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Gylfi Sigurðsson

1989 - Today

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gylfi Sigurðsson is the 8,609th most popular soccer player (down from 5,720th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 98th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Icelander Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gylfi Sigurðsson ranks 8,609 out of 21,273. Before him are Viktor Tsyhankov, Sammy Adjei, František Rajtoral, Dominic Adiyiah, Liviu Ciobotariu, and Kennedy Bakircioglu. After him are Tomoyuki Sakai, Nestor Omar Piccoli, Lee Jong-hwa, Estanislao Struway, Gheorghe Mihali, and Christian Giménez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Gylfi Sigurðsson ranks 297. Before him are Ryan Corr, Travis Kelce, J. J. Watt, Michelle Wie, David N'Gog, and Dominic Adiyiah. After him are Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Nia DaCosta, Martin Kližan, Ryoma Hashiuchi, Rob Knox, and Abdelaziz Barrada.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Gylfi Sigurðsson ranks 125 out of 190. Before him are Paul Oscar (1970), Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (1990), Jónína Leósdóttir (1954), Georg Hólm (1976), Heimir Hallgrímsson (1967), and Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (1980). After him are Ari Freyr Skúlason (1987), Ólafur Arnalds (1986), Ögmundur Kristinsson (1989), Selma Björnsdóttir (1974), Rúnar Kristinsson (1969), and Jóhannes Eðvaldsson (1950).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Iceland

Among soccer players born in Iceland, Gylfi Sigurðsson ranks 13. Before him are Ragnar Sigurðsson (1986), Theódór Elmar Bjarnason (1987), Birkir Bjarnason (1988), Birkir Már Sævarsson (1984), Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (1990), and Heimir Hallgrímsson (1967). After him are Ari Freyr Skúlason (1987), Ögmundur Kristinsson (1989), Rúnar Kristinsson (1969), Jóhannes Eðvaldsson (1950), Aron Gunnarsson (1989), and Emil Hallfreðsson (1984).

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