Matthías Vilhjálmsson

Matthías Vilhjálmsson

Personal information
Full name	Matthías Vilhjálmsson
Date of birth	30 January 1987 (1987-01-30) (age 24)
Place of birth	Ísafjörður, Iceland
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder/Striker
Club information
Current club	FH
Number	27
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2002	BÍ/Bolungarvík	1	(0)
2002	Fram Reykjavik	3	(0)
2002–2004	BÍ/Bolungarvík	17	(3)
2004-2010	FH Hafnarfjörður	134	(46)
2010	→Colchester United F.C.(loan)	3	(0)
National team‡
2003–2004	Iceland U17	10	(3)
2005	Iceland U19	5	(1)
2006–2008	Iceland U21	8	(0)
2009–	Iceland	6	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 February 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2010

Matthías Vilhjálmsson (born 30 January 1987 in Reykjavík), also known as Matti Vill, is an Icelandic semi-professional footballer.

An attacking midfielder or a striker for Icelandic national football team and the Icelandic club FH. In 2004 he moved to Hafnarfjörður to play with FH after growing up in his hometown Ísafjörður where he played with BÍ 88 until he was 16 years old. First he enjoyed a success with the youth teams of FH, winning the cup in 2004 and also the double in 2005, which is the only group in the club who have won the double.

In 2005 he got his debut for the first team 18 years of age in the last match of the season coming on as a substitute when 20minutes were left on the game. It took him only one minute to get a penalty for his team which their top goalscorer Tryggvi Guðmundsson then smashed the ball in to the net to complete his hattrick.

In 2006-2010 seasons Matthías won with his team 5 titles in 5 years, 3 league titles and two cups. In 2007 he was voted the best young player in the league by other players. In 2009 his best season yet ended with a league title, most assists in the league and 6th goalscorer despite playing as a midfielder and also a right back some games because of injuries. In the spring 2010 he became one of the youngest captains ever in the club when he was nominated as the club captain for the season 2010 by his manager Heimir Guðjónsson. In 2010 season he was voted the best midfielder in the league by other players in a survey by the most popular football website in Iceland, www.fotbolti.net. The highlight of the season was when FH won the cup 4-0 against their rivals KR where Matthías scored first two goals from the penalty spot and then receiving the cup after the game.

Colchester United

Matthías joined Colchester on trial in November 2010, He impressed Colchester manager John Ward enough to earn a loan deal to the end of the season with the option of a permanent deal.

He was given the number 27 shirt previously used by Watford loanee Liam Henderson.

Vilhjálmsson made his début as a 83rd minute substitute in a 2 - 0 defeat against Brighton where he replaced Dave Mooney.

External links

• Matthías Vilhjálmsson at National-Football-Teams.com
• Matthías Vilhjálmsson career stats at Soccerbase
• http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/felagsmadur/?pLeikmadurNr=137680&pListi=1

Persondata
Name	Vilhjalmsson, Matthias
Alternative names	Matty
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	30 January 1987
Place of birth	Ísafjörður, Iceland
Date of death
Place of death