Icelandic footballer
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.
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
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
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[ a]
0
2[ b]
0
33
2
2002 [ 7]
17
0
5
3
8
1
2[ a]
0
2[ b]
0
34
4
2003 [ 19]
17
4
2
1
1
0
2[ a]
0
2[ b]
0
24
5
2004 [ 20]
18
1
2
1
5
0
1[ c]
1
6[ d]
1
32
4
2005 [ 21]
6
0
0
0
7
2
—
2[ b]
0
15
2
Fylkir total
203
19
36
11
25
4
9
1
14
1
287
36
Career total
205
19
36
11
25
4
9
1
14
1
289
36
References
External links
Úrvalsdeild karla Besta deild karla