Baldur Bragason

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Baldur Bragason
Personal information
Full name Baldur Bragason
Date of birth (1968-05-29) 29 May 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Iceland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1993 Valur 71 (8)
1989–1990TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus (loan) 0 (0)
1994–1998 Leiftur 63 (13)
1996–1997Lyngby (loan) ? (?)
1998Panachaiki (loan) 13 (1)
1999–2000 ÍBV 28 (1)
International career
1992–1993 Iceland 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Baldur Bragason (born 29 May 1968) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a midfielder. He won five caps for the Iceland national football team between 1992 and 1993, and had spells in Iceland, Germany, Greece and Denmark during his playing career.

Shortly after he had won a place in the national team Baldur was in a motorcycle accident that left doctors doubting whether he could play again, but Baldur overcame that. During his injury, in 1994, he switched to Leiftur from Valur. [1]

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