Sigurður Jónsson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sigurður Jónsson
Personal information
Full name	Sigurður Jónsson
Date of birth	September 27, 1966 (1966-09-27) (age 41)
Place of birth	Akranes, Iceland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Djurgårdens IF (manager)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1982-1984 1984-1989 1985-1987 1989-1992 1992-1995 1996-1997 1997-2000 2000	IA Akranes Sheffield Wednesday → Barnsley (loan) Arsenal IA Akranes Örebro SK Dundee United IA Akranes Career totals	026 00(2) 067 00(5) 018 00(0) 008 00(1) 056 00(6) 042 00(2) 043 00(1) 012 00(3) 272 0(20)
National team2
1982-1999	Iceland	065 00(3)
Teams managed
2002 2003-2005 2006 2007-present	FH Víkingur Grindavík Djurgårdens IF
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 September 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 12 September 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Sigurður Jónsson (born September 27, 1966 in Akranes), also known as Siggi Jónsson, is an Icelandic footballer and coach. He is currently the manager of Swedish club Djurgårdens IF.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Coaching career 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Club career

Jónsson started his career at his hometown club IA Akranes before moving to English club Sheffield Wednesday in February 1985. He spent four years at Wednesday, including a brief spell on loan to Barnsley in 1986, playing 67 times for them. He made his English league debut against Leicester City in March 1985. He was signed by Arsenal in July 1989 for a fee of £475,000 and made his Arsenal debut at home against Manchester City on October 14, 1989. However his period at Arsenal was wrecked by injury and he made just nine appearances in three seasons for the London side.

Jónsson rejoined IA Akranes in the summer of 1992 and spent another three seasons there, before joining Swedish side Örebro SK in 1995. Two years later he joined Scottish side Dundee United, where again injury reduced his opportunities to play; he made 43 league appearances. He left United and signed for IA Akranes for a third time, before finally retiring in 2001.

[edit] International career

Additionally, during his career Sigurður represented Iceland at international level 65 times, scoring three goals.^[1] He played his last game for the national team in September 1999 against Ukraine.

[edit] Coaching career

As a coach, he had spells with FH, Vikingur and Grindavík, before being appointed Djurgårdens IF manager in November 2006.

[edit] References

• Arsenal old boys, 1986/87. Arseweb.
• Djurgarden appoint former Arsenal player Jonsson as coach. The Guardian.

[edit] External links

• National football teams profile

v • d • e Djurgårdens IF Fotboll – current squad 5 Ottesen • 6 Kuivasto • 8 Tauer • 9 Kusi-Asare • 10 Nazaré • 11 Sjölund • 12 Jonson • 13 Johansson • 14 Ceesay • 15 Touray • 16 Johannesson • 17 Batan • 18 Dahlberg • 19 Thiago • 20 Andersson • 21 Junegard • 22 Komac • 23 Davids • 25 Rajalakso • 26 Marinković • 29 Riihilahti • 30 Wahlström • 35 Vaiho • Manager: Jónsson