Eyjólfur Héðinsson
Icelandic footballer
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Eyjólfur Héðinsson (born 1 January 1985 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic footballer, who plays as a midfielder for ÍR Reykjavik.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Eyjólfur Héðinsson | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | ÍR | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000 | ÍR | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | ÍR | 15 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Fylkir | 53 | (1) |
| 2006–2011 | GAIS | 100 | (12) |
| 2011–2013 | SønderjyskE | 59 | (16) |
| 2013–2016 | FC Midtjylland | 10 | (2) |
| 2016–2021 | Stjarnan | 97 | (5) |
| 2022- | ÍR | 9 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2001–2002 | Iceland U-17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2003 | Iceland U-19 | 5 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | Iceland U-21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2008–2012 | Iceland | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 August 2020 | |||
Club career
Early career
Eyjólfur started his senior team career with ÍR in 2001 before transferring to Fylkir in 2003. After the 2006 season, he signed with GAIS.[1]
SønderjyskE
After his contract ended with GAIS at the start of 2011, Eyjólfur went for a trial with SønderjyskE. After a week of trial, he was offered a contract. Eyjólfur granted the offer made by SønderjyskE and signed a contract lasting until June 2013.[2] Eyjólfur was seen by the media as a replacement for Rasmus Hansen who had joined Danish Superliga side Randers FC.[3]
Stjarnan
After 3 years with several injuries[4] and only 10 league matches, it was announced on 18 November 2015, that Eyjólfur would take back home at the end of the year to Iceland, playing for Stjarnan.[5][6]
