Kristján Emilsson

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 Kristján.
Kristján Emilsson
Personal information
Full name Kristján Gauti Emilsson
Date of birth (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
–2009 FH Hafnarfjörður
2009–2012 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 FH Hafnarfjörður 3 (0)
2012–2014 FH Hafnarfjörður 34 (6)
2014–2016 NEC 14 (2)
National team‡
2009 Iceland U-17 7 (5)
2009–2010 Iceland U-19 11 (2)
2013–2014 Iceland U-21 8 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 May 2015 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2014

Kristján Gauti Emilsson (born 26 April 1993) is an Icelandic former footballer who last played as a forward for NEC in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Career

In 2009, Kristján made his debut for FH Hafnarfjörður in the highest Icelandic league. After an intership with Liverpool, he signed a three-year deal with the club and played in the youth academy until mid 2012. He returned to this former team where he made his real break through. On 23 July 2014, it was announced that Kristján had signed a three-year deal with Dutch Eerste Divisie side NEC.[1] In January 2016, Emilsson ended his professional career because of personal reasons.

International career

Kristján played for several Icelandic youth squads and was called for the national team in June 2014. He has not made his debut yet.

Honours

Club

NEC

References

  1. ↑ N.E.C. contracteert Kristjan Emilsson (Dutch)
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