Matthías Vilhjálmsson

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 Matthías.
Matthías Vilhjálmsson
Personal information
Full name Matthías Vilhjálmsson
Date of birth (1987-01-30) 30 January 1987
Place of birth Ísafjörður, Iceland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Rosenborg
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2002–2003 BÍ 13 (5)
2004–2013 FH 115 (37)
2011 → Colchester (loan) 3 (0)
2012 → Start (loan) 30 (18)
2013–2015 Start 66 (23)
2015– Rosenborg 18 (3)
National team‡
2003–2004 Iceland U17 10 (3)
2005 Iceland U19 5 (1)
2006–2008 Iceland U21 8 (0)
2009– Iceland 15 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 January 2016

Matthías Vilhjálmsson (born 30 January 1987) is an Icelandic international footballer who plays as a striker for the Icelandic national football team and the Norwegian Premier League club Rosenborg. He can as well play as a midfielder.

Matthías, also known as Matti Vill, has previously played for the Icelandic clubs BÍ and FH, the English club Colchester United and the Norwegian club Start.

Career

Early career

Matthías was born in Reykjavík and grew up in Ísafjörður where he played with BÍ until he was 16 years old. He moved to Hafnarfjörður in 2004 to play with FH where he enjoyed early success with the youth teams of FH, winning the cup in 2004 and also the double in 2005, which is the only group in the club who have won the double. Matthías made his first-team debut for FH at the age of 18 in the last match of the 2005 season. He came on as a substitute with 20 minutes were left in the game, after one minute he was awarded a penalty which the team's top goalscorer Tryggvi Guðmundsson converted to complete his hattrick.

Between 2006 and 2010, Matthías won 5 titles with his team, three league titles and two cups. In 2007 he was voted the best young player in the league by other players. The 2009 season also ended with a league title, and he had most assists in the league and was the player with sixth most goals despite playing as a midfielder or right back. In the spring of 2010 he became one of the youngest captains in the history of FH when he was selected as the club captain for the 2010 season by his manager Heimir Guðjónsson. The same season, Matthías was voted the best midfielder in the league by other players in a survey by the most popular football website in Iceland, www.fotbolti.net. The highlight of the season was when FH won the cup 4-0 against their rivals KR where Matthías scored first two goals from the penalty spot before lifting the trophy after the game.

England

Matthías joined Colchester United on trial in November 2010, He impressed the manager John Ward enough to earn a loan deal to the end of the season with the option of a permanent deal. Matthías made his début as an 83rd-minute substitute in a 2–0 defeat against Brighton where he replaced Dave Mooney.

Norway

Ahead of the 2012-season, Matthías joined Norwegian First Division club Start on a season-long loan-deal. He scored 18 goals for the team during the season, and became the top goalscorer in the 2012 Norwegian First Division when Start won promotion to Tippeligaen. Ahead of the 2012-season he joined Start on a permanent deal, and signed a two-year contract with the club.[1]

On 25 July 2015, after weeks of speculations, Matthías signed for the Norwegian giant Rosenborg on a two-and-a-half year deal.[2]

Career statistics

Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2002 BÍ 3. deild karla 200020
2003 11512127
2005 FH Úrvalsdeild 101020
2006 14010150
2007 17641217
2008 19521216
2009 2210302510
2010 216542610
2010–11 Colchester League One 300030
2011 FH Úrvalsdeild 2110202310
2012 Start Adeccoligaen 3018313319
2013 Tippeligaen 2911333214
2014 22534259
2015 15710167
2015 Rosenborg 12222144
2016 612182
Career Total 245863319278105

International goals

Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 21 March 2010 Kórinn, Kópavogur  Faroe Islands 1–0 2–0 Friendly
2. 16 January 2015 UCF Soccer and Track Stadium, Orlando  Canada 2–0 2–1 Friendly

References

  1. ↑ Aas, Odd Inge (3 December 2012). "Vilhjalmsson omsider klar for nye Start-år" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.aftenposten.no/100Sport/fotball/eliteserien/Vilhjlmsson-klar-for-Rosenborg-572643_1.snd

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