Iceland - Players' Footballer of the Year


List of Winners

1984 Bjarni Sigurðsson [ÍA, goalkeeper, 24 years old in that year]
1985 Guðmundur Þorbjörnssson [Valur, attacking midfielder, 29]
1986 Guðmundur Torfason [Fram, striker, 25]
1987 Pétur Ormsel [Fram, midfielder, 29]
1988 Sigurjón Kristjánsson [Valur, striker, 29]
1989 Þorvaldur Örlygsson [KA, midfielder, 23]
1990 Sævar Jónsson [Valur, defender, 32]
1991 Guðmundur Steinsson [Víkingur, striker, 31]
1992 Luka Kostic (yug) [ÍA, defender, 34]
1993 Sigurður Jónsson [ÍA, midfielder, 27]
1994 Sigursteinn Gíslason [ÍA, defender, 26]
1995 Ólafur Þórðarson [ÍA, midfielder, 30]
1996 Gunnar Oddsson [Leiftur,  midfielder, 31]
1997 Tryggvi Guðmundsson [ÍBV, striker, 23]
1998 David Winnie (sco) [KR, defender, 33]
1999 Guðmundur Benediktsson [KR, attacking midfielder/striker, 25]
2000 Hlynur Stefánsson [ÍBV, defender, 34]
2001 Gunnlaugur Jónsson [ÍA, defender, 27]
2002 Finnur Kolbeinsson [Fylkir,  midfielder, 30]

Teams:
 
 6 - ÍA (1984, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001)
 3 - Valur (1985, 1988, 1990)
 2 - Fram (1986, 1987)
 2 - ÍBV (1997, 2000)
 2 - KR (1998, 1999)
 1 - KA (1989)
 1 - Víkingur (1991)
 1 - Leiftur (1996)
 1 - Fylkir (2002)
 
Positions:
 6 - Defender (1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001)
 6 - Midfielder (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002)
 4 - Striker (1986, 1988, 1991, 1997)
 2 - Attacking midfielder (1985, 1999)
 1 - Goalkeeper (1984)

Age:
Young (-25): 5 (1984, 1986, 1989, 1997, 1999)
Prime (26-30): 8 (1985, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002) 
Old (31-): 6 (1990, 1991, 1992,1996, 1998, 2000) 

Youngest: Þorvaldur Örlygsson [KA, 1989] 23 years, 45 days
Oldest: Luca Kostic [ÍA, 1992] 34 years 0 days
- age in the last game of the season

Player´s Young Player of the year

1984 Guðni Bergsson [Valur, defender, 19 years old in that year]
1985 Halldór Áskelsson [Þór Akureyri, attacking midfielder, 20]
1986 Gauti Laxdal [Fram, midfielder, 20]
1987 Rúnar Kristinsson [KR, midfielder, 18]
1988 Arnljótur Davíðsson [Fram, striker, 20]
1989 Ólafur Gottskálksson [ÍA, goalkeeper, 21]
1990 Steinar Guðgeirsson [Fram, midfielder, 21]
1991 Arnar Grétarsson [Breiðablik, midfielder, 19]
1992 Arnar Gunnlaugsson [ÍA, striker, 19]
1993 Þórður Guðjónsson [ÍA, striker, 20]
1994 Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen [Valur, striker, 16]
1995 Tryggvi Guðmundsson [ÍBV, striker, 21]
1996 Bjarni Guðjónsson [ÍA, striker, 17]
1997 Sigurvin Ólafsson [ÍBV, attacking midfielder, 21]
1998 Ólafur Þór Gunnarsson [ÍR, goalkeeper, 21]
1999 Grétar Hjartarson [Grindavík, striker, 22]
2000 Helgi Valur Daníelsson [Fylkir, defender/midfielder, 19]
2001 Grétar Rafn Steinsson [ÍA, midfielder, 19]
2002 Gunnar Hreiðar Þorvaldsson [ÍBV, striker, 20]

Teams: 
 5 - ÍA (1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2001)
 3 - Fram (1986, 1988, 1990)
 3 - ÍBV (1995, 1997, 2002)
 2 - Valur (1984, 1994)
 1 - Þór Akureyri (1985)
 1 - KR (1987)
 1 - Breiðablik (1991)
 1 - ÍR (1998)
 1 - Grindavík (1999)
 1 - Fylkir (2000) 
 
Positions:
 8 - Striker (1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002)
 5 - Midfielder (1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 2001)
 2 - Defender (1984, 2000)
 2 - Attacking midfielder (1985, 1997)
 2 - Goalkeeper (1989, 1998)

Youngest: Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen [Valur, 1994] 16 years
Oldest: Grétar Hjartarson [Grindavík, 1999] 21 years 327 days
- age in the last game of the season



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Author: Óskar Ó. Jónsson (ooj@simnet.is)
Last updated: 1 May 2003

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