Matthías Vilhjálmsson

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Matthías Vilhjálmsson
Personal information
Full name Matthías Vilhjálmsson
Date of birth (1987-01-30) 30 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Víkingur
Number 27
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 BÍ 13 (5)
2004–2013 FH 115 (37)
2011 → Colchester United (loan) 3 (0)
2012 → Start (loan) 30 (18)
2013–2015 Start 66 (23)
2015–2019 Rosenborg 66 (14)
2019–2020 Vålerenga 57 (11)
2021–2023 FH 48 (16)
2023– Víkingur 21 (5)
International career
2003–2004 Iceland U17 10 (3)
2005 Iceland U19 5 (1)
2006–2008 Iceland U21 8 (0)
2009–2016 Iceland 15 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023

Matthías Vilhjálmsson (born 30 January 1987) is an Icelandic international footballer who plays as a striker for the Úrvalsdeild club Víkingur. He can as well play as a midfielder. He also played for the Icelandic national football team from 2009 to 2016.

Matthías, also known as Matti Vill, has previously played for the Icelandic clubs BÍ and FH, the English club Colchester United and the Norwegian club Start.

Career[edit]

Early career[edit]

Matthías was born in Reykjavík and grew up in Ísafjörður where he played with BÍ until he was 17 years old.[1] He moved to Hafnarfjörður in 2004 to play with FH where he enjoyed early success with the youth teams of FH, winning the cup in 2004 and also the double in 2005, which is the only group in the club who have won the double. Matthías made his first-team debut for FH at the age of 18 in the last match of the 2005 season. He came on as a substitute with 20 minutes were left in the game, after one minute he was awarded a penalty which the team's top goalscorer Tryggvi Guðmundsson converted to complete his hattrick.

Between 2006 and 2010, Matthías won five titles with his team, three league titles and two cups. In 2007, he was voted the best young player in the league by other players. The 2009 season also ended with a league title, and he had most assists in the league and was the player with sixth most goals despite playing as a midfielder or right back. In the spring of 2010 he became one of the youngest captains in the history of FH when he was selected as the club captain for the 2010 season by his manager Heimir Guðjónsson. The same season, Matthías was voted the best midfielder in the league by other players in a survey by the most popular football website in Iceland, www.fotbolti.net. The highlight of the season was when FH won the cup 4–0 against their rivals KR where Matthías scored first two goals from the penalty spot before lifting the trophy after the game.

England[edit]

Matthías joined Colchester United on trial in November 2010. He impressed the manager John Ward enough to earn a loan deal to the end of the season with the option of a permanent deal. Matthías made his début as an 83rd-minute substitute in a 2–0 defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion where he replaced Dave Mooney.

Norway[edit]

Ahead of the 2012-season, Matthías joined Norwegian First Division club Start on a season-long loan-deal. He scored 18 goals for the team during the season, and became the top goalscorer in the 2012 Norwegian First Division when Start won promotion to Tippeligaen. Ahead of the 2012-season he joined Start on a permanent deal, and signed a two-year contract with the club.[2]

On 25 July 2015, after weeks of speculations, Matthías signed for the Norwegian club Rosenborg on a two-and-a-half-year deal.[3]

Return to Iceland[edit]

Matthías returned to Iceland and joined FH in 2021. In April 2023, he played his 400th match in the Icelandic top-tier league.[4]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 7 October 2023[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FH 2005 Úrvalsdeild 1 0 1 0 - - 2 0
2006 14 0 1 0 4 0 - 19 0
2007 17 6 4 1 4 3 - 25 10
2008 19 5 2 1 4 0 - 25 6
2009 22 10 3 0 2 0 - 27 10
2010 21 6 5 4 2 0 - 28 10
2011 21 10 2 0 2 0 - 25 10
Total 115 37 18 6 18 3 - - 151 46
Colchester (loan) 2010–11 League One 3 0 0 0 - - 3 0
Total 3 0 0 0 - - - - 3 0
Start (loan) 2012 Adeccoligaen 30 18 3 1 - - 33 19
Start 2013 Tippeligaen 29 11 5 3 - - 34 14
2014 22 5 3 4 - - 25 9
2015 15 7 1 0 - - 16 7
Total 96 41 12 8 - - - - 108 49
Rosenborg 2015 Tippeligaen 12 2 2 2 8 1 - 22 5
2016 29 5 7 2 6 0 - 42 7
2017 Eliteserien 18 7 5 8 6 1 1 0 30 16
2018 7 0 1 0 7 0 - 15 0
Total 66 14 15 12 27 2 1 0 109 28
Vålerenga 2019 Eliteserien 28 5 2 3 - - 30 8
2020 29 6 0 0 - - 29 6
Total 57 11 2 3 - - - - 59 14
FH 2021 Úrvalsdeild 22 7 2 1 4 0 - 28 8
2022 26 9 5 0 - - 31 9
Total 48 16 7 1 4 0 - - 59 17
Víkingur 2023 Besta deild karla 21 5 3 1 2 0 - 26 6
Total 21 5 3 1 2 0 - - 26 6
Career total 406 124 57 31 51 5 1 0 515 160

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first.[6]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 21 March 2010 Kórinn, Kópavogur, Iceland  Faroe Islands 2–0 2–0 Friendly
2. 16 January 2015 UCF Soccer and Track Stadium, Orlando, United States  Canada 2–0 2–1 Friendly

Honours[edit]

FH

Rosenborg

Individual[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sigurður Pétursson (2017). Knattspyrnusaga Ísfirðinga. Púkamót, félag. p. 344. ISBN 978-9935-24-189-4.
  2. ^ Aas, Odd Inge (3 December 2012). "Vilhjalmsson omsider klar for nye Start-år" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Vilhjálmsson klar for Rosenborg - Aftenposten". Aftenposten.no. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  4. ^ Víðir Sigurðsson (16 April 2023). "Fyrstur Vestfirðinga í fámennan hóp". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Matthías Vilhjálmsson". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Iceland – M. Vilhjálmsson – Profile with news, career statistics and history". soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  7. ^ Chris Thomas Skogli (24 September 2016). "Nyheter | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Spillerprofiler | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.

External links[edit]

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