Hannes Þór Halldórsson
Hannes with Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Hannes Þór Halldórsson[1]
Date of birth (1984-04-27) 27 April 1984
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Leiknir R. 3 (0)
2005 Afturelding 18 (0)
2006 Stjarnan 18 (0)
2007–2010 Fram 84 (0)
2011–2013 KR 63 (0)
2012 → Brann (loan) 1 (0)
2014–2015 Sandnes Ulf 45 (0)
2015–2016 NEC 8 (0)
2016 → Bodø/Glimt (loan) 14 (0)
2016–2018 Randers 65 (0)
2018–2019 Qarabağ 4 (0)
2019–2021 Valur 58 (0)
2022 Víkingur Reykjavík 0 (0)
Total 381 (0)
International career‡
2011–2021 Iceland 77 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2021

Hannes Þór Halldórsson (born 27 April 1984) is an Icelandic filmmaker and former professional footballer. He was a member of the Iceland national team where he was capped 77 times and appeared at UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Iceland

Hannes played club football in Iceland for Leiknir, Afturelding, Stjarnan, Fram and KR.[2]

Hannes joined KR at the age of 5.[3] He quit football at the age of 20 following a shoulder injury, before returning to the sport and joining third-tier Leiknir.[3] Hannes started his career at Leiknir at a time when the team was in the fourth- and third tier of the Icelandic football league system.[4][5] Hannes was let go from Leiknir in 2004 after making a number of serious mistakes in an important game that revolved around progressing to the second tier.[4]

During his time at Leiknir, Hannes sought to join Númi, which played in the Icelandic bottom tier, after struggling to get into the Leiknir first team, but the team rejected him.[6][5] After leaving Leiknir, Hannes joined Afturelding, which played in the third tier.[7]

Early in his career, Hannes struggled with shoulder injuries.[5] Hannes was known for poor kicking during his early career.[8]

In 2006, Hannes joined Stjarnan, which played in the second tier.[5]

He joined Fram, a first tier team, in 2007.[6]

Hannes said that at the time (in early 2005), he set a goal of becoming a goalkeeper for a team in the first tier in three years' time, and hoped to play abroad after that.[7]

He joined KR in 2011, winning the double with the team in his first season.[5]

Out of Iceland

On 28 March 2012, Hannes joined Norwegian club SK Brann on a short-term loan, as a cover for injured goalkeeper Piotr Leciejewski.[9]

In December 2013, Hannes joined Norwegian club Sandnes Ulf, having trained with the club in October 2013 as preparation for Iceland's World Cup playoff game against Croatia.[10] He became a professional footballer in 2014.[3]

On 6 July 2015, Dutch Eredivisie club NEC announced they had signed Hannes on a two-year contract.[11]

On 15 July 2016, Danish club Randers FC signed Hannes on a three-year contract.[12]

On 3 July 2018, Hannes signed a two-year contract with Qarabağ FK.[13][14][15] On 5 April 2019, he left Qarabağ by mutual consent.[16] Hannes had at that point become the third-choice goalkeeper at Qarabag.[17]

Return to Iceland

On 9 April 2019, Icelandic club Valur signed Hannes on a four-year contract.[18] Hannes cited family reasons and the four-year contract as reasons to return to the Icelandic top flight division.[17] He left Valur on 11 November 2021.[19]

On 16 March 2022, Hannes announced his retirement from football.[20]

In June 2022, Hannes agreed to join Víkingur Reykjavík as backup goalkeeper following the injuries of Víkingur goalkeepers Ingvar Jónsson and Uggi Auðunsson.[21]

International career

Hannes saving Lionel Messi's penalty at the FIFA World Cup 2018

Hannes made his international debut for Iceland in 2011, keeping a clean sheet in a Euro 2012 qualifier against Cyprus.[22]

At that time, Hannes was considered the main goalkeeper of the national team,[23] after appearing in all twelve 2014 World Cup qualifiers for Iceland.[24][25]

Hannes was selected for Euro 2016 in Iceland's first ever appearance in a major tournament.[26] He made his first UEFA European Championship appearance in matchday 1 of Group F versus Portugal which ended in a 1–1 draw.[27] Iceland eventually reached the knockout phase after finishing runner-up behind Hungary.[28] Played on China Cup 2017, where Iceland won silver medals[29][30]

In May 2018, he was named in Iceland's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[31] On 16 June 2018, Hannes saved a penalty kick from Argentina's Lionel Messi in Iceland's first World Cup match, which ended in a 1–1 draw and Hannes being named man of the match.[32][33]

On 8 September 2021, Hannes announced his retirement from the national team after his 77th match.[34]

Personal life

Hannes has worked as a film director when not playing football.[3][35] He directed, amongst other things, Iceland's video for their entry to the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.[36] His employer before leaving to Norway to become a fully professional footballer, Sagafilm, has promised him his job back when he returns to Iceland after his expatriate footballing career.[37]

Hannes directed a 2018 World Cup advertisement for Coca-Cola,[38] and his directional film debut Cop Secret.[39] In 2022, he directed an UEFA Women's Euro 2022 advertisement for N1, featuring Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir.[40]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 8 September 2021[41]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Iceland 201110
201280
201390
201470
201560
2016100
201770
201890
2019100
202070
202130
Total770

References

  1. 1 2 "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Iceland" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Hannes Þór Halldórsson at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. 1 2 3 4 "From Iceland's goalkeeping hero to film-maker" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. 1 2 "Söguupprifjun: Hannes látinn fara". RÚV. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 ehf., Torg (14 June 2018). "Fréttablaðið – Fékk ekki samning hjá Núma en mætir nú Messi". Fréttablaðið. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Þegar Númi hafnaði Hannesi" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Að snúa nánast tapaðri stöðu". www.synumkarakter.is. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Stoltasti pabbi í heimi brast í grát þegar Hannes varði vítið frá Messi - Vísir". visir.is. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  9. ↑ Torfi Kristján Stefánsson (28 March 2012). "Hannes Þór gengur til liðs við Brann". Mbl.is. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Hannes samdi viц╟ Sandnes Ulf | Rц V". Ruv.is. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "NEC staðfestir komu Hannesar". Mbl.is. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "Islandsk EM-Helt til Randers FC". randersfc.dk. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  13. ↑ ""Qarabağ"ımızdan növbəti transfer". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "HANNES HALLDÓRSSON SOLGT TIL QARABAG FK". randersfc.dk (in Danish). Randers FC. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "Hannes Halldorsson à Qarabag". lequipe.fr (in French). Lequipe. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  16. ↑ "Hanneslə yollar ayrıldı". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  17. 1 2 "Hannes fór yfir málin í hljóðveri X977". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  18. ↑ "Hannes orðinn leikmaður Vals (Staðfest)". Fotbolti.net. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  19. ↑ "Hannes yfirgefur Val (Staðfest)". Fotbolti.net. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  20. ↑ "Hanskarnir á hilluna hjá Hannesi". Morgunblaðið. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  21. ↑ Brynjar Ingi Erluson (18 June 2022). "Hannes Þór: Ég ætla ekki að hafa þetta dramatískt". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  22. ↑ "UEFA EURO 2012 - History - Iceland-Cyprus Statistics –". Uefa.com. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  23. ↑ "Hannes: Stefni á að spila erlendis - Vísir". Visir.is. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  24. ↑ Hannes Þór Halldórsson – FIFA competition record (archived)
  25. ↑ Hannes Þór Halldórsson at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  26. ↑ "A karla – Lokahópur fyrir EM 2016" (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 9 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  27. ↑ Chris Burke (14 June 2016). "Ice-cool Iceland claim Portugal point". UEFA.com. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  28. ↑ Jim Wirth (22 June 2016). "Austria win extends Iceland's mission impossible". UEFA.com. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  29. ↑ "Iceland vs. Chile - 15 January 2017 - Soccerway".
  30. ↑ "China PR vs. Iceland - 10 January 2017 - Soccerway".
  31. ↑ Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  32. ↑ "Halldórsson squashes an atomic flea". FIFA. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  33. ↑ "Sat 16 Jun 2018: World Cup - Group D: Argentina 1 – 1 Iceland". BBC Sport. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  34. ↑ Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson (8 September 2021). "Hannes hættur með landsliðinu". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  35. ↑ Sharma, Anmol (17 June 2018). "Goalkeeper who saved Messi's penalty is also a film director". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  36. ↑ "Sjáðu Eurovision-myndband Gretu og Jónsa - DV". Dv.is. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  37. ↑ "Fótbolti.net". Fotbolti.net. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  38. ↑ "Nærmynd dagsins: Hannes Þór Halldórsson". RÚV. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  39. ↑ Pham, Annika (19 January 2021). "Icelandic Soccer World Cup Hero Bows Directorial Debut at Goteborg's Nordic Film Market (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  40. ↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (28 June 2022). "Glódís Perla stjarnan í nýju EM-auglýsingunni: Mikið í boði úti í heimi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  41. ↑ "Hannes Þór Halldórsson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
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