Gylfi Sigurðsson
Gylfi Sigurðsson · Светлана Бекетова, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Gylfi Sigurðsson

b. 1989

Icelandic association football player

Born
8 Sept 1989 · Reykjavík

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 43 years
  1. 8 Sept 1989BornBorn in Reykjavík
  2. 2005TeamIceland national under-17 football team
  3. 2006 – 2007TeamIceland national under-19 football team
  4. 2007 – 2011TeamIceland national under-21 football team
  5. 2008 – 2010TeamReading F.C.
  6. 2008TeamShrewsbury Town F.C.
  7. 2009TeamCrewe Alexandra F.C.
  8. 2010TeamIceland men's national football team
  9. 2010 – 2012TeamTSG 1899 Hoffenheim
  10. 2012TeamSwansea City A.F.C.
  11. 2012 – 2014TeamTottenham Hotspur F.C.
  12. 2014 – 2017TeamSwansea City A.F.C.
  13. 2017 – 2022TeamEverton F.C.
  14. 2018Took part2018 FIFA World Cup
  15. 2023 – 2024TeamLyngby Boldklub
  16. 2024 – 2025TeamValur
  17. 2025TeamKnattspyrnufélagið Víkingur

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1989 – today).

  1. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  2. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  3. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  5. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  7. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  8. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  9. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  10. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  11. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  12. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  13. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  14. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  15. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  16. 20112011 Norway attacks
  17. 2011Libyan civil war
  18. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  19. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  20. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  21. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  22. 2015Paris Agreement
  23. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  24. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  25. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  26. 2023Gaza war
  27. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  28. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈcɪlvɪ ˈθouːr̥ ˈsɪːɣʏrðsɔn]; transliterated as Gylfi Thor Sigurdsson; born 8 September 1989) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Besta deild karla club Víkingur Reykjavík and the Iceland national team.

Gylfi began his professional career with Reading in the Championship and in 2010, was sold to TSG Hoffenheim, which was Reading's biggest sale at the time. He was voted Player of the Season for two consecutive seasons: for Reading in 2009–10 and for Hoffenheim in 2010–11. After a season back in English football with Swansea City, he joined Tottenham Hotspur for a reported £8 million transfer fee. In 2014, he moved back to Swansea as part of an exchange for Ben Davies. In 2017, he transferred to Everton for a then club-record transfer fee of £40 million, and remained there for five years. In 2021 he was arrested on suspicion of child sexual offences, and was freed without charge in 2023. He then resumed his career with Lyngby in Denmark and Valur in Iceland.

Gylfi made his debut for Iceland in 2010. He played for the team at their first major tournament, UEFA Euro 2016, where it reached the quarter-finals. He also played at his national team's first ever FIFA World Cup in 2018. As of 6 October 2026, Gylfi has obtained 90 caps and scored 28 goals, making him Iceland's all-time top scorer.

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