Sigurður Jónsson

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

Sigurður Jónsson

Personal information
Full name	Sigurður Jónsson
Date of birth	(1966-09-27) 27 September 1966
Place of birth	Akranes, Iceland
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982-1984	IA Akranes	26	(2)
1984-1989	Sheffield Wednesday	67	(5)
1985-1987	→ Barnsley (loan)	18	(0)
1989-1992	Arsenal	8	(1)
1992-1995	IA Akranes	56	(6)
1996-1997	Örebro SK	42	(2)
1997-2000	Dundee United	43	(1)
2000	IA Akranes	12	(3)
Total		272	(20)
International career‡
1983-1999	Iceland	65	(3)
Managerial career
2002	FH
2003-2005	Víkingur
2006	Grindavík
2007-2008	Djurgårdens IF
2010-	Enköpings SK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 September 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2007

Sigurður Jónsson (born 27 September 1966 in Akranes), also known as Siggi Jónsson, is a retired Icelandic footballer and former coach of Swedish club Djurgårdens IF.

In 2008, he featured in a 10-man shortlist for Iceland's greatest footballer of all time.

Playing career

Club

Sigurður started his career at his hometown club IA Akranes before moving to English club Sheffield Wednesday in February 1985. He spent four years at Wednesday, including a brief spell on loan to Barnsley in 1986, playing 67 times for them. He made his English league debut against Leicester City in March 1985. He was signed by Arsenal in July 1989 for a fee of £475,000 and made his Arsenal debut at home against Manchester City on 14 October 1989. However his period at Arsenal was wrecked by injury and he made just nine appearances in three seasons for the London side, scoring once in the league against QPR in November 1989. He was part of the Arsenal side that won the old First Division in 1991 but only played in two matches which was not enough games to earn a winner's medal.

Sigurður rejoined IA Akranes in the summer of 1992 and spent another three seasons there, before joining Swedish side Örebro SK in 1995. Two years later he joined Scottish side Dundee United, where again injury reduced his opportunities to play; he made 43 league appearances, scoring once against Motherwell. He left United and signed for IA Akranes for a third time, before finally retiring in 2001.

International

Additionally, during his career Sigurður represented Iceland at international level 65 times, scoring three goals. He made his international debut in a Euro 84 qualifier against Malta on 5 June 1983, aged just 16 years and 251 days. He came on at half time in a 1–0 win. This made him the youngest player to have appeared in a European Championship qualifier, a record he held until it was taken by Martin Ødegaard of Norway in 2014. He played his last game for the national team on 9 September 1999 against Ukraine.

Coaching career

As a coach, he had spells with FH, Vikingur and Grindavík, before being appointed Djurgårdens IF manager in November 2006.In 2010 he signed on as Enköpings SK manager.

Honours

Individual

• Årets Järnkamin (1): 2007

External links

• Sigurður Jónsson at National-Football-Teams.com