Kolbeinn Sigþórsson

He scored his first goal for the club in a pre-season friendly against Brøndby IF, scoring with a header in the 38th minute.

Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (born 14 March 1990 ) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Kolbeinn came through Víkingur Reykjavik's youth program and made his professional debut with HK Kópavogur at 16 years of age.

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.

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.

In 2007, he moved to the Netherlands to continue his development with AZ Alkmaar.

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.

For the Iceland national team, Kolbeinn made 64 appearances and scored 26 goals between 2010 and 2021.

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.

A successful debut season in the Eredivisie prompted a transfer to Ajax in 2011, where he became a first team regular.

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.

On 4 July 2011, it was announced that the clubs had agreed a fee of €4.5 million and the player signed a contract with the AFC Ajax.

In an interview, Kolbeinn stated that it was a dream come true to work with Dennis Bergkamp and Frank de Boer.

On 30 July 2011, he made his first appearance in a competitive match for Ajax, as the team lost the Johan Cruyff Shield 2–1 to Twente.

On 14 August 2011, Kolbeinn scored his first league goal for Ajax in a 5–1 victory over Heerenveen at the Amsterdam Arena.

He scored another goal against VVV Venlo the following week, and two more goals against Vitesse, taking his tally to 4 goals in 4 league matches.

In October 2011, Kolbeinn fractured his ankle and was ruled out for the rest of the season.

However, on 12 March 2012, he trained for the first time in about five months without complications.

He made his return to the Ajax side on 1 April 2012, coming of the bench to score the last goal in a 6–0 win over Heracles Almelo.

That season, he also suffered a dislocated shoulder.

In 2015, he joined Nantes in Ligue 1; injuries, however, hindered his spell at the club, which included a brief loan to Galatasaray in 2016.

After a period in Sweden, playing for AIK and IFK Göteborg, he retired from football in 2021.

On 2 July 2015, it was announced that Kolbeinn had signed a five-year contract with French Ligue 1 side FC Nantes, with Ajax receiving a €3.5 million transfer fee in the deal.

He was presented by his new club the same day, and given the number 9 shirt for the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season.

He was a member of the UEFA Euro 2016 team.

As a youth, he had also previously appeared at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels.

On 30 August 2016, Kolbeinn joined Galatasaray on season-long loan deal, with a €3.8 million clause to buy him on a permanent basis.

On 29 December 2016, Galatasaray cancelled his loan.

Kolbeinn declined a move to IFK Gothenburg in the 2018 January transfer window over fears the artificial pitches in Sweden could cause more impact damage to his knee.

He made his playing comeback for the FC Nantes reserves in March 2018.

Nantes announced on 8 March 2019 that Kolbeinn's contract had been terminated.

On 31 March 2019, Kolbeinn joined Swedish club AIK, signing a contract valid until 31 December 2021.

On 27 January 2021, it was announced that Sigþórsson had signed with IFK Göteborg, remaining in the Swedish competition.

Following a promising start making him a key player for the club, but following the news of him being involved in a sexual assault saw him being suspended from the team for the time being, the club later announced that he would remain and continue to play with the club, however due to injury in the foot he ended up missing the rest of the season.