Tryggvi Guðmundsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-07-30) 30 July 1974
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

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

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

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

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
Club Season League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ÍBV 1992 Úrvalsdeild 60—60
1993 Úrvalsdeild 1712—172
Total 2312—2312
KR 1994 Urvalsdeild 133—133
ÍBV 1995 Urvalsdeild 1814—1814
1996 Urvalsdeild 168—168
1997 Urvalsdeild 1819—1819
Total 5241—5241
Tromsø IL 1998 Tippeligaen 258—258
1999 Tippeligaen 2613—2613
2000 Tippeligaen 2515—2515
Total 7636—7636
Stabæk 2001 Tippeligaen 267—267
2002 Tippeligaen 2515—2515
2003 Tippeligaen 152—152
Total 6624—6624
Örgryte IS 2004 Allsvenskan 223—223
FH 2005 Urvalsdeild 1716—1716
2006 Urvalsdeild 178—178
2007 Urvalsdeild 178—178
2008 Urvalsdeild 2112—2112
2009 Urvalsdeild 207—207
Total 9251—9251
Stoke City (loan) 2004–05 Championship 000000
ÍBV 2010 Urvalsdeild 219—219
2011 Urvalsdeild 2010—2010
2012 Urvalsdeild 113—113
Total 5222—5222
Fylkir 2013 Urvalsdeild 92—92
HK 2013 2. deild karla 105—105
KFS 2014 4. deild karla 1415—1415
2015 3. deild karla 82—82
Total 2217—2217
Njarðvík 2015 2. deild karla 103—103
KFS 2016 3. deild karla 74—74
Kórdrengir 2017 4. deild karla 30—30
Career total 45722300457223

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Iceland 199763
199820
199940
200080
200165
200220
200331
200420
200531
200852
Total4112

References

  1. ↑ "Tryggvi spilar með KFS í 4. Deildinni".
  2. ↑ Millennium Super Soccer Cup 2001 India vs Iceland Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 21 April 2021
  3. ↑ Iceland – Record International Players – RSSSF
  4. ↑ Sindri Sverrisson (25 February 2021). "Tryggvi flytur á Blönduós og snýr aftur í þjálfun". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  5. 1 2 Tryggvi Guðmundsson at National-Football-Teams.com
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