Heimir Guðjónsson (footballer, born 1969)

Heimir Guðjónsson (born 3 April 1969) is an Icelandic football manager and a former player who manages Valur. As a player, he was deployed in midfield and represented the Iceland national team.[1] As a manager, he won the Icelandic championship five times with Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar.[2]

This article is about the football manager Heimir Guðjónsson. For the goalkeeper born in 1937, see Heimir Guðjónsson (footballer, born 1937).
This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Heimir.
Heimir Guðjónsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-03-04) 4 March 1969
Place of birth Iceland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Valur (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 KR 20 (7)
1990 KA 16 (0)
1991–1997 KR 119 (10)
1998–1999 ÍA 33 (1)
2000–2005 FH 97 (4)
Total 269 (22)
National team
1983–1985 Iceland U17 12 (0)
1995 Iceland U19 4 (1)
1989 Iceland U21 2 (0)
1996–1997 Iceland 6 (0)
Teams managed
2005–2008 FH (assistant)
2008–2017 FH
2017–2019 Havnar Bóltfelag
2019– Valur
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Heimir played his first senior game as a member of Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur in 1986. He won the Icelandic championship as a member of FH in 2004 and 2005.[2]

Managerial career

Heimir was hired as an assistant manager to FH on 21 September 2005.[3] On 10 October 2007, he took over as manager of FH after Ólafur Jóhannesson resigned[4] and won the Icelandic championship in 2008 and 2009. He won the Icelandic Cup in 2010 and the Icelandic championship again in 2012, 2015 and 2016. For his first nine seasons at the helm, FH finished either first or second in the Úrvalsdeild karla. He was sacked following the 2017 season after the team finished third in the league.[2][5][6]

In November 2017, Heimir was hired as the manager of Havnar Bóltfelag.[7][8] On 23 September he won the Faroe Islands Premier League with HB after defeating second placed KÍ 2–1. With the victory, no team could catch HB even with four matches remaining.[9] After the season he was named the Faroe Islands Coach of the Year.[10] In 2019, he led HB to victory in the Faroese Super Cup and the Faroese Cup.

Honours and achievements

See also

References
  1. Heimir Guðjónsson at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (6 October 2017). "Heimir hættur með FH-liðið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. "Heimir aðstoðarþjálfari FH". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 22 September 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. Guðmundur Hilmarsson (11 October 2007). "Rétti tímapunkturinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  5. Guðmundur Aðalsteinn Ásgeirsson (6 October 2017). "Heimir Guðjónsson rekinn frá FH (Staðfest)". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  6. Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (10 October 2017). "Heimir Guðjóns: Ósáttur við tímasetninguna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  7. Guðmundur Hilmarsson (3 November 2017). "Heimir tekur við liði HB". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  8. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (3 November 2017). "Heimir Guðjónsson tekur við HB í Færeyjum". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  9. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (23 September 2018). "Heimir stýrði HB til sigurs í deildinni". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  10. Arnar Geir Halldórsson (30 October 2018). "Heimir þjálfari ársins í Færeyjum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 October 2018.
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