Matthías Vilhjálmsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Matthías.

Matthías Vilhjálmsson

Personal information
Full name	Matthías Vilhjálmsson
Date of birth	(1987-01-30) 30 January 1987
Place of birth	Ísafjörður, Iceland
Height
Position(s)	Striker Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Rosenborg
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2003	BÍ	13	(5)
2004–2013	FH	115	(37)
2011	→ Colchester (loan)	3	(0)
2012	→ Start (loan)	30	(18)
2013–2015	Start	66	(23)
2015–	Rosenborg	12	(2)
International career‡
2003–2004	Iceland U17	10	(3)
2005	Iceland U19	5	(1)
2006–2008	Iceland U21	8	(0)
2009–	Iceland	13	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 January 2015

Matthías Vilhjálmsson (born 30 January 1987) is an Icelandic international footballer who plays as a striker for the Icelandic national football team and the Norwegian Premier League club Rosenborg. He can as well play as a midfielder.

Matthías, also known as Matti Vill, has previously played for the Icelandic clubs BÍ and FH, the English club Colchester United and the Norwegian club Start.

Career

Early career

Matthías was born in Reykjavík and grew up in Ísafjörður where he played with BÍ until he was 16 years old. He moved to Hafnarfjörður in 2004 to play with FH where he enjoyed early 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. Matthías made his first-team debut for FH at the age of 18 in the last match of the 2005 season. He came on as a substitute with 20 minutes were left in the game, after one minute he was awarded a penalty which the team's top goalscorer Tryggvi Guðmundsson converted to complete his hattrick.

Between 2006 and 2010, Matthías won 5 titles with his team, three league titles and two cups. In 2007 he was voted the best young player in the league by other players. The 2009 season also ended with a league title, and he had most assists in the league and was the player with sixth most goals despite playing as a midfielder or right back. In the spring of 2010 he became one of the youngest captains in the history of FH when he was selected as the club captain for the 2010 season by his manager Heimir Guðjónsson. The same season, Matthías 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 before lifting the trophy after the game.

England

Matthías joined Colchester United on trial in November 2010, He impressed the manager John Ward enough to earn a loan deal to the end of the season with the option of a permanent deal. Matthías made his début as an 83rd-minute substitute in a 2–0 defeat against Brighton where he replaced Dave Mooney.

Norway

Ahead of the 2012-season, Matthías joined Norwegian First Division club Start on a season-long loan-deal. He scored 18 goals for the team during the season, and became the top goalscorer in the 2012 Norwegian First Division when Start won promotion to Tippeligaen. Ahead of the 2012-season he joined Start on a permanent deal, and signed a two-year contract with the club.

On 25 July 2015, after weeks of speculations, Matthías signed for the Norwegian giant Rosenborg on a two-and-a-half year deal.

Career statistics

Season	Club	Division	League		Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2002	BÍ	3. deild karla	2	0	0	0	2	0
2003			11	5	1	2	12	7
2005	FH	Úrvalsdeild	1	0	1	0	2	0
2006			14	0	1	0	15	0
2007			17	6	4	1	21	7
2008			19	5	2	1	21	6
2009			22	10	3	0	25	10
2010			21	6	5	4	26	10
2010–11	Colchester	League One	3	0	0	0	3	0
2011	FH	Úrvalsdeild	21	10	2	0	23	10
2012	Start	Adeccoligaen	30	18	3	1	33	19
2013		Tippeligaen	29	11	3	3	32	14
2014			22	5	3	4	25	9
2015			15	7	1	0	16	7
2015	Rosenborg		12	2	2	2	14	4
Career Total			239	85	31	18	270	103

International goals

Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 March 2010	Kórinn, Kópavogur	Faroe Islands	1–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	16 January 2015	UCF Soccer and Track Stadium, Orlando	Canada	2–0	2–1	Friendly

External links

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