Hannes Þór Halldórsson
Hannes Þór Halldórsson (born 27 April 1984) is an Icelandic filmmaker and former professional footballer. He was a member of the Iceland national team where he was capped 77 times and appeared at UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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- Name
- Hannes Þór Halldórsson
- Born
- 27 April 1984
- Birthplace
- Reykjavík, Iceland
- Nationality
- Iceland
- Occupation
- association football player · film director · screenwriter
- Languages
- Icelandic
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Hannes Þór Halldórsson (born 27 April 1984) is an Icelandic filmmaker and former professional footballer. He was a member of the Iceland national team where he was capped 77 times and appeared at UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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• Name — Hannes Þór Halldórsson • Fullname — Hannes Þór Halldórsson • Born — 27 April 1984 • Birthplace — Reykjavík, Iceland • Height — 1.93 m • Position — Goalkeeper • Years1 — 2002–2004 • Clubs1 — Leiknir R. • Caps1 — 3 • Goals1 — 0 • Years2 — 2005 • Clubs2 — Afturelding • Caps2 — 18 • Goals2 — 0 • Years3 — 2006 • Clubs3 — Stjarnan • Caps3 — 18 • Goals3 — 0 • Years4 — 2007–2010 • Clubs4 — Fram • Caps4 — 84 • Goals4 — 0 • Years5 — 2011–2013 • Clubs5 — KR • Caps5 — 63 • Goals5 — 0 • Years6 — 2012 • Clubs6 — → Brann (loan) • Caps6 — 1 • Goals6 — 0 • Years7 — 2014–2015 • Clubs7 — Sandnes Ulf • Caps7 — 45 • Goals7 — 0 • Years8 — 2015–2016 • Clubs8 — NEC • Caps8 — 8 • Goals8 — 0 • Years9 — 2016 • Clubs9 — → Bodø/Glimt (loan) • Caps9 — 14 • Goals9 — 0 • Years10 — 2016–2018 • Clubs10 — Randers • Caps10 — 65 • Goals10 — 0 • Years11 — 2018–2019 • Clubs11 — Qarabağ • Caps11 — 4 • Goals11 — 0 • Years12 — 2019–2021 • Clubs12 — Valur • Caps12 — 58 • Goals12 — 0 • Years13 — 2022 • Clubs13 — Víkingur Reykjavík • Caps13 — 0 • Goals13 — 0 • Totalcaps — 381 • Totalgoals — 0 • Nationalyears1 — 2011–2021 • Nationalteam1 — Iceland • Nationalcaps1 — 77 • Nationalgoals1 — 0 • Club Update — 25 September 2021 • Ntupdate — 8 September 2021
Iceland
Iceland
Hannes played club football in Iceland for Leiknir, Afturelding, Stjarnan, Fram and KR. Hannes joined KR at the age of 5. He quit football at the age of 20 following a shoulder injury, before returning to the sport and joining third-tier Leiknir. Hannes started his career at Leiknir at a time when the team was in the fourth- and third tier of the Icelandic football league system. Hannes was let go from Leiknir in 2004 after making a number of serious mistakes in an important game that revolved around progressing to the second tier. During his time at Leiknir, Hannes sought to join Númi, which played in the Icelandic bottom tier, after struggling to get into the Leiknir first team, but the team rejected him. After leaving Leiknir, Hannes joined Afturelding, which played in the third tier. Early in his career, Hannes struggled with shoulder injuries. Hannes was known for poor kicking during his early career. In 2006, Hannes joined Stjarnan, which played in the second tier. He joined Fram, a first tier team, in 2007. Hannes said that at the time (in early 2005), he set a goal of becoming a goalkeeper for a team in the first tier in three years' time, and hoped to play abroad after that. He joined KR in 2011, winning the double with the team in his first season.
Out of Iceland
Out of Iceland
On 28 March 2012, Hannes joined Norwegian club SK Brann on a short-term loan, as a cover for injured goalkeeper Piotr Leciejewski. In December 2013, Hannes joined Norwegian club Sandnes Ulf, having trained with the club in October 2013 as preparation for Iceland's World Cup playoff game against Croatia. He became a professional footballer in 2014. On 6 July 2015, Dutch Eredivisie club NEC announced they had signed Hannes on a two-year contract. On 15 July 2016, Danish club Randers FC signed Hannes on a three-year contract. On 3 July 2018, Hannes signed a two-year contract with Qarabağ FK. On 5 April 2019, he left Qarabağ by mutual consent. Hannes had at that point become the third-choice goalkeeper at Qarabag.
Return to Iceland
Return to Iceland
On 9 April 2019, Icelandic club Valur signed Hannes on a four-year contract. Hannes cited family reasons and the four-year contract as reasons to return to the Icelandic top flight division. He left Valur on 11 November 2021. On 16 March 2022, Hannes announced his retirement from football. In June 2022, Hannes agreed to join Víkingur Reykjavík as backup goalkeeper following the injuries of Víkingur goalkeepers Ingvar Jónsson and Uggi Auðunsson.
International career
International career
• Illustration — Hannes saving Lionel Messi's penalty at the FIFA World Cup 2018 Hannes made his international debut for Iceland in 2011, keeping a clean sheet in a Euro 2012 qualifier against Cyprus. After appearing in all 12 2014 World Cup qualifiers for Iceland, he cemented his first-choice status. Hannes was selected for Euro 2016, Iceland's first ever appearance in a major international football tournament. He made his first UEFA European Championship appearance in matchday 1 of Group F versus Portugal which ended in a 1–1 draw. Iceland eventually reached the knockout phase after finishing runner-up behind Hungary. In May 2018, he was named in Iceland's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. On 16 June 2018, Hannes saved a penalty kick from Argentina's Lionel Messi in Iceland's first World Cup match, which ended in a 1–1 draw and Hannes being named man of the match. On 8 September 2021, Hannes announced his retirement from the national team after his 77th match.
Personal life
Personal life
Hannes has worked as a film director when not playing football. He directed, amongst other things, Iceland's video for their entry to the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. His employer before leaving to Norway to become a fully professional footballer, Sagafilm, has promised him his job back when he returns to Iceland after his expatriate footballing career. Hannes directed a 2018 World Cup advertisement for Coca-Cola, and his directional film debut Cop Secret. In 2022, he directed an UEFA Women's Euro 2022 advertisement for N1, featuring Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir.
International
International
Appearances and goals by national team and year • National team — Year — Apps — Goals • Iceland — 2011 — 1 — 0 • 2012 — 8 — 0 • 2013 — 9 — 0 • 2014 — 7 — 0 • 2015 — 6 — 0 • 2016 — 10 — 0 • 2017 — 7 — 0 • 2018 — 9 — 0 • 2019 — 10 — 0 • 2020 — 7 — 0 • 2021 — 3 — 0 • Total — 77 — 0
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Hannes Thór Halldórsson, Hannes Thor Halldorsson, Hannes Halldorsson and Hannes Halldórsson. His recorded language was Icelandic.
Identity
Identity
Hannes Þór Halldórsson is recorded with the occupation association football player. Recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as association football player, film director and screenwriter.

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- 1.FIFA. 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Iceland. 13. 10 June 2018.
- 2.NFT player id=44979 accessdate=
- 3.From Iceland's goalkeeping hero to film-maker. BBC Sport. 12 October 2021.
- 4.Söguupprifjun: Hannes látinn fara. RÚV. 13 May 2013.
- 5.ehf., Torg. Fréttablaðið – Fékk ekki samning hjá Núma en mætir nú Messi. Fréttablaðið. 14 June 2018.
- 6.Þegar Númi hafnaði Hannesi.
- 7.Að snúa nánast tapaðri stöðu. www.synumkarakter.is.
- 8.Stoltasti pabbi í heimi brast í grát þegar Hannes varði vítið frá Messi - Vísir. visir.is.
- 9.Torfi Kristján Stefánsson. Hannes Þór gengur til liðs við Brann. Mbl.is. 28 March 2012.
- 10.Hannes samdi viц╟ Sandnes Ulf | Rц V. Ruv.is. 3 December 2013.
- 11.NEC staðfestir komu Hannesar. Mbl.is.
- 12.Islandsk EM-Helt til Randers FC. randersfc.dk.
- 13.Qarabağ FK. "Qarabağ"ımızdan növbəti transfer. qarabagh.com. 4 July 2018.
- 14.Randers FC. HANNES HALLDÓRSSON SOLGT TIL QARABAG FK. randersfc.dk. 3 July 2018.
- 15.Lequipe. Hannes Halldorsson à Qarabag. lequipe.fr. 3 July 2018.
- 16.Qarabağ FK. Hanneslə yollar ayrıldı. qarabagh.com/. 5 April 2019.
- 17.Hannes fór yfir málin í hljóðveri X977. fotbolti.net.
- 18.Hannes orðinn leikmaður Vals (Staðfest). Fotbolti.net.
- 19.Hannes yfirgefur Val (Staðfest). Fotbolti.net.
- 20.Hanskarnir á hilluna hjá Hannesi. Morgunblaðið. 16 March 2022.
- 21.Hannes Þór: Ég ætla ekki að hafa þetta dramatískt. Fótbolti.net. 18 June 2022.
- 22.UEFA EURO 2012 - History - Iceland-Cyprus Statistics –. UEFA.
- 23.FIFA player 359843
- 24.Soccerway hannes-thor-halldorsson/9634 accessdate=11 June 2017
- 25.Hannes: Stefni á að spila erlendis - Vísir. Visir.is. 14 October 2012.
- 26.Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. A karla – Lokahópur fyrir EM 2016. 9 May 2016.
- 27.Chris Burke. Ice-cool Iceland claim Portugal point. UEFA. 14 June 2016.
- 28.Jim Wirth. Austria win extends Iceland's mission impossible. UEFA. 22 June 2016.
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- 30.China PR vs. Iceland - 10 January 2017 - Soccerway.
- 31.Crawford, Stephen. Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists. Goal. 4 June 2018.
- 32.FIFA. Halldórsson squashes an atomic flea. 16 June 2018.
- 33.BBC Sport. Sat 16 Jun 2018: World Cup - Group D: Argentina 1 – 1 Iceland. 16 June 2018.
- 34.Hannes hættur með landsliðinu. RÚV. 8 September 2021.
- 35.Sharma, Anmol. Goalkeeper who saved Messi's penalty is also a film director. The Guardian. 17 June 2018.
- 36.Sjáðu Eurovision-myndband Gretu og Jónsa - DV. Dv.is.
- 37.Fótbolti.net. Fotbolti.net.
- 38.Nærmynd dagsins: Hannes Þór Halldórsson. RÚV. 16 June 2018.
- 39.Pham, Annika. Icelandic Soccer World Cup Hero Bows Directorial Debut at Goteborg's Nordic Film Market (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 19 January 2021.
- 40.Glódís Perla stjarnan í nýju EM-auglýsingunni: Mikið í boði úti í heimi. Vísir.is. 28 June 2022.
- 41.NFT player 44979 Hannes Þór Halldórsson access-date=23 June 2018
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