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Veigar Páll Gunnarsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Veigar.

Veigar Páll Gunnarsson (born 21 March 1980) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-03-21) 21 March 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Stjarnan 58 (14)
2001 Strømsgodset 15 (2)
2002–2003 KR Reykjavík 30 (14)
2004–2008 Stabæk 120 (60)
2009 Nancy 5 (0)
2009–2011 Stabæk 40 (19)
2011–2012 Vålerenga 20 (3)
2012 Stabæk 10 (2)
2013–2016 Stjarnan 70 (16)
2017 FH Hafnarfjörður 1 (0)
2017 → Víkingur Reykjavík (loan) 7 (0)
2018–2019 KFG Garðabær 19 (8)
International career
1998 Iceland U-19 7 (3)
2000–2001 Iceland U-21 11 (3)
2001–2011 Iceland 34 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

His transfer in 2011 led to football clubs Stabæk and Vålerenga being nominated for fines of Norwegian kroner 500,000 and 350,000 respectively, by a committee (påtalenemd) of Football Association of Norway — and a police investigation that saw two persons arrested.[1]

Club career

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Early years

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Veigar Páll made his debut for Stjarnan in the 1996 season, in which he only managed one=1 game as a substitute. He established himself as a regular in the side and started scoring goals, catching the eye of foreign teams. He then went abroad to Norway, where he played for Strømsgodset. He failed to establish himself in the first team so he returned to Iceland to play for KR Reykjavík. He quickly became popular with the fans and was the star player of the KR team that won the Icelandic Premier League in 2002 and 2003. In September 2003, he had a trial with Bolton Wanderers of the English Premier League.[2]

Stabæk

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Veigar joined Stabæk in 2004 in the season they got relegated, after being placed third in the league the previous year. He flourished under new coach Jan Jönsson in 2005, alongside new signing Daniel Nannskog. Veigar was leading the attack with Nannskog, a partnership which was the most feared duo in the league, according to statistics (goals and assist). In the 2006 season, Nannskog became top scorer with 19 goals in Tippeligaen, the Norwegian top division, with Veigar finishing one goal behind.

In 2007, Stabæk finished second, just behind winners Brann. Veigar played well, and was the seasons assist leader with 17, and fourth on the scoring chart with 15.[3]

The following season he made another big contribution to the club, helping them winning the league. Again, he was the season's assist leader with 14, in addition to ten goals.

Nancy

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In December 2008, he signed a contract with the French club Nancy of Ligue 1.

Return to Stabæk

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On 30 November 2009, Stabæk confirmed that Veigar had signed a contract with his former club. Veigar himself stated that he felt that Nancy had destroyed his career by not letting him play, but that he was looking forward to returning "home" to Stabæk.

Vålerenga

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On 30 July 2011, Stabæk and Vålerenga reached an agreement, which later led to controversies. Veigar signed a contract with Vålerenga until the end of 2014.

After another spell at Stabæk, Veigar returned to his youth-club Stjarnan in 2013, and signed a four-year contract with the club.[4]

International career

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Veigar made his debut for Iceland in a January 2001 friendly match against Uruguay at the Millennium Super Soccer Cup in India. He has been capped 33 times since and has scored six goals.

Career statistics

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As of 14 September 2019[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Season Club League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stjarnan 1996 Úrvalsdeild 1 0 2 0 – – 3 0
1997 10 0 2 0 – – 12 0
1998 1. deild karla 14 4 2 0 – – 16 4
1999 17 7 4 4 – – 21 11
2000 Úrvalsdeild 16 3 2 1 – – 18 4
Total 58 14 12 5 0 0 0 0 70 19
Strømsgodset 2001 Tippeligaen 15 2 2 1 0 0 – 17 3
KR Reykjavík 2002 Úrvalsdeild 17 7 2 0 – 3 1 22 8
2003 13 7 3 2 2 0 8 3 26 12
2004 – – – 2 3 2 3
Total 30 14 5 2 2 0 13 7 50 23
Stabæk 2004 Tippeligaen 16 2 4 2 2 1 – 22 5
2005 1. divisjon 28 13 5 4 0 0 – 33 17
2006 Tippeligaen 25 18 3 2 0 0 – 28 20
2007 25 15 5 4 0 0 – 30 19
2008 26 12 7 7 2 0 – 35 19
Total 120 60 24 19 4 1 0 0 148 80
Nancy 2008–09 Ligue 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Stabæk 2010 Tippeligaen 24 10 2 2 0 0 – 26 12
2011 16 9 3 0 0 0 – 19 9
Total 40 19 5 2 0 0 0 0 45 21
Vålerenga 2011 Tippeligaen 13 3 0 0 0 0 – 13 3
2012 7 0 3 0 0 0 – 10 0
Total 20 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 23 3
Stabæk 2012 Tippeligaen 10 2 0 0 0 0 – 10 2
Stjarnan 2013 Úrvalsdeild 19 4 4 2 – 7 1 30 7
2014 17 6 2 0 6 1 7 6 32 13
2015 17 1 2 0 2 0 6 0 27 1
2016 17 5 2 0 – 5 3 24 8
Total 70 16 10 2 8 1 25 10 113 29
FH 2017 Úrvalsdeild 1 0 1 0 0 0 – 2 0
Víkingur Reykjavík (loan) 2017 Úrvalsdeild 7 0 – – – 7 0
KFG Garðabær 2018 3. deild karla 13 8 1 0 – 3 1 17 9
2019 2. deild karla 6 0 0 0 – 1 0 7 0
Total 19 8 1 0 0 0 4 1 24 9
Career total 395 138 63 31 14 1 43 18 515 188

Honours

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KR

Stabæk

Stjarnan

See also

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Veigar Páll Gunnarsson transfer 2011

References

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  1. ^ Strømnes, Svein (27 October 2011). "Bøter til Stabæk og Vålerenga". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Warhurst back at Bolton". BBC. 11 September 2003. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  3. ^ http://fotball.vg.no/bors/assist.php?sesong_id=383 [dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Veigar: Stjarnan eina félagið sem hafði samband". visir.is (in Icelandic). 6 December 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Leikmaður - Veigar Páll Gunnarsson".
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