Kristinn Steindórsson

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Kristinn Steindórsson
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Kristinn Steindórsson in 2011
Personnel
birthday April 29, 1990
place of birth Reykjavík ,  Iceland
size 178 cm
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
Breiðablik Kópavogur
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2007-2011 Breiðablik Kópavogur 83 (34)
2012-2014 Halmstads BK 77 (16)
2015 Columbus crew 21 0(0)
2016– GIF Sundsvall 12 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2006-2007 Iceland U-17 9 0(5)
2007-2008 Iceland U-19 9 0(0)
2009–2012 Iceland U-21 9 0(1)
2015– Iceland 2 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.
As of June 8, 2016

2 As of June 8, 2016

Kristinn Steindórsson (born April 29, 1990 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic football player . The striker , who made his debut for the Icelandic national team in 2015 , has had a career in his home country, Sweden and the United States .

Career

Kristinn played in his youth at Breiðablik Kópavogur , for whom he took his first steps in the adult area from 2006 in the reserve team. At the same time, he moved into the field of vision of the Knattspyrnusamband Íslands and played in the course of the year under coach Luka Kostić in the qualification for the U-17 European Championship in 2007 , he was unable to participate in a tournament despite the first qualification of an Icelandic team for such a tournament. In 2007 he made his debut in the first division named after a sponsor Landsbankadeild . Although he initially only remained a supplementary player, he also went through the U-19 junior selection after the U-17 selection team . In the 2009 season he prevailed as a regular player, with the team around Arnar Grétarsson , Finnur Orri Margeirsson and Guðmundur Kristjánsson he also reached the final of the national cup .

After two goals from Alfreð Finnbogason against goals from Ingvar Þór Ólason and Samuel Lee Tillen , the end of extra time was a 2-2 draw against Fram Reykjavík and the club won their first national title on penalties . He had made his debut in the U-21 national team a few days earlier . The next season was even more successful: together with Finnbogason, who was crowned top scorer of the championship with 14 goals this season, he formed a dangerous strike duo and led the club to the club's first championship with twelve goals this season. While Finnbogason had left the club for mainland Europe and the club subsequently slipped into midfield of the championship, he took part in qualifying for the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League . Against the Norwegian representative Rosenborg Trondheim progress was almost impossible after the 5-0 defeat in the first leg, but in the 2-0 return success he shone alongside Dylan Macallister as a goalscorer. In the league, too, he scored double digits until the end of the season, this time placing himself among the top five goalscorers in the league with eleven goals this season.

Kristinn moved in early 2012 together with his compatriot Guðjón Baldvinsson to the Swedish club Halmstads BK , who had been relegated to the second-rate Superettan . With seven goals he was involved in reaching the relegation games to return to the Allsvenskan . There he scored a goal in both games in the clashes with GIF Sundsvall , after a 3-0 first leg win and a 3-4 defeat, the club rose again to the top class. Initially there regulars he lost by a sending off his place in the starting lineup, he that of its 19 season appearances in the highest Swedish league only seven games from the start was on the field. In the 2014 season he was a regular again, with eight goals he contributed to staying up.

After his contract expired, Kristinn left the Swedish club at the end of 2014 and signed a contract with the US club Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer . A few weeks later, he made his debut for the Icelandic senior team in January 2015, when they defeated the Canadian national team with a 2-1 win in a friendly match . He scored his first international goal with the 1-0 opening goal. After a year of play in the top North American football league, the Icelander moved to GIF Sundsvall in Sweden for the 2016 game year after completing 21 championship games . To date (as of June 8, 2016) he has been used in twelve league games in which he has also remained goalless so far.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ fotbolltransfers.com: "Officiellt: Kristinn Steindorsson clear for Columbus Crew" (accessed on January 19, 2015)
  2. ↑ Kristinn Steindórsson är klar för GIF Sundsvall (Swedish), accessed on June 9, 2016
Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .
personal data
SURNAME Kristinn Steindórsson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION icelandic soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Reykjavík , Iceland