Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samúel Pétursson Thorsteinsson | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1893 | ||
Place of birth | Bíldudalur, Iceland | ||
Date of death | 25 November 1956 | (aged 63)||
Place of death | Slagelse, Denmark | ||
Position(s) | Outside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1910 | Naples FC | ||
191?–1912 | Akademisk Boldklub | ||
1912–1913 | Naples FC | ||
191?–192? | Akademisk Boldklub | ||
International career | |||
1918–1919 | Denmark | 7 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Samúel Pétursson Thorsteinsson (1 January 1893 – 25 November 1956) was an Icelandic footballer [1] [2] and a physician. [3] He played in seven matches for the Denmark national team in 1918 and 1919. [4]
Playing the right outside forward position, [5] he won the Danish football Championship in 1919 [6] and 1921 as part of Akademisk Boldklub.[ citation needed] He also played briefly for the Italian Naples Foot-Ball & Cricket Club, becoming the first Nordic footballer to compete in Italy. [6]
Thorsteinsson was born in Bíldudalur, Iceland, to Icelandic entrepreneur Pétur J. Thorsteinsson and Ásthildur Guðmundsdóttir. [3] He was a younger brother of Icelandic artist Muggur [7] and older brother of footballers Gunnar Thorsteinsson and Friðþjófur Thorsteinsson. [6]
Samúel Thorsteinsson er frægasti knattspyrnumaður Íslands
Samúel Thorsteinsson er frægasti knattspyrnumaður íslenzkur
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Samúel Pétursson Thorsteinsson | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1893 | ||
Place of birth | Bíldudalur, Iceland | ||
Date of death | 25 November 1956 | (aged 63)||
Place of death | Slagelse, Denmark | ||
Position(s) | Outside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1910 | Naples FC | ||
191?–1912 | Akademisk Boldklub | ||
1912–1913 | Naples FC | ||
191?–192? | Akademisk Boldklub | ||
International career | |||
1918–1919 | Denmark | 7 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Samúel Pétursson Thorsteinsson (1 January 1893 – 25 November 1956) was an Icelandic footballer [1] [2] and a physician. [3] He played in seven matches for the Denmark national team in 1918 and 1919. [4]
Playing the right outside forward position, [5] he won the Danish football Championship in 1919 [6] and 1921 as part of Akademisk Boldklub.[ citation needed] He also played briefly for the Italian Naples Foot-Ball & Cricket Club, becoming the first Nordic footballer to compete in Italy. [6]
Thorsteinsson was born in Bíldudalur, Iceland, to Icelandic entrepreneur Pétur J. Thorsteinsson and Ásthildur Guðmundsdóttir. [3] He was a younger brother of Icelandic artist Muggur [7] and older brother of footballers Gunnar Thorsteinsson and Friðþjófur Thorsteinsson. [6]
Samúel Thorsteinsson er frægasti knattspyrnumaður Íslands
Samúel Thorsteinsson er frægasti knattspyrnumaður íslenzkur