Finnur Kolbeinsson

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Finnur Kolbeinsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-03-21) 21 March 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Iceland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1989 Fylkir
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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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]

Honours

Fylkir

Individual

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fylkir 1989 [9] Úrvalsdeild 7100———71
1992 [10] 1. deild karla 16365———228
Total23465———299
Fylkir 1993 [11] Úrvalsdeild17210———182
1994 [12] 1. deild karla17330———203
1995 [13] 18031———211
1996 [14] Úrvalsdeild1803000——210
Total70510100——806
Leiftur 1997 [15] Úrvalsdeild200000——20
Fylkir 1998 [16] 1. deild karla1322000——152
1999 [17] 722000——92
2000 [18] Úrvalsdeild1402000——160
2001 [6] 18150414 [lower-alpha 1] 02 [lower-alpha 2] 0332
2002 [7] 17053812 [lower-alpha 1] 02 [lower-alpha 2] 0344
2003 [19] 17421102 [lower-alpha 1] 02 [lower-alpha 2] 0245
2004 [20] 18121501 [lower-alpha 3] 16 [lower-alpha 4] 1324
2005 [21] 600072—2 [lower-alpha 2] 0152
Fylkir total2031936112549114128736
Career total2051936112549114128936
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearance in Reykjavik Tournament
  3. ↑ Appearance in Intertoto Cup
  4. ↑ 3 appearances and 1 goal in Reykjavik Tournament, 3 appearances in Canela Cup

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