Hannes Þór Halldórsson

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 Hannes.
Hannes Halldórsson

Halldórsson in a match against Austria in 2014
Personal information
Full name Hannes Þór Halldórsson
Date of birth (1984-04-27) 27 April 1984
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Randers FC
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Leiknir R. 3 (0)
2005 Afturelding 18 (0)
2006 Stjarnan 18 (0)
2007–2010 Fram 84 (0)
2011–2013 KR 63 (0)
2012Brann (loan) 1 (0)
2014–2015 Sandnes Ulf 45 (0)
2015–2016 NEC 8 (0)
2016Bodø/Glimt (loan) 14 (0)
2016– Randers FC 9 (0)
National team
2011– Iceland 41 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 September 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2016

Hannes Þór Halldórsson (born 27 April 1984) is an Icelandic international footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Randers FC.

Club career

Hannes has played club football in Iceland for Leiknir, Afturelding, Stjarnan, Fram and KR.[1]

On 28 March 2012, Hannes joined Norwegian club SK Brann on a short-term loan, as a cover for injured goalkeeper Piotr Leciejewski.[2]

In December 2013, Hannes joined Norwegian club Sandnes Ulf, having trained with the club in October 2013 as preparation for Iceland's World Cup playoff game against Croatia.[3]

On 6 July 2015, Dutch Eredivisie club NEC announced they had signed Hannes on a two-year contract.[4]

On 15 July 2016, Danish club Randers FC signed Hannes on a three-year contract.[5]

International career

He made his international debut for Iceland in 2011, keeping a clean sheet in a Euro 2012 qualifier against Cyprus.[6]

Hannes is considered the main goalkeeper of the national team,[7] after appearing in all twelve 2014 World Cup qualifiers for Iceland.[8]

He was selected for Euro 2016.[9]

Personal life

Hannes has found some work as a film director when not playing football. He directed amongst other things Iceland's video for their entry to the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.[10] His employer before leaving to Norway to become a fully professional footballer, SagaFilm, has promised him his job back when he returns to Iceland after his expatriate footballing career.[11]

References

  1. Hannes Þór Halldórsson at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Torfi Kristján Stefánsson: (2012-03-28). "Hannes Þór gengur til liðs við Brann". Mbl.is. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  3. "Hannes samdi viц╟ Sandnes Ulf | Rц V". Ruv.is. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  4. "NEC staðfestir komu Hannesar". Mbl.is. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  5. "Islandsk EM-Helt til Randers FC". randersfc.dk. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  6. "UEFA EURO 2012 - History - Iceland-Cyprus Statistics –". Uefa.com. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  7. "Hannes: Stefni á að spila erlendis - Vísir". Visir.is. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  8. Hannes Þór HalldórssonFIFA competition record
  9. "A karla – Lokahópur fyrir EM 2016" (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  10. "Sjáðu Eurovision-myndband Gretu og Jónsa - DV". Dv.is. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  11. "Fótbolti.net". Fotbolti.net. Retrieved 2016-06-29.

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