Tryggvi Guðmundsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Tryggvi.

Tryggvi Guðmundsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-07-30) 30 July 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
–1991 ÍBV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 ÍBV 23 (12)
1994 KR 13 (3)
1995–1997 ÍBV 52 (41)
1998–2000 Tromsø IL 76 (36)
2001–2003 Stabæk 66 (24)
2004 Örgryte IS 22 (3)
2005–2009 FH 92 (51)
2005 → Stoke City (loan) 0 (0)
2010–2012 ÍBV 52 (22)
2013 Fylkir 9 (2)
2013 HK 10 (5)
2014–2015 KFS 25 (17)
2015 Njarðvík 10 (3)
2016–2017 KFS 7 (4)
2017–2018 Kórdrengir 3 (0)
Total 460 (223)
International career
1994–1995 Iceland U21 9 (0)
1997–2008 Iceland 41 (12)
2011 Iceland futsal 3 (2)
Managerial career
2015 ÍBV (assistant)
2019 Vængir Júpiters (assistant)
2021 Kormákur/Hvöt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tryggvi Guðmundsson (born 30 July 1974) is an Icelandic former professional footballer. He is Iceland's all-time top scorer in the Úrvalsdeild.[1] He is the highest scoring male Icelandic footballer of all time in association football with 296 goals credited to his name.

Club career

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A prolific striker, Tryggvi started his career at ÍBV before moving abroad to clubs in Norway and Sweden. After an unsuccessful loan spell at Stoke City, he returned to Iceland.

International career

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Tryggvi made his debut for Iceland in a July 1997 friendly match against the Faroe Islands, coming on as a second-half substitute for Ríkharður Daðason and scoring the only goal of the match. In 2001, he scored his only hat-trick for his country against India in the Millennium Super Soccer Cup.[2] He has scored twelve goals in 42 appearances, his last appearance coming in a 2–1 away friendly win against Slovakia in March 2008.[3]

Managerial career

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Tryggvi was an assistant manager for ÍBV in 2015 and Vængir Júpiters in 2019. In 2021, he was hired as the manager of Kormákur/Hvöt.[4]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
Club Season League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
ÍBV 1992 Úrvalsdeild 6 0 — 6 0
1993 Úrvalsdeild 17 12 — 17 2
Total 23 12 — 23 12
KR 1994 Urvalsdeild 13 3 — 13 3
ÍBV 1995 Urvalsdeild 18 14 — 18 14
1996 Urvalsdeild 16 8 — 16 8
1997 Urvalsdeild 18 19 — 18 19
Total 52 41 — 52 41
Tromsø IL 1998 Tippeligaen 25 8 — 25 8
1999 Tippeligaen 26 13 — 26 13
2000 Tippeligaen 25 15 — 25 15
Total 76 36 — 76 36
Stabæk 2001 Tippeligaen 26 7 — 26 7
2002 Tippeligaen 25 15 — 25 15
2003 Tippeligaen 15 2 — 15 2
Total 66 24 — 66 24
Örgryte IS 2004 Allsvenskan 22 3 — 22 3
FH 2005 Urvalsdeild 17 16 — 17 16
2006 Urvalsdeild 17 8 — 17 8
2007 Urvalsdeild 17 8 — 17 8
2008 Urvalsdeild 21 12 — 21 12
2009 Urvalsdeild 20 7 — 20 7
Total 92 51 — 92 51
Stoke City (loan) 2004–05 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0
ÍBV 2010 Urvalsdeild 21 9 — 21 9
2011 Urvalsdeild 20 10 — 20 10
2012 Urvalsdeild 11 3 — 11 3
Total 52 22 — 52 22
Fylkir 2013 Urvalsdeild 9 2 — 9 2
HK 2013 2. deild karla 10 5 — 10 5
KFS 2014 4. deild karla 14 15 — 14 15
2015 3. deild karla 8 2 — 8 2
Total 22 17 — 22 17
Njarðvík 2015 2. deild karla 10 3 — 10 3
KFS 2016 3. deild karla 7 4 — 7 4
Kórdrengir 2017 4. deild karla 3 0 — 3 0
Career total 457 223 0 0 457 223

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
Iceland 1997 6 3
1998 2 0
1999 4 0
2000 8 0
2001 6 5
2002 2 0
2003 3 1
2004 2 0
2005 3 1
2008 5 2
Total 41 12

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 July 1997 Höfn, Iceland  Faroe Islands 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2. 20 August 1997 Eschen, Liechtenstein  Liechtenstein 4–0 4–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 11 October 1997 Reykjavík, Iceland  Liechtenstein 2–0 4–0
4. 13 January 2001 Kochi, India  India 1–0 3–0 Millennium Super Soccer Cup
5. 2–0
6. 3–0
7. 25 April 2001 Ta'Qali, Malta  Malta 1–1 4–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
8. 2 June 2001 Reykjavík, Iceland  Malta 1–0 3–0
9. 7 June 2003  Faroe Islands 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
10. 8 June 2005  Malta 3–1 4–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
11. 6 February 2008 Ta'Qali, Malta  Armenia 1–0 2–0 2008 Malta International Football Tournament
12.

References

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  1. ^ "Tryggvi spilar með KFS í 4. Deildinni". Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  2. ^ Millennium Super Soccer Cup 2001 India vs Iceland Archived 26 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 21 April 2021
  3. ^ Iceland – Record International Players Archived 5 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
  4. ^ Sindri Sverrisson (25 February 2021). "Tryggvi flytur á Blönduós og snýr aftur í þjálfun". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  5. ^ a b Tryggvi Guðmundsson at National-Football-Teams.com
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