Finnur Kolbeinsson

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.

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
Place of birth Iceland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing 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)
2008–2009 Elliði
2009–2011 Carl
2011–2012 Elliði
National team
1989–1990 Iceland U19 3 (0)
1991–1993 Iceland U21 13 (2)
1993 Iceland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Fylkir 1989[9] Úrvalsdeild 7 1 0 0 — — — 7 1
1992[10] 1. deild karla 16 3 6 5 — — — 22 8
Total 23 4 6 5 — — — 29 9
Fylkir 1993[11] Úrvalsdeild 17 2 1 0 — — — 18 2
1994[12] 1. deild karla 17 3 3 0 — — — 20 3
1995[13] 18 0 3 1 — — — 21 1
1996[14] Úrvalsdeild 18 0 3 0 0 0 — — 21 0
Total 70 5 10 1 0 0 — — 80 6
Leiftur 1997[15] Úrvalsdeild 2 0 0 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Fylkir 1998[16] 1. deild karla 13 2 2 0 0 0 — — 15 2
1999[17] 7 2 2 0 0 0 — — 9 2
2000[18] Úrvalsdeild 14 0 2 0 0 0 — — 16 0
2001[6] 18 1 5 0 4 1 4[lower-alpha 1] 0 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 33 2
2002[7] 17 0 5 3 8 1 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 34 4
2003[19] 17 4 2 1 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 24 5
2004[20] 18 1 2 1 5 0 1[lower-alpha 3] 1 6[lower-alpha 4] 1 32 4
2005[21] 6 0 0 0 7 2 — 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 15 2
Fylkir total 203 19 36 11 25 4 9 1 14 1 287 36
Career total 205193611 25 4 9 1 14 128936
  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

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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