Finnur Kolbeinsson

Finnur Kolbeinsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-03-21) 21 March 1972
Place of birth Iceland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Youth career
–1989 Fylkir
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1992 Fylkir 23 (4)
1992 Hibernians
1993 KSV Bornem
1993–1997 Fylkir 70 (5)
1997 Leiftur 2 (0)
1998–2005 Fylkir 110 (10)
2008 Elliði
2009–2010 Carl
2011–2012 Elliði
International career
1989–1990 Iceland U19 3 (0)
1991–1993 Iceland U21 13 (2)
1993 Iceland 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Finnur Kolbeinsson (born 21 March 1972) is a retired Icelandic semi-professional football midfielder who made over 200 appearances for Fylkir. He also played in Malta and Belgium and was capped by Iceland at international level.

Club career

A midfielder, Finnur made 287 appearances and scored 36 goals across three spells for Fylkir in his native Iceland between 1989 and 2005.[2] He won the Icelandic Cup and three 1. deild karla championships with the club.[2] Earlier in his career he also played in Malta and Belgium for Hibernians and KSV Bornem respectively.[3]

International career

Finnur won 15 caps and scored two goals for Iceland at youth level and won a single cap for the senior team, as a late substitute for Baldur Þór Bjarnason in a 1–0 friendly defeat to the United States on 31 August 1993.[4]

Personal life

Finnur is the father of footballer Kolbeinn Finnsson.[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fylkir 1989[6] Úrvalsdeild 7 1 0 0 — — — 7 1
1992[7] 1. deild karla 16 3 6 5 — — — 22 8
Total 23 4 6 5 — — — 29 9
Fylkir 1993[8] Úrvalsdeild 17 2 1 0 — — — 18 2
1994[9] 1. deild karla 17 3 3 0 — — — 20 3
1995[10] 18 0 3 1 — — — 21 1
1996[11] Úrvalsdeild 18 0 3 0 0 0 — — 21 0
Total 70 5 10 1 0 0 — — 80 6
Leiftur 1997[12] Úrvalsdeild 2 0 0 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Fylkir 1998[13] 1. deild karla 13 2 2 0 0 0 — — 15 2
1999[14] 7 2 2 0 0 0 — — 9 2
2000[15] Úrvalsdeild 14 0 2 0 0 0 — — 16 0
2001[16] 18 1 5 0 4 1 4[a] 0 2[b] 0 33 2
2002[17] 17 0 5 3 8 1 2[a] 0 2[b] 0 34 4
2003[18] 17 4 2 1 1 0 2[a] 0 2[b] 0 24 5
2004[19] 18 1 2 1 5 0 1[c] 1 6[d] 1 32 4
2005[20] 6 0 0 0 7 2 — 2[b] 0 15 2
Fylkir total 203 19 36 11 25 4 9 1 14 1 287 36
Career total 205193611 25 4 9 1 14 128936
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearance in Reykjavik Tournament
  3. ↑ Appearance in Intertoto Cup
  4. ↑ 3 appearances and 1 goal in Reykjavik Tournament, 3 appearances in Canela Cup

Honours

Fylkir

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Finnur Kolbeinsson Football Player Statistics | 11v11.com". Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Finnur Kolbeinsson at WorldFootball.net
  4. ↑ "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur. "Kolbeinn bætti metið um tíu daga | Yngsti leikmaður Fylkis frá upphafi – Vísir". visir.is. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  15. ↑ "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  16. 1 2 3 "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  17. 1 2 "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  18. ↑ "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  19. ↑ "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  20. ↑ "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  21. ↑ uefa.com. "Member associations - News – UEFA.com". UEFA. Retrieved 11 June 2018.