Willum Þór Þórsson
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| Willum Þór Þórsson | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Willum Þór Þórsson | |
| Date of birth | March 17, 1963 | |
| Place of birth | Iceland | |
| Playing position | midfielder or defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Valur (Manager) | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1980-1989 1990-1995 1996 |
KR Breiðablik Þróttur |
- (-) 85 (19) 1 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1979 | Iceland U-17 | 3 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1997-1998 2000-2001 2002-2004 2005-2007 |
Þróttur Haukar KR Valur |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Willum Þór Þórsson (born March 17, 1963) is a former football player and currently manager of Valur.
He holds a Master's degree in Microeconomics from the University of Copenhagen and teaches economics at Menntaskólinn í Kópavogi.
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[edit] Playing career
Þórsson began his career at KR before moving on to Breiðablik and later Þróttur where he started his manager career.
He represented Iceland at youth level both in basketball and football.
[edit] Manager career
Þórsson led Þróttur to Iceland's top league, the Úrvalsdeild in 1997. The wait had been long as Þróttur last played at the top level in 1985. In 2000 he became the manager of Haukar and in 2002 he was appointed manager of KR and led them to two successive championships in 2002 and 2003. In 2004 KR finished without a title and Þórsson's contract was not renewed. He took charge of Valur who had just been promoted to the Úrvalsdeild and finished the 2005 season in 2nd place after champions FH.
Valur won the 2005 VISA-bikar with a 1-0 victory over Fram.In 2006 Valur ended the season in 3rd place and in 2007 Willum managed Valur to their first League title in 20 years and won Manager of the season in Landsbankadeildin.
He's the only manager who has won every single league in Iceland (4 in total), 2nd and 3rd division with Haukar, 1st division with Þróttur and the Premier League with KR and Valur.
[edit] Political career
Þórsson has taken active part in politics with the Progressive Party.
[edit] External links
- KSÍ factfile (in Icelandic)
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