Finnur Kolbeinsson

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

Finnur Kolbeinsson

Personal information
Date of birth	(1972-03-21) 21 March 1972 (age 53)
Place of birth	Iceland
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1989	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.

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Personal life

Finnur is the father of footballer Kolbeinn Finnsson. ^[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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 [6]	Úrvalsdeild	7	1	0	0	—		—		—		7	1
	1992 [7]	1. deild karla	16	3	6	5	—		—		—		22	8
	Total		23	4	6	5	—		—		—		29	9
Fylkir	1993 [8]	Úrvalsdeild	17	2	1	0	—		—		—		18	2
	1994 [9]	1. deild karla	17	3	3	0	—		—		—		20	3
	1995 [10]		18	0	3	1	—		—		—		21	1
	1996 [11]	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	3	0	0	0	—		—		21	0
	Total		70	5	10	1	0	0	—		—		80	6
Leiftur	1997 [12]	Úrvalsdeild	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
Fylkir	1998 [13]	1. deild karla	13	2	2	0	0	0	—		—		15	2
	1999 [14]		7	2	2	0	0	0	—		—		9	2
	2000 [15]	Úrvalsdeild	14	0	2	0	0	0	—		—		16	0
	2001 [16]		18	1	5	0	4	1	4 [a]	0	2 [b]	0	33	2
	2002 [17]		17	0	5	3	8	1	2 [a]	0	2 [b]	0	34	4
	2003 [18]		17	4	2	1	1	0	2 [a]	0	2 [b]	0	24	5
	2004 [19]		18	1	2	1	5	0	1 [c]	1	6 [d]	1	32	4
	2005 [20]		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

1. Appearances in UEFA Cup
2. Appearance in Reykjavik Tournament
3. Appearance in Intertoto Cup
4. 3 appearances and 1 goal in Reykjavik Tournament, 3 appearances in Canela Cup

Honours

Fylkir

• 1. deild karla: 1992, 1995, 1999 ^[2]
• Icelandic Cup: 2001, 2002 ^{[16] [17]}
• Reykjavik Tournament: 2001 ^[16]

Individual

• Úrvalsdeild Player of the Year: 2002 ^[21]

References

1. "Finnur Kolbeinsson Football Player Statistics | 11v11.com" . Retrieved 11 June 2018.
2. "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
3. Finnur Kolbeinsson at WorldFootball.net
4. "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
5. Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur. "Kolbeinn bætti metið um tíu daga | Yngsti leikmaður Fylkis frá upphafi – Vísir". visir.is. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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9. "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
10. "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
11. "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
12. "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
13. "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
14. "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
15. "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
16. "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
17. "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
18. "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
19. "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
20. "Leikmaður – Finnur Kolbeinsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
21. uefa.com. "Member associations - News – UEFA.com". UEFA . Retrieved 11 June 2018.

External links

• Finnur Kolbeinsson at KSÍ (in Icelandic)
• Finnur Kolbeinsson at National-Football-Teams.com
• Finnur Kolbeinsson at National-Football-Teams.com