External links
- Finnur Kolbeinsson at KSÍ (in Icelandic)
- Finnur Kolbeinsson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Finnur Kolbeinsson at National-Football-Teams.com
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 March 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1989 | Fylkir | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1992 | Fylkir | 23 | (4) |
| 1992 | Hibernians | ||
| 1993 | KSV Bornem | ||
| 1993–1997 | Fylkir | 70 | (5) |
| 1997 | Leiftur | 2 | (0) |
| 1998–2005 | Fylkir | 110 | (10) |
| 2008 | Elliði | ||
| 2009–2010 | Carl | ||
| 2011–2012 | Elliði | ||
| International career | |||
| 1989–1990 | Iceland U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | Iceland U21 | 13 | (2) |
| 1993 | Iceland | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Finnur Kolbeinsson (born 21 March 1972) is a retired Icelandic semi-professional football midfielder who made over 200 appearances for Fylkir. He also played in Malta and Belgium and was capped by Iceland at international level.
A midfielder, Finnur made 287 appearances and scored 36 goals across three spells for Fylkir in his native Iceland between 1989 and 2005. [2] He won the Icelandic Cup and three 1. deild karla championships with the club. [2] Earlier in his career he also played in Malta and Belgium for Hibernians and KSV Bornem respectively. [3]
Finnur won 15 caps and scored two goals for Iceland at youth level and won a single cap for the senior team, as a late substitute for Baldur Þór Bjarnason in a 1–0 friendly defeat to the United States on 31 August 1993. [4]
Finnur is the father of footballer Kolbeinn Finnsson. [5]
Fylkir
Individual
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fylkir | 1989 [9] | Úrvalsdeild | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| 1992 [10] | 1. deild karla | 16 | 3 | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | 22 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 4 | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | 29 | 9 | |||||
| Fylkir | 1993 [11] | Úrvalsdeild | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| 1994 [12] | 1. deild karla | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 3 | ||||
| 1995 [13] | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||||
| 1996 [14] | Úrvalsdeild | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| Total | 70 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 80 | 6 | ||||
| Leiftur | 1997 [15] | Úrvalsdeild | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fylkir | 1998 [16] | 1. deild karla | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||
| 1999 [17] | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||||
| 2000 [18] | Úrvalsdeild | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2001 [6] | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 [a] | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2002 [7] | 17 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 [a] | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | 34 | 4 | ||
| 2003 [19] | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | 24 | 5 | ||
| 2004 [20] | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 [c] | 1 | 6 [d] | 1 | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2005 [21] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | 2 [b] | 0 | 15 | 2 | |||
| Fylkir total | 203 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 287 | 36 | ||
| Career total | 205 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 289 | 36 | ||
