Hallgrímur Jónasson

Hallgrímur Jónasson (born 4 May 1986) is an Icelandic footballer who plays for Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar in the Úrvalsdeild karla.[1]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Hallgrímur.

Hallgrímur Jónasson
Personal information
Full name Hallgrímur Jónasson
Date of birth (1986-05-04) 4 May 1986
Place of birth Húsavík, Iceland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 KA
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002 Völsungur 26 (3)
2003–2005 Þór A. 35 (3)
2006–2008 Keflavík 49 (4)
2009–2011 GAIS 47 (2)
2011 → SønderjyskE (loan) 15 (1)
2012–2015 SønderjyskE 78 (4)
2015–2016 OB 48 (0)
2016–2017 Lyngby BK 30 (2)
2018– KA 14 (1)
International career‡
2004 Iceland U-19 4 (0)
2007–2008 Iceland U-21 10 (0)
2008–2017 Iceland 16 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 February 2017

Club career

Hallgrímur was born at Húsavík and his youth club is Völsungur. With them he managed to play only one season in 2nd division (2002) when he was 16 years old. He then moved to Þór Akureyri and was with them for 3 seasons in 1st division before moving with this coach from Þór to Keflavík who played in the Icelandic Premier league. With Keflavík, Hallgrímur made a name for himself and was used as a left back, central defender, central midfielder and as a right winger. He made his debut with the Icelandic national team on 16 March 2008 against Faroe Islands and played 10 games for the U21 national team and captained the team as well.

Völsungur

Played with them through their youth system and one season with the first team in 2002, then 16 years old. He played 12 matches and scored 3 goals.

Þór Akureyri

With Þór, he played for 3 seasons, 35 matches and 3 goals. At Þór his coach was Kristján Guðmundsson who moved on to manage Keflavík and took Hallgrímur with him.

Keflavík

At Keflavík, Hallgrímur played 49 matches and scored 4 goals. He mainly played as a central defender or midfielder and made a name for himself in Iceland there.

GAIS

Hallgrímur was signed to GAIS by Magnus Pehrsson who never managed him as he moved on to AaB in Denmark. Hallgrímur had an operation in November 2008 and therefore missed the whole pre-season for the 2009 season. In the end of his first season Hallgrimur secured a place in the starting line up and played 5 matches that season. In the following season, Hallgrímur was ever present in the starting line up and is now considered a key player for the team as a central defender.

International

International goals
Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first.[2]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 October 2011Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal Portugal1–33–5UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
22–3
330 May 2012Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden Sweden2–32–3Friendly

References
  1. Hallgrimur Jonasson skifter til KA‚ bold.dk, 27 December 2017
  2. "Jónasson, Hallgrímur". National Football Teams. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
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