Veigar Páll Gunnarsson

Veigar Páll Gunnarsson (born 21 March 1980) is a retired Icelandic football striker.

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

Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
Personal information
Full name Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
Date of birth (1980-03-21) 21 March 1980
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Stjarnan 58 (14)
2001 Strømsgodset 15 (2)
2002–2003 KR Reykjavík 30 (14)
2004–2008 Stabæk 120 (60)
2009 Nancy 5 (0)
2009–2011 Stabæk 40 (19)
2011–2012 Vålerenga 20 (3)
2012 Stabæk 10 (2)
2013–2016 Stjarnan 70 (16)
2017 FH Hafnarfjörður 1 (0)
2017 → Víkingur Reykjavík (loan) 7 (0)
2018–2019 KFG Garðabær 19 (8)
International career
1998 Iceland U-19 7 (3)
2000–2001 Iceland U-21 11 (3)
2001–2011 Iceland 34 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

His transfer in 2011 led to football clubs Stabæk and Vålerenga being nominated for fines of Norwegian kroner 500,000 and 350,000 respectively, by a committee (påtalenemd) of Football Association of Norway — and a police investigation that saw two persons arrested.[1]

Club career

Early years

Veigar Páll made his debut for Stjarnan in the 1996 season, in which he only managed one=1 game as a substitute. He established himself as a regular in the side and started scoring goals, catching the eye of foreign teams. He then went abroad to Norway, where he played for Strømsgodset. He failed to establish himself in the first team so he returned to Iceland to play for KR Reykjavík. He quickly became popular with the fans and was the star player of the KR team that won the Icelandic Premier League in 2002 and 2003. In September 2003 he had a trial with Bolton Wanderers of the English Premier League.[2]

Stabæk

Veigar joined Stabæk in 2004 in the season they got relegated, after being placed 3rd in the league the previous year. He flourished under new coach Jan Jönsson in 2005, with new signing Daniel Nannskog. Veigar was leading the attack with Nannskog, a partnership which was the most feared duo in the league, according to statistics (goals and assist). In the 2006 season, Nannskog became top scorer with 19 goals in Tippeligaen, the Norwegian top division, with Veigar finishing one goal behind.

In 2007, Stabæk finished second, just behind winners Brann. Veigar played well, and was the seasons assist leader with 17, and fourth on the scoring chart with 15.[3]

The following season he made another big contribution to the club, helping them winning the league. Again he was the seasons assist leader with 14, in addition to 10 goals.

Nancy

In December 2008, he signed a contract with the French club AS Nancy of Ligue 1.

Return to Stabæk

On 30 November 2009, Stabæk confirmed that Veigar had signed a contract with his former club. Veigar himself stated that he felt that Nancy had destroyed his career by not letting him play, but that he was looking forward to returning "home" to Stabæk.

Vålerenga

On 30 July 2011, Stabæk and Vålerenga reached an agreement, which later led to controversies. Veigar signed a contract with Vålerenga until the end of 2014.

After a spell at Stabæk, Veigar returned to his youth-club Stjarnan in 2013, and signed a four-year contract with the club.[4]

International career

Veigar made his debut for Iceland in a January 2001 friendly match against Uruguay at the Millennium Super Soccer Cup in India. He has been capped 33 times since and has scored six goals.

Career statistics
As of 14 September 2019[5]
Season Club League League Cup Other Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stjarnan1996Úrvalsdeild1020––30
199710020––120
19981. deild karla14420––164
199917744––2111
2000Úrvalsdeild16321––184
Total 581412500007019
Strømsgodset2001Tippeligaen15221–00173
KR Reykjavík2002Úrvalsdeild1772031–228
20031373283202612
2004––23–23
Total 301452137205023
Stabæk2004Tippeligaen16242–21225
20051. divisjon281354–003317
2006Tippeligaen251832–002820
2007251554–003019
2008261277–203519
Total 120602419004114880
Nancy2008–09Ligue 15000100060
Stabæk2010Tippeligaen241022–002612
201116930–00199
Total 40195200004521
Vålerenga2011Tippeligaen13300–00133
20127030–00100
Total 203300000233
Stabæk2012Tippeligaen10200–00102
Stjarnan2013Úrvalsdeild1944271–307
20141762076613213
2015171206020271
20161752053–248
Total 701610225108111329
FH2017Úrvalsdeild1010–0020
Víkingur Reykjavík2017Úrvalsdeild70–––70
KFG Garðabær20183. deild karla1381031–179
20192. deild karla600010–70
Total 198104100249
Career total 39513863314318141515188

Honours

Club

KR

Stabæk

Stjarnan

See also

Veigar Páll Gunnarsson transfer 2011

References
  1. Strømnes, Svein (27 October 2011). "Bøter til Stabæk og Vålerenga". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. "Warhurst back at Bolton". BBC. 11 September 2003. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  3. http://fotball.vg.no/bors/assist.php?sesong_id=383
  4. "Veigar: Stjarnan eina félagið sem hafði samband". visir.is (in Icelandic). 6 December 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  5. "Leikmaður - Veigar Páll Gunnarsson".
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