Helgi Daníelsson (footballer, born 1981)
{{short description|Icelandic footballer}}
{{icelandic name|Helgi|male}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Helgi Daníelsson
| fullname = Helgi Valur Daníelsson
| image = Helgi Daníelsson (2013, cropped).jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Helgi playing for AIK in 2013
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|7|13}}
| birth_place = Uppsala, Sweden
| height = 1.87 m
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Defensive Midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Fylkir
| years1 = 1998
| years2 = 1998–2003
| years3 = 2000
| years4 = 2003–2005
| years5 = 2006–2007
| years6 = 2008–2009
| years7 = 2010
| years8 = 2010–2013
| years9 = 2013–2014
| years10 = 2014–2015
| years11 = 2018–2021
| clubs1 = Fylkir
| clubs2 = Peterborough United
| clubs3 = → Fylkir (loan)
| clubs4 = Fylkir
| clubs5 = Öster
| clubs6 = Elfsborg
| clubs7 = Hansa Rostock
| clubs8 = AIK
| clubs9 = Belenenses
| clubs10 = AGF
| clubs11 = Fylkir
| caps1 = 1
| caps2 = 55
| caps3 = 16
| caps4 = 52
| caps5 = 48
| caps6 = 52
| caps7 = 12
| caps8 = 75
| caps9 = 28
| caps10 = 21
| caps11 = 54
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 2
| goals3 = 1
| goals4 = 4
| goals5 = 5
| goals6 = 1
| goals7 = 0
| goals8 = 2
| goals9 = 0
| goals10 = 1
| goals11 = 5
| nationalyears1 = 1996–1998
| nationalteam1 = Iceland U-17
| nationalcaps1 = 15
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1999
| nationalteam2 = Iceland U-19
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2000–2003
| nationalteam3 = Iceland U-21
| nationalcaps3 = 17
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2001–2014
| nationalteam4 = Iceland
| nationalcaps4 = 33
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 13 October 2021
| nationalteam-update =
}}
File:2014-05-30 Austria - Iceland football match, Helgi Daníelsson 0906-crop.jpg
Helgi Valur Daníelsson ({{IPA|is|ˈhɛlkɪ ˈtʰanɪjɛlsɔn}}; born 13 July 1981] is an Icelandic former professional footballer and a chemist who played as a defensive midfielder. He played professionally in England, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, Iceland, and Denmark during a career that spanned between 1998 and 2021. A full international between 2001 and 2014, he won 33 caps for the Iceland national team. As of 2022, Helgi is pursuing a Ph.D degree in radiochemistry at the University of Cambridge
Club career
In 2006, he left Fylkir who he had joined from Peterborough United for £25,000 in 2003, to go to Sweden to play for Östers IF in Allsvenskan.
On 12 December 2007, Helgi signed a contract with IF Elfsborg. On 22 January 2010, he left Elfsborg and joined Second Bundesliga club Hansa Rostock. After just a few months in the German side, he signed a deal with reigning Swedish champions AIK. On 2 July 2013, it was announced that he would transfer to Primeira Liga side Belenenses after AIK's game vs. Häcken on 22 July.{{cite web | url = http://www.ruv.is/frett/helgi-valur-i-radir-belenenses | title = Helgi Valur í raðir Belenenses | language = Icelandic | publisher = ruv.is | date = 2 July 2013 | accessdate = 16 August 2013}}{{cite web | url = http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=7309 | title = Helgi Daníelsson lämnar AIK | language = Swedish | publisher = aikfotboll.se | date = 2 July 2013 | accessdate = 16 August 2013 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131219042649/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=7309 | archivedate = 19 December 2013}}
On 27 August 2014, Helgi terminated his contract with Belenenses for personal reason's.{{cite news|title=Danielsson rescinde contrato por "motivos familiares"|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/futebol-nacional/interior/danielsson-rescinde-contrato-por-motivos-familiares-4098294.html|work=Diario Noticias|date=27 August 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903110703/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/futebol-nacional/interior/danielsson-rescinde-contrato-por-motivos-familiares-4098294.html|archivedate=3 September 2014}} Two days later he signed a 2-year contract for the Danish 1. division side AGF.{{cite news|title=AGF henter rutineret islandsk landsholdsspiller |url=http://www.agf.dk/agf-fodbold/nyhedsarkiv/2014/august/agf-henter-rutineret-islandsk-landsholdsspiller/ |work=agf.dk |date=29 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831043401/http://www.agf.dk/agf-fodbold/nyhedsarkiv/2014/august/agf-henter-rutineret-islandsk-landsholdsspiller/ |archivedate=31 August 2014}}
International career
A defensive midfielder, Helgi has played for the Iceland national football team at youth and senior level.
Playing style
A predominantly defensive midfielder with excellent ball winning and positioning abilIty. Good in the air and comfortable on the ball. An eye for goal especially from set pieces.
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| rowspan="2" |Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !rowspan="2"|Division !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Fylkir
|1998 | | | | | | | | | |||||||
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |Peterborough
| valign="center" |Second Division |6 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02
|Second Division |31 | 2 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03
|Second Division |18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 20 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |Fylkir
|2003 | valign="center" |Úrvalsdeild |16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 19 | 1 | |
| 2004
|Úrvalsdeild |18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 2005
|Úrvalsdeild |18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | colspan="2" |— | 22 | 3 | |
| rowspan="2" valign="center" |Östers IF
|2006 |20 | 1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2007
|28 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 4 | ||
| rowspan="2" valign="center" |IF Elfsborg
|2008 | valign="center" |Allsvenskan |24 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2009
|Allsvenskan |28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 1 | |
| F.C. Hansa Rostock
|12 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="4" valign="center" |AIK
|2010 | valign="center" |Allsvenskan |15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| 2011
|Allsvenskan |25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 1 | |
| 2012
|Allsvenskan |19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 32 | 3 |
| 2013
|Allsvenskan |16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 0 | |
| rowspan="2" valign="center" |Belenenses
| valign="center" |Primeira Liga |26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 0 | |
| 2014–15
|Primeira Liga |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |
| rowspan="1" valign="center" |AGF
|rowspan="1" valign="center"|NordicBet Ligaen |21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 1 | |
| rowspan="2" valign="center" |Fylkir
|2018 | valign="center" |Úrvalsdeild |13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 0 | |
| 2019
| valign="center" |Úrvalsdeild |20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 4 | |
| colspan="3" |Career Total
!376 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 400 | 23 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070325165959/http://www.uptheposh.com/people/1831/ Profile UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database]}}
- {{SvFF player|id=e5f580c9-42eb-4e0d-8bf2-1ab11a8c1ddb|pid=5058}}
- {{KSI player|13786}}
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Category:Footballers from Uppsala
Category:Men's association football midfielders
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Category:English Football League players
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Category:Danish 1st Division players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal