Grétar Steinsson

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Grétar Steinsson
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Grétar Steinsson (2007)
Personnel
Surname Grétar Rafn Steinsson
birthday January 9, 1982
place of birth SiglufjörðurIceland
size 189 cm
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
KS Siglufjörður
ÍA Akranes
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1996-1997 KS Siglufjarða 7 0(0)
1998-2004 ÍA Akranes 76 (12)
2005 Young Boys Bern 21 0(3)
2005-2008 AZ Alkmaar 61 0(6)
2008–2012 Bolton Wanderers 127 0(5)
2012-2013 Kayserispor 9 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
1998 Iceland U-17 7 0(0)
2000 Iceland U-19 4 0(0)
2001-2003 Iceland U-21 11 0(1)
2002– Iceland 41 0(4)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2012/13

2 As of October 28, 2011

Grétar Rafn Steinsson (born January 9, 1982 in Siglufjörður ) is an Icelandic football player .

Career

society

He began his professional career in the 2000/01 season in Iceland with ÍA Akranes . Before that he was already in the youth department. Before he came to Akranes, he already played in the youth division of his hometown at KS Siglufjörður and already made his first appearances in the men's division. During the winter break of the 2004/05 season he moved to the BSC Young Boys in Switzerland . Only a short time later, in August 2005, he switched to AZ Alkmaar again . With the Dutch, he developed into a top performer and became interesting for other European clubs. In January 2008, the Bolton Wanderers hired the defense attorney for approximately four million. In England Grétar played with the Wanderers against relegation. Relegation was achieved through strong team performances and point wins at the end of the season.

For the 2012/13 season, his move to the Turkish Süper Lig to the Central Anatolian representative Kayserispor was announced. After a season he left Kayserispor.

National team

In 2002 Grétar made his debut for the Icelandic national football team . He was substituted on during a friendly against Brazil and was able to celebrate his first goal in the national shirt in the same game.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. eurosport.com: "Steinsson Kayserispor'da" (accessed on August 22, 2012)
  2. fanatik.com.tr: "Steinsson ile yollar ayrıldı"  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 5, 2013)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.fanatik.com.tr