Ãsgeir Sigurvinsson
Ásgeir Sigurvinsson [' auscɛir ' sɪɣʏrvɪnsɔn ] ( born May 8, 1955 in Vestmannaeyjar ), called " Sigi ", is a former Icelandic football and national team.
Career
Clubs
After two seasons for ÍB Vestmannaeyja, the resident in his hometown of first division, moved Sigurvinsson - one of the first Icelandic football players - abroad. After eight years in the first division Belgium Standard Liège, with whom he won the 1981 National Association Cup, he played 1981/82 in Germany with Bayern Munich. His league debut came on 22 August 1981 ( 3rd Round ) in a 3-1 win at home to Werder Bremen; his first goal he succeeded on 30 March 1982 (26th Round ) in the 3-0 win in the away match against 1.FC Nuremberg to the hit to the final score in the 61st minute. Furthermore, he came three times in the DFB Cup and five in Europe Champions Cup for use.
He then moved for a million D- Mark to league rivals VfB Stuttgart and remained there for eight years. In the season 1983/84 he succeeded on the side of Karl Allgöwer and Guido Buchwald the championship. Sigurvinsson is considered a " century - footballer ' Islands. The in the media as " arctic Zico " titled midfielder was a key player of international caliber and can certainly be called in a row with Overath, Netzer, fleas, Magath and Breitner in Swabia (1982-1990), especially in his years. In addition to its undisputed outstanding footballing properties ( passing, shot power, drive strength ), he was also a team player without airs and graces.
National
His debut in the national jersey he crowned on 26 September 1971 in Reykjavík in a 4-3 victory for the U-19 national team against the U-19 Ireland with his first international goal. His last seven international matches in which he scored four goals, he denied on June 4, 1973 the 1-2 defeat against the U-19 in Switzerland.
For the senior team Sigurvinsson completed 45 caps and scored five goals. He made his debut on July 3, 1972 in Reykjavík in the 2:5 defeat in the Test match against the national team of Denmark. His first international goal he scored on 5 June 1975 at the group stage match of the European Championship qualifier in the 2-1 win in the return match against the national team of East Germany. His last senior international, he played on 20 September 1989 at Laugardalsvöllur. The qualifier for the 1990 World Cup in the return match against the national team of Turkey ended with a 2-1 victory.
Achievements
- Icelandic Cup Winner 1972 ( with ÍB Vestmannaeyja )
- Belgian Cup winners 1981 ( Standard Liege )
- DFB Cup winners 1982 ( FC Bayern München)
- German Masters 1984 ( VfB Stuttgart)
More Stations
Others
One after his footballing career in Denkendorf near Stuttgart eröffneter beverage market still bears his name.