Ásgeir "Sigi" Sigurvinsson (born May 8, 1955 in Vestmannaeyjar) is an Icelandic football coach and a former player.

During his playing days, the attacking midfielder spent most of his time in Germany.

[edit] Club career

One of the first Icelandic footballers to play in a foreign country, Sigurvinsson moved to Belgian club Standard Liège in 1973, and stayed there for eight seasons, amassing more than 300 appearances overall, and helping the club to the 1981 Belgian Cup. Immediately after, he was bought by European powerhouse FC Bayern Munich, but only lasted one year.

Sigurvinsson then joined fellow Bundesliga outfit VfB Stuttgart, where he figured prominently until his retirement, at 35. In his second year, he netted a career-best - in Germany - 12 goals, being instrumental in a league conquest after a 32-year wait. During his penultimate season, Sigurvinsson scored thrice in 28 matches as the club finished fifth, still adding all 12 matches (10 complete) in Stuttgart's UEFA Cup runner-up run. In total, he played 211 German first division matches, scoring 39 goals, and more than 500 overall as a professional.

After retiring in 1990, Sigurvinsson worked at VfB for another three years, as a scout. Between April-November 1993, he had his first coaching experience, with native Knattspyrnufélagið Fram.

[edit] International career

Sigurvinsson, who got 45 caps, with five goals, for the national team,^[1]acted as technical director at the Football Association of Iceland, for six years, and later coached the national team, from 2003 until late 2005.^[2]

In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's 50 anniversary, the Icelandic FA selected Sigurvinsson as its Golden Player, the most outstanding Icelandic player of the last 50 years.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] Honours

• IB:
  • Icelandic Cup: 1972

• Standard Liège:
  • Belgian Cup: 1980-81

• Bayern Munich:
  • German Cup: 1981-82

• Stuttgart:
  • German League: 1983-84

[edit] External links

• Bundesliga stats at Fussballdaten (German)
• Weltfussball profile (German)
• NationalFootballTeams data

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