Matthías Vilhjálmsson
Personal information
Full name Matthías Vilhjálmsson
Date of birth (1987-01-30) 30 January 1987
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

Early career

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

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

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

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

Club

As of match played 18 July 2021[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FH 2005 Úrvalsdeild 1010--20
2006 1401040-190
2007 1764143-2510
2008 1952140-256
2009 22103020-2710
2010 2165420-2810
2011 21102020-2510
Total 11537186183--15146
Colchester (loan) 2010–11 League One 3000--30
Total 3000----30
Start (loan) 2012 Adeccoligaen 301831--3319
Start 2013 Tippeligaen 291153--3414
2014 22534--259
2015 15710--167
Total 9641128----10849
Rosenborg 2015 Tippeligaen 1222281-225
2016 2957260-427
2017 Eliteserien 1875861103016
2018 701070-150
Total 661415122721010928
Vålerenga 2019 Eliteserien 28523--308
2020 29600--296
Total 571123----5914
FH 2021 Úrvalsdeild 1231120-154
Total 1231120--154
Career total 349106483047510445141

International goals

Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first.[6]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 March 2010Kórinn, Kópavogur, Iceland Faroe Islands2–02–0Friendly
2.16 January 2015UCF Soccer and Track Stadium, Orlando, United States Canada2–02–1Friendly

Honours

FH

Rosenborg

Individual

References

  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. 1 2 "Spillerprofiler | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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