Gylfi Sigurðsson

**Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson** (born 9 September 1989 in Reykjavik, Iceland) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He currently plays for the Premier League club Everton and the Iceland national team. He has also previously played for Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, Breiðablik UBK, Reading, Shrewsbury Town, Crewe Alexandra, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and the Tottenham Hotspurs. He has great long-range shooting abilities.

In July 2021 he was arrested in Manchester on suspicion of child sexual grooming. He was later released on bail subject to ongoing investigations.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Reading||Championship|0|0|1|0|2|0|—|—|3|0|||
|2009–10|Championship|38|16|5|3|1|1|—|—|44|20|||||
|2010–11|Championship|4|2|0|0|0|0|—|—|4|2|||||
|Shrewsbury Town (loan)|2008–09|League Two|5|1|—|—|—|1|0|6|1|||||
|Crewe Alexandra (loan)|2008–09|League One|15|3|—|—|—|—|15|3||||||
|rowspan="3"|1899 Hoffenheim|2010–11|Bundesliga|29|9|3|1|—|—|—|32|10||||
|2011–12|Bundesliga|7|0|0|0|—|—|—|7|0||||||
|Swansea City (loan)|2011–12|Premier League|18|7|1|0|0|0|—|—|19|7||||
|rowspan="3"|Tottenham Hotspur|2012–13|Premier League|33|3|2|0|2|1|11|3|—|48|7||
|2013–14|Premier League|25|5|0|0|2|1|8|0|—|35|6||||
|rowspan="4"|Swansea City|2014–15|Premier League|32|7|1|1|2|1|—|—|35|9|||
|2015–16|Premier League|36|11|0|0|1|0|—|—|37|11|||||
|2016–17|Premier League|38|9|1|0|1|1|—|—|40|10|||||
|rowspan="6"|Everton|2017–18|Premier League|27|4|1|1|0|0|5|1|—|33|6||
|2018–19|Premier League|38|13|2|0|1|1|—|—|41|14|||||
|2019–20|Premier League|35|2|1|0|2|1|—|—|38|3|||||
|2020–21|Premier League|36|6|4|1|4|1|—|—|44|8|||||
|2021–22|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|0|0|||||
|rowspan="1"|Lyngby|2023–24|Superliga|2|0|0|0|—|—|—|2|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Iceland|2010|3|0|
|2011|3|1|||
|2012|8|1|||
|2013|8|3|||
|2014|6|4|||
|2015|7|3|||
|2016|13|2|||
|2017|7|4|||
|2018|9|2|||
|2019|10|2|||
|2020|4|3|||
|2021|0|0|||
|2022|0|0|||
|2023|2|2|||

- _Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gylfi goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|7 October 2011|Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal|6||3–5|3–5|UEFA Euro 2012 qualification||||||||
|align="center"|2|12 October 2012|Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania|13||2–1|2–1|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|3|22 March 2013|Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia|16|rowspan="2"|align="center"|1–1|2–1|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|4|align="center"|2–1|||||||||||||
|align="center"|5|11 October 2013|Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland|19||2–0|2–0|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|6|9 September 2014|Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland|25||2–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 2016 qualification||||||||
|align="center"|7|10 October 2014|Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia|26||1–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 2016 qualification||||||||
|align="center"|8|13 October 2014|Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland|27|rowspan="2"|align="center"|1–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2016 qualification||||||||
|align="center"|9|align="center"|2–0|||||||||||||
|align="center"|10|3 September 2015|Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands|31||1–0|1–0|UEFA Euro 2016 qualification||||||||
|align="center"|11|10 October 2015|Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland|33||2–0|2–2|UEFA Euro 2016 qualification||||||||
|align="center"|12|13 November 2015|National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland|35||1–0|2–4|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|13|1 June 2016|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway|38||2–3|2–3|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|14|18 June 2016|Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France|41||1–0|1–1|UEFA Euro 2016||||||||
|align="center"|15|24 March 2017|Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania|49||2–0|2–1|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|16|5 September 2017|Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland|52|rowspan="2"|align="center"|1–0|2–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|17|align="center"|2–0|||||||||||||
|align="center"|18|9 October 2017|Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland|54||1–0|2–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|19|2 June 2018|Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland|56||2–1|2–3|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|20|26 June 2018|Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia|60||1–1|1–2|2018 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|align="center"|21|10 September 2019|Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania|70||1–1|2–4|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification||||||||
|align="center"|22|17 November 2019|Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova|74||2–1|2–1|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification||||||||
|align="center"|23|8 October 2020|Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland|75|rowspan="2"|align="center"|1–0|2–1|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification playoffs||||||||
|align="center"|24|align="center"|2–0|||||||||||||
|align="center"|25|12 November 2020|Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary|77||1–0|1–2|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification playoffs||||||||
|align="center"|26|16 October 2023|Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland|80|rowspan="2"|align="center"|1–0|4–0|UEFA Euro 2024 qualification||||||||
|align="center"|27|align="center"|3–0|||||||||||||

## Honours

**Individual**
- Premier League Player of the Month: March 2012
- Football League Championship Player of the Month: March 2010
- Reading Player of the Season: 2009–10
- Hoffenheim Player of the Season: 2010–11
- Icelandic Footballer of the Year: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year: 2013, 2016
- Swansea City Player of the Season: 2015–16, 2016–17

## Other websites

- Player's profile  KSI.is

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Gylfi Sigurðsson
- **image**: ISL-HRV (21) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Gylfi with Iceland national football team, Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
- **fullname**: Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson
- **birth place**: Reykjavík, Iceland
- **height**: 1.86 m
- **position**: Attacking midfielder
- **currentclub**: Lyngby Boldklub, Lyngby
- **clubnumber**: 18
- **youthyears1**: 2002
- **youthclubs1**: Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, FH
- **youthyears2**: 2003–2005
- **youthclubs2**: Breiðablik UBK, Breiðablik
- **youthyears3**: 2005–2008
- **youthclubs3**: Reading F.C. Under-21s and Academy, Reading
- **years1**: 2008–2010
- **clubs1**: Reading F.C., Reading
- **caps1**: 42
- **goals1**: 18
- **years2**: 2008
- **clubs2**: → Shrewsbury Town F.C., Shrewsbury Town (loan)
- **caps2**: 5
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2009
- **clubs3**: → Crewe Alexandra F.C., Crewe Alexandra (loan)
- **caps3**: 15
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 2010–2012
- **clubs4**: TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, 1899 Hoffenheim
- **caps4**: 36
- **goals4**: 9
- **years5**: 2012
- **clubs5**: → Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea City (loan)
- **caps5**: 18
- **goals5**: 7
- **years6**: 2012–2014
- **clubs6**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **caps6**: 58
- **goals6**: 8
- **years7**: 2014–2017
- **clubs7**: Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea City
- **caps7**: 106
- **goals7**: 27
- **years8**: 2017–2022
- **clubs8**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **caps8**: 136
- **goals8**: 25
- **years9**: 2023–
- **clubs9**: Lyngby Boldklub, Lyngby
- **caps9**: 2
- **goals9**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2005
- **nationalteam1**: Iceland national under-17 football team, Iceland U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2006–2007
- **nationalteam2**: Iceland national under-19 football team, Iceland U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 15
- **nationalgoals2**: 8
- **nationalyears3**: 2007–2011
- **nationalteam3**: Iceland national under-21 football team, Iceland U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 14
- **nationalgoals3**: 6
- **nationalyears4**: 2010–
- **nationalteam4**: Iceland national football team, Iceland
- **nationalcaps4**: 80
- **nationalgoals4**: 27
- **club-update**: 17:10, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 20:48, 14 October 2023 (UTC)