fram Reykjavík between April and November 1993.Sigurvinsson, who got 45 caps and 5 goals for the national team [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ijs-recintlp.html Iceland - Record International Players] - RSSSF] , was Technical Director at the
Football Association of Iceland for six years and later coached the national team from 2003-2005.In November 2003, to celebrate
UEFA 's 50 anniversary, theFootball Association of Iceland selected Sigurvinsson as its Golden Player, the most outstanding Icelandic player of the last 50 years. [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind=256/newsId=130150.html]References
External links
* [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=58/newsId=181109.html UEFA.com's article on Iceland's Golden Player]
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=21289 National football teams profile]
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