Teitur Thordarson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Teitur Þórðarson | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Akranes, Iceland | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1968 | IA Akranes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1969–1977 | ÍA | 99 | (51) |
| 1977 | Jönköping | 21 | (10) |
| 1978–1981 | Öster | 87 | (35) |
| 1981–1983 | Lens | 48 | (20) |
| 1983–1984 | Cannes | 31 | (9) |
| 1984–1985 | Yverdon-Sport | 13 | (6) |
| 1985–1986 | Öster | 18 | (6) |
| 1987 | Skövde | 16 | (0) |
| Total | 285 | (117) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1972–1985 | Iceland | 41 | (9) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1987–1988 | Skövde | ||
| 1988–1990 | Brann | ||
| 1991–1992 | Lyn | ||
| 1993 | Grei | ||
| 1994–1995 | Lillestrøm | ||
| 1995–1999 | Estonia & Flora Tallinn | ||
| 2000–2002 | Brann | ||
| 2002–2003 | Lyn | ||
| 2004–2005 | Ull/Kisa | ||
| 2006–2007 | KR | ||
| 2008–2010 | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||
| 2011 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | ||
| 2012–2013 | Barasat Euro Musketeers | ||
| 2013 | Funnefoss/Vormsund | ||
| 2014 | Drøbak-Frogn | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 September 2007. | |||
Teitur Thordarson (Icelandic: Teitur Þórðarson, born 14 January 1952) is an Icelandic football coach. He is the older brother of Ólafur Þórðarson.
Playing career
Club
Íþróttabandalag Akraness
Before embarking on his extensive career in coaching, Teitur enjoyed a successful playing career as a striker for nearly two decades. He signed his first professional contract when he joined hometown club Íþróttabandalag Akraness in 1969. He went on to score 51 goals in 99 appearances for ÍA, with the striker claiming four Icelandic championship titles with the club between 1969 and 1977.
Sweden
After a season with Swedish second division club Jönköping in 1977, Teitur helped Öster to three league championships in Sweden's top-flight Allsvenskan between 1978 and 1981.
France
He then made an influential move to French soccer when he joined Lens in 1981. It was at the northern French club that Teitur scored 19 goals during the 1981–82 Ligue 1 season, with the striker finishing fourth in the French top-flight's goalscoring charts. It was also at Lens that Teitur played for former Liverpool, Lyon, and France manager Gérard Houllier before he experienced the tutelage of another top coach in Arsène Wenger at Cannes. In the early 1980s, the current manager of English Premier League giants Arsenal was an assistant coach at Cannes.
Switzerland/Return to Sweden
Teitur then had a spell in Switzerland with Yverdon-Sport before returning to Sweden in 1985 to complete his playing career with Öster and Skövde.
International
A former Iceland national team captain, Teitur also had an impressive international career, as he scored nine goals in 41 appearances for his country between 1972 and 1985.[1]
Coaching career
Skövde
Teitur's extensive coaching resume spans over two decades. He started his coaching career in 1987 with the last club he played for in Swedish outfit, Skövde.
Norway
In 1988 he landed his first head-coaching role in Norway's top-flight Tippeligaen when he joined Brann. He led the Bergen club to the 1988 Norwegian Football Cup Final and spent the following two seasons at Brann before ending his first spell by moving to Lyn for two seasons in 1991. After a season with Norwegian Second Division club Grei, Teitur took charge of Lillestrøm and led them to second- and fourth-placed Tippeligaen finishes in 1994 and 1995 respectively.
Estonia
In 1996, Teitur moved to Estonia to become head coach of their national team and Estonian club Flora Tallinn. He led Flora Tallinn to 3 league championships, as they were crowned champions of the Estonian Meistriliiga in 1994–95, 1997–98 and 1998. He also led the club to the Estonian Cup and the Estonian SuperCup titles in 1998.
With Estonia's national side, Teitur helped the Baltic nation move up from 145th (January 1996) to 68th (November 1999) in the FIFA World Ranking. Though he was Estonia's first foreign coach since the country's independence in 1991, Teitur's efforts in developing Estonian football earned him the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (4th class) from the President of Estonia in February 2000.[2]
Return to Norway
The turn of the millennium saw Teitur return to the Norwegian game for a second spell with Brann. He led the club to a second-place finish in the 2000 Tippeligaen season, and spent two more seasons with the Bergen outfit before making a return to another former club, Lyn in 2003. His final two years in Norway saw him coach second division club Ull/Kisa in 2004 and 2005.
KR Reykjavík
In 2006, Teitur returned to his native Iceland to coach KR Reykjavík to a second-place finish in Iceland's top-flight Landsbankadeild, as well as a spot in the 2006 Icelandic Cup final.
Vancouver Whitecaps
With nearly four decades of experience in European football, Teitur became the Vancouver Whitecaps men team's head coach after signing a two-year deal with the club on 11 December 2007. Teitur is the sixth head coach in the club's history. He was at the helm when the Whitecaps claimed their second United Soccer League First Division championship in three seasons after a 2–1 victory over Puerto Rico Islanders on 12 October 2008. The following season Teitur made several key changes to the Vancouver squad, by releasing many veterans and opting to sign mainly young and experienced players to the roster. Though the Whitecaps struggled in the later part of the season, they claimed the league's final playoff berth. In their playoff run he led the defending champions to the finals again, where the Whitecaps would face the Montreal Impact. The match marking the first time in USL history where the final match would consist of two Canadian clubs. Unfortunately the Caps would end up losing the series 6-3 on aggregate. On 30 November 2009 Teitur signed a one-year contract extension with the club.[3]
On 1 September 2010, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC held a press conference and Teitur was named as the coach for the Vancouver Whitecaps' first season in Major League Soccer.[4] After producing only one win in three months of action, Teitur was released from his contract on 30 May 2011 with Whitecaps Director of Operations Tom Soehn stepping in to replace him in the interim.[5]
Barasat Euro Musketeers
On 15 January 2012, Cassius Management announced that Teitur would be one of six foreign coaches hired for the new league Bengal Premier League Soccer, with group stages beginning 15 March 2012.[6] Subsequently he was bought by Basarat, under the ownership of Uro Infra Reality India Ltd. for US$210,000 on 30 January 2012.[7] After several delays caused by reasons such as lack of quality venues and government opposition,[8] the idea for the league was finally axed in January 2013.[9]
Honours
Player
Íþróttabandalag Akraness
Östers IF
- Allsvenskan: 1978, 1980, 1981
- Svenska Cupen: 1976–77
Manager
Flora Tallinn
- Meistriliiga: 1997–98, 1998
- Estonian Cup: 1997–98
- Estonian SuperCup: 1998
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Barasat Euro Musketeers
References
- ↑ Iceland - Record International Players - RSSSF
- ↑ "Eesti Vabariigi Teenetemärgid" [Decorations of the Republic of Estonia] (in Estonian). President of Estonia. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ↑ "Thordarson Given His Big Chance". Prost Amerika. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ↑ "Thordarson named MLS head coach | Vancouver Whitecaps FC". Whitecapsfc.com. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ↑ Greg Lalas (30 May 2011). "Whitecaps Fire Head Coach Teitur Thordarson". Mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ↑ "Teitur Thordarson Selected For Indian Premier League Soccer Tournament". Cassiusmanagement.com. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ↑ "Fabio Cannavaro gets maximum bidders in IPL style soccer". CelebrityManagement. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ↑ "Robbie Fowler's Indian payday under threat as Premier League Soccer hits problems". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ↑ "India’s ambitious Premier League Soccer plan finally axed". Goal.com. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ↑ "Indian Premier League Soccer: Cannavaro, Pires and Crespo to Show Off in Kolkata". Ibtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
External links
Media related to Teitur Þórðarson at Wikimedia Commons
- Teitur Thordarson at National-Football-Teams.com
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