Kolbeinn Sigþórsson

Víkingur

Kolbeinn began his career in Iceland with Víkingur, where he came through the academy, before deciding to move over to HK's youth team for a brief spell in March 2006 three days before he turned 16.

HK

Joining HK, he made his senior debut in the 2006 season. He would go on to play five league matches for the club, scoring one goal. He soon attracted the interest from top European clubs like Real Madrid and Arsenal, having two trials with the London-based club, before finally deciding to move to AZ.

AZ

After joining AZ in March 2007, he initially played in various youth teams before finally joining the first team squad in July 2010, after struggling with injuries. He made his professional debut for AZ on 5 August 2010 in a UEFA Europa League qualification match against IFK Göteborg. He scored his first goal for the club on 29 August 2010 in a match against Excelsior. On 29 January 2011, he scored a hat-trick in the first half in a match against VVV-Venlo, going on to score five goals in the match. As he kept scoring goals in subsequent matches, AZ tried to extend the player's contract, but the player was not interested. After courting interest from Borussia Dortmund and Newcastle United, Dutch giants Ajax moved in for the player with a €2 million bid. The player soon agreed on personal terms with Ajax, but the clubs could not agree on a fee for several weeks.

Ajax

On 4 July 2011, it was announced that the clubs had agreed a fee…

After representing Iceland on various youth levels, Kolbeinn made his debut for the Iceland national team in a friendly against the Faroe Islands on 21 March 2010 scoring the second goal in the 37th minute of the 2–0 home win. His first appearance in a competitive match for Iceland came on 7 September 2010 in a Euro 2012 qualification match against Denmark losing to the opposition in a 1–0 away match. His first goal in a competitive match came on 6 September 2011 in a Euro 2012 qualification match against Cyprus, finding the back of the net in the fifth minute for the only goal in the 1–0 home win. On 27 May, he scored the second goal giving Iceland a 2–0 advantage over France but Iceland went on to lose the match 3–2. Kolbeinn captained the side on 6 February 2013 in a friendly against Russia, held in Marbella, Spain, where Iceland lost 2–0. After the match national coach Lars Lagerbäck said Kolbeinn would likely be named as vice-captain to Aron Gunnarsson. That held true when Kolbeinn captained the side after Aron was carried off injured in a World Cup qualifying match against Slovenia in June 2013.

UEFA Euro 2016

Kolbeinn scored in Iceland's opening UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match, a 3–0 victory over Turkey in Reykjavík. On 12 June 2015, he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 win over the Czech Republic to give Iceland a two-point lead at the top of Group A. He was called up for the 23-man squad managed by Heimir Hallgrímsson and Lars Lagerbäck for Euro 2016. On 27…

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As of match played 14 October 2019 Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kolbeinn goal.

His brother Andri Sigþórsson was also a professional footballer who now acts as his agent. Kolbeinn's niece is footballer Amanda Andradóttir.

Scandals

2019 arrest

In October, Kolbeinn was arrested by the Stockholm Police at a nightclub for a drunken brawl. Kolbeinn violently resisted the club's security guard at closing time when he was asked to leave. AIK's chairman was interviewed by Expressen after the incident and claimed that Kolbeinn's behaviour had violated the club's values. The incident had no further consequences for Kolbeinn and he continued playing for AIK.

2021 sexual assault allegations

In August 2021, Þórhildur Gyða Arnarsdóttir, an Icelandic woman in her mid-twenties, revealed that she had suffered a sexual assault by Kolbeinn in 2017. According to her description, the assault took place in a Reykjavík nightclub and included an attempted strangling. Another woman, who was unnamed at first, suffered a similar assault by Kolbeinn that same night. Þórhildur reported the assault to the Reykjavík police the following day. Six months later, when the police had still taken no action in Kolbeinn's case, Þórhildur's father realised that her daughter's perpetrator had been recruited on the Iceland national team for an upcoming match. He contacted Guðni Bergsson, president of the Football Association of Iceland, and described the assault. Guðni temporarily removed Kolbeinn from the team, but he was recruited again soon after without…