
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.
- 8 Sept 1989BornBorn in Reykjavík
- 2005TeamIceland national under-17 football team
- 2006 – 2007TeamIceland national under-19 football team
- 2007 – 2011TeamIceland national under-21 football team
- 2008 – 2010TeamReading F.C.
- 2008TeamShrewsbury Town F.C.
- 2009TeamCrewe Alexandra F.C.
- 2010TeamIceland men's national football team
- 2010 – 2012TeamTSG 1899 Hoffenheim
- 2012TeamSwansea City A.F.C.
- 2012 – 2014TeamTottenham Hotspur F.C.
- 2014 – 2017TeamSwansea City A.F.C.
- 2017 – 2022TeamEverton F.C.
- 2018Took part2018 FIFA World Cup
- 2023 – 2024TeamLyngby Boldklub
- 2024 – 2025TeamValur
- 2025TeamKnattspyrnufélagið Víkingur
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1989 – today).
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 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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