Emil Hallfreðsson
{{Short description|Icelandic footballer (born 1984)}}
{{icelandic name|Emil|male}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Emil Hallfreðsson
| image = Iceland national football team World Cup 2018 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Emil with Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|6|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = FH
| years1 = 2002–2004
| clubs1 = FH
| caps1 = 29
| goals1 = 7
| years2 = 2005–2007
| clubs2 = Tottenham Hotspur
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2006
| clubs3 = → Malmö FF (loan)
| caps3 = 19
| goals3 = 5
| years4 = 2007
| clubs4 = Lyn Oslo
| caps4 = 1
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2007–2011
| clubs5 = Reggina
| caps5 = 34
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2009–2010
| clubs6 = → Barnsley (loan)
| caps6 = 27
| goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2010–2011
| clubs7 = → Verona (loan)
| caps7 = 34
| goals7 = 4
| years8 = 2011–2016
| clubs8 = Verona
| caps8 = 150
| goals8 = 12
| years9 = 2016–2018
| clubs9 = Udinese
| caps9 = 58
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2018–2019
| clubs10 = Frosinone
| caps10 = 6
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2019
| clubs11 = Udinese
| caps11 = 3
| goals11 = 1
| years12 = 2020–2021
| clubs12 = Padova
| caps12 = 35
| goals12 = 3
| years13 = 2021–2023
| clubs13 = Virtus Verona
| caps13 = 45
| goals13 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2000
| nationalteam1 = Iceland U17
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 2002
| nationalteam2 = Iceland U19
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2004–2006
| nationalteam3 = Iceland U21
| nationalcaps3 = 14
| nationalgoals3 = 3
| nationalyears4 = 2005–2020
| nationalteam4 = Iceland
| nationalcaps4 = 73
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| club-update =
| nationalteam-update =
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Emil Hallfreðsson (born 29 June, 1984) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder or left winger.
Club career
=Early career=
Primarily a left-sided midfielder, Emil was brought to Tottenham Hotspur by then Sporting Director Frank Arnesen in December 2004,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/4112003.stm|title=Tottenham clinch double transfer|date=20 December 2004|access-date=14 August 2009|publisher=BBC}} having spent his formative years at FH Hafnarfjarðar of the Úrvalsdeild in Iceland.
Emil became a regular starter for the Tottenham Hotspur Reserves, and played a key part in the Spurs' 2005–06 Premier League Southern Reserve title win. He was then loaned out to Swedish side Malmö FF,.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/4579048.stm|title=Hallfredsson joins Malmo on loan|date=3 January 2006|access-date=14 August 2009|publisher=BBC}} He enjoyed some success with Malmö, starting a majority of the games in the 2006 season, with a total of 24 appearances and eight goals. He then returned to England in the fall, after Malmö unsuccessfully tried to convince him to stay.
His aim had then been to make the Spurs first team, but in his remaining months at the club he was not selected for a single game. In July 2007, he was sold to Norwegian club Lyn,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/6294028.stm|title=Striker Hallfredsson leaves Spurs|date=11 July 2007|access-date=14 August 2009|publisher=BBC}} where he was slated to stay until 2010. His first match for the club was a friendly against Ham-Kam, followed by a 20-minute substitution in a league game away against Sandefjord. His first and only 90-minute appearance was against Bodø/Glimt in the Norwegian Cup, in which he delivered a fine cross to Dylan Macallister for the 1–0 goal and the win. Three days later, the club surprisingly announced that Emil would be leaving for Italy and Reggina.{{cite news|url=http://www.lyn.no/index.aspx?id=749382|title=Emil Hallfredsson solgt til Serie A|date=28 July 2007|access-date=14 August 2009|publisher=FC Lyn Oslo|language=no}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
=Reggina=
Emil played his first Serie A match on 26 August 2007 a 1–1 draw with Atalanta.[http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/statistiche/2008_nw/giocatori/80513.shtml La Gazzetta dello Sport 2007–08 Profile] {{in lang|it}} In his first season, he played a regular role in Reggina's team, but in the second season he played less. In April 2009 he did, however, score a spectacular goal against Juventus; he scored the 2–1 goal for his team but the match ended 2–2.{{Citation|last=Juventus Memories|title=Reggina - Juventus (2-2) 26.4.2009|date=22 November 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4SGjSlZMxo|access-date=1 April 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}
{{Expand section|date=December 2009}}
=Barnsley=
Having not been selected to play for Reggina first match of the 2009–10 season at Coppa Italia,{{cite news|url=http://www.arezzocalcio.it/archivio/notizia.php?art=2333|title=Reggina-Arezzo 3–0|date=9 August 2009|access-date=14 August 2009|publisher=AC Arezzo|language=it}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} he completed a one-year loan to Football League Championship side Barnsley on 14 August 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10309~1754358,00.html|title=ICEMAN SIGNS ON AT OAKWELL|date=14 August 2009|access-date=14 August 2009|publisher=Barnsley FC|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815145755/http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10309~1754358%2C00.html|archive-date=15 August 2009}} He scored his first goal for Barnsley against Plymouth Argyle on 28 November 2009. However, the game was later abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch. His first goal did come two weeks later however, in the home game with Newcastle United, slamming home a Daniel Bogdanović cross from six yards. Emil's goal made it 1–1 in an eventual 2–2 draw.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8376276.stm |title=Plymouth A-A Barnsley |publisher=BBC |date=28 November 2009 |access-date=28 November 2009}}
=Verona=
On 31 August 2010, Reggina loaned him to Verona. His first season with Verona he was a regular starter and a decisive player in achieving promotion to Serie B. At the end of the season, Emil won the Mastino del Bentegodi award as the team's player of the year.[http://www.hellasverona.it/news.php?id=11003&page=5 Halfreðsson Mastino del Bentegodi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611230523/https://www.hellasverona.it/news.php?id=11003&page=5 |date=11 June 2020 }} hellasverona.it Looking ahead to the upcoming Serie B season, on 22 June 2011, three days after winning the First Division play-off, Verona outbid Reggina to purchase his contract.
=Udinese=
On 30 January 2016, Emil joined Udinese, signing a contract until June 2018.{{cite web |url=http://www.football-italia.net/79136/official-udinese-sign-hallfredsson |title=Official: Udinese sign Hallfredsson |date=30 January 2016 |access-date=1 February 2016}}
=Frosinone=
=Return to Udinese=
On 1 March 2019, Emil signed for the second time to Udinese after the first half of the season to Frosinone.{{cite web|url=https://m.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-a/ufficiale-udinese-ripreso-hallfredsson-contratto-fino-al-30-giugno-1219554|access-date=1 March 2019|title=UFFICIALE: Udinese, ripreso Hallfredsson. Contratto fino al 30 giugno|language=it}}
=Padova=
On 4 January 2020, he signed with Serie C club Padova until the end of the 2019–20 season.{{cite press release|publisher=Padova|url=http://www.padovacalcio.it/emil-hallfredsson-calcio-padova/|title=Emil Hallfreðsson è un giocatore del Calcio Padova|date=4 January 2020|language=it}} On 16 September 2020, he signed a new contract with Padova for the 2020–21 season.{{cite press release|publisher=Padova|url=http://www.padovacalcio.it/emil-hallfredsson-padova-2020-2021/|title=Emil Hallfreðsson in Biancoscudato per la stagione 2020/2021|date=16 September 2020|language=it}}
=Virtus Verona=
On 6 October 2021, Emil signed a one-year contract for Serie C side Virtus Verona as a free transfer.{{cite web|publisher=TuttoMercatoWeb|url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-c/ufficiale-virtus-verona-ecco-il-centrocampista-hallfredsson-ha-firmato-un-annuale-1593160|title=6 October 2021|date=6 October 2021|language=it}}
International career
Emil was selected for EURO 2016 by the Iceland national team.{{cite web|url=http://www.ksi.is/landslid/nr/13334 |title=A karla – Lokahópur fyrir EM 2016 |date=9 May 2016 |access-date=10 May 2016 |language=is |publisher=Knattspyrnusamband Íslands |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512081400/http://www.ksi.is/landslid/nr/13334 |archive-date=12 May 2016}}
In May 2018 he was named in Iceland's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.{{cite web |last1=Crawford |first1=Stephen |title=Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists |url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb |website=Goal |accessdate=24 March 2022 |date=4 June 2018}}
Career statistics
=International=
{{Updated|match played 8 September 2020}}{{NFT player|11969|Emil Hallfreðsson|access-date=23 June 2018}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="16"|Iceland
|2005 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 73 | 1 |
{{updated|8 September 2007}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/emil-hallfredsson/17965/|title=Iceland – E. Hallfređsson – Profile with news, career statistics and history|publisher=soccerway.com|access-date=24 September 2016}}
:Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each goal Emil scored.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Emil Hallfreðsson | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 8 September 2007 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | {{fb|ESP}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|1–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
Honours
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Soccerbase}}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060211010025/http://www.emmihall.com/ |date=dmy |title=Emil Hallfreðsson's Official Website }}
- {{Soccerway|emil-hallfredsson/17965}}
- {{KSI player|4121}}
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