Þorvaldur Örlygsson

Þorvaldur "Toddy" Örlygsson (born 2 August 1966) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a midfielder. After retiring, he has worked as a manager, with his most recent side being Icelandic club Keflavík. He is the younger brother of former international player Ormarr Örlygsson.

Þorvaldur Örlygsson
Personal information
Full name Þorvaldur Örlygsson
Date of birth (1966-08-02) 2 August 1966
Place of birth Odense, Denmark
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1989 KA 89 (20)
1988–1989TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus (loan) 0 (0)
1989–1993 Nottingham Forest 37 (2)
1991Fram (loan) 14 (3)
1993–1995 Stoke City 90 (16)
1995–1999 Oldham Athletic 76 (1)
2000–2003 KA 57 (6)
Total 363 (48)
International career
1987–1995 Iceland 41 (7)
Managerial career
2000–2005 KA Akureyri
2006–2007 Fjarðabyggð
2008–2013 Fram
2013 ÍA Akranes
2014–2015 HK Kopavogur
2015–2016 Keflavík
2015–2020 Iceland U-19
2021– Stjarnan (co-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Þorvaldur started at Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar and played most of his career in England, first in the Premier League for Nottingham Forest and later for First Division clubs Stoke City and Oldham Athletic before returning to Iceland.

Career

"Toddy" arrived at Nottingham Forest in December 1989 for a fee of £175,000 from KA Akureyri after impressing Brian Clough.[1] Þorvaldur took a while to make an impact and it wasn't until 1992 that he established himself in Forest's line-up.[1] He played in 23 matches during the 1992–93, the first season of the Premier League which saw Forest suffer relegation. New manager Frank Clark decided to release Þorvaldur and in August 1993 he joined Stoke City on a free transfer.[1]

He was signed by manager Lou Macari as a replacement for Kevin Russell.[1] He soon made an impression on the supporters with a fine performance away at his former club Nottingham Forest.[1] A number of fine goals earned him a great rapport with the supporters and he became a popular player at the Victoria Ground.[1] He scored 11 goals in 58 appearances in 1993–94 and hit eight goals in 44 matches in 1994–95. However his relationship with the fans turned sour when he rejected a new contract offer in the summer of 1995 and consequently found himself out of the side and eventually signed for Oldham Athletic for a fee of £180,000 in December 1995.[1] His career in England was cut short by injury in 1999 though he played again for three more years at his first club KA Akureyri as well as a year as player manager. He later became full-time manager of KA Akureyri and Fjarðabyggð was appointed manager of Fram in 2008. He spent five years with Fram before becoming manager of ÍA Akranes on 19 June 2013.

International career

He made his debut for Iceland in 1987 and went on to win 41 caps, scoring 7 goals.[2] He played his last international match in a November 1995 European Championship qualifying match against Hungary.

Career statistics

Club

Sources:[3][4]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
KA 1984 Úrvalsdeild karla 6061
1985 1. deild karla 150150
1986 1. deild karla 181181
1987 Úrvalsdeild 174174
1988 Úrvalsdeild 169169
1989 Úrvalsdeild 176176
Total 89208920
Nottingham Forest 1989–90 First Division 121103010171
1990–91 First Division 0000000000
1991–92 First Division 5000000050
1992–93 Premier League 201003200233
Total 372106210454
Fram (loan) 1991 Úrvalsdeild 143143
Stoke City 1993–94 First Division 4594140515811
1994–95 First Division 387203110448
1995–96 First Division 7000002090
Total 901661718111119
Oldham Athletic 1995–96 First Division 160300000190
1996–97 First Division 271105000331
1997–98 Second Division 110001000120
1998–99 Second Division 220002000240
Total 761408000881
KA 2000 1. deild karla 170170
2001 1. deild karla 173173
2002 Úrvalsdeild 9191
2003 Úrvalsdeild 142142
Total 576576
Career Total 363481112139140453
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Full Members Cup.

International

Source:[4]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Iceland 198710
198820
198910
199030
199182
199261
199320
199474
199550
Total357

References

  1. "Toddy Orlygsson". Draw for me the Boothen. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  2. Iceland – Record International Players – RSSSF
  3. Þorvaldur Örlygsson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. Þorvaldur Örlygsson at National-Football-Teams.com
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