Emil Hallfreðsson
Emil Hallfreðsson (in blue) in a 2014 match against Austria | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emil Hallfreðsson | ||
Date of birth | 29 June 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Hafnarfjörður, Iceland | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder / Left winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Udinese | ||
Number | 55 | ||
Youth career | |||
FH | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2004 | FH | 29 | (7) |
2005–2007 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
2006 | → Malmö FF (loan) | 19 | (5) |
2007 | Lyn Oslo | 1 | (0) |
2007–2011 | Reggina | 34 | (1) |
2009–2010 | → Barnsley (loan) | 27 | (3) |
2010–2011 | → Verona (loan) | 30 | (4) |
2011–2016 | Verona | 148 | (12) |
2016– | Udinese | 11 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2000 | Iceland U17 | 7 | (2) |
2002 | Iceland U19 | 3 | (0) |
2004–2006 | Iceland U21 | 14 | (3) |
2005– | Iceland | 56 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2016. |
Emil Hallfreðsson (born 29 June 1984) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a central midfielder or left winger for Serie A club Udinese.
Club career
Early career
Primarily a left sided midfielder, Emil was brought to Tottenham Hotspur by then Sporting Director Frank Arnesen in December 2004,[1] 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 and Reto Ziegler in 2005 were all done to create more competition for this position. With Emil's departure from White Hart Lane in 2007, they have all left the club.
Emil 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 was then loaned out to Swedish side Malmö FF,.[2] He enjoyed some success with Malmö, starting for a majority of the games in the 2006 season, with a total of 24 appearances and eight goals. He then returned to England in the fall, after Malmö unsuccessfully tried to convince him to stay.
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,[3] 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 Emil would be leaving for Italy and Reggina.[4]
Reggina
Emil played his first Serie A match on 26 August 2007 a 1–1 draw with Atalanta.[5] In his first season, he played a regular role in Reggina's team, but in the second season he played less. In April 2009 he did, however, score a spectacular winning goal against Juventus.[6]
Barnsley
Having not been selected to play for Reggina 1st match of the 2009–10 season at Coppa Italia,[7] he completed a one-year loan to Football League Championship side Barnsley on 14 August 2009.[8] He scored his first goal for Barnsley against Plymouth Argyle on 28 November 2009. However, the game was later abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch. His first goal did come two weeks later however, in the home game with Newcastle United, slamming home a Daniel Bogdanovic cross from 6 yards. Emil's goal made it 1–1 in an eventual 2–2 draw.[9]
Verona
On 31 August 2010 Reggina loaned him to Verona. His first season with Verona he was a regular starter and a decisive player in achieving promotion to Serie B. At the end of the season, Emil won the Mastino del Bentegodi award as the team's player of the year.[10] Looking ahead to the upcoming Serie B season, on 22 June 2011, three days after winning the First Division play-off, Verona outbid Reggina to purchase his contract.
Udinese
On 30 January 2016 Emil joined Udinese, signing a contract until June 2018.[11]
International career
He was selected for EURO 2016.[12]
International goals
- As of 8 September 2007[13]
- Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first.
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 8 September 2007 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik, Iceland | Spain | 1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
References
- ↑ "Tottenham clinch double transfer". BBC. 2004-12-20. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ↑ "Hallfredsson joins Malmo on loan". BBC. 2006-01-03. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ↑ "Striker Hallfredsson leaves Spurs". BBC. 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ↑ "Emil Hallfredsson solgt til Serie A" (in Norwegian). FC Lyn Oslo. 2007-07-28. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ↑ La Gazzetta dello Sport 2007–08 Profile (Italian)
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV64SRvup-Q
- ↑ "Reggina-Arezzo 3–0" (in Italian). AC Arezzo. 2009-08-09. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ↑ "ICEMAN SIGNS ON AT OAKWELL". Barnsley FC. 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ↑ "Plymouth A-A Barnsley". BBC. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ↑ Halfreðsson Mastino del Bentegodi hellasverona.it
- ↑ "Official: Udinese sign Hallfredsson". 30 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ "A karla – Lokahópur fyrir EM 2016" (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 9 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ↑ "Iceland – E. Hallfređsson – Profile with news, career statistics and history". soccerway.com. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Emil Hallfreðsson. |
- Emil Hallfreðsson career statistics at Soccerbase
- Emil Hallfreðsson's Official Website
- Emil Hallfreðsson profile at Soccerway
- Profile with the KSÍ