Heiðar Helguson
Football, Football player
1977 –
Who is Heiðar Helguson?
Heiðar Helguson is a Icelandic former footballer who played as a striker. He started his career in the Icelandic league system, with UMFS Dalvík and Þróttur. Following a one-season spell in Norway with Lillestrøm SK, Heiðar moved to England to join Watford in 1999, with Lillestrøm receiving a transfer fee of £1.5 million. The English media anglicised his name to Heidar when he joined Watford – it is by this given name that he is commonly known in England.
Although Watford were relegated from the Premier League during his first season at the club, Heiðar was a prolific goalscorer, finishing as the team's top scorer in the 1999–2000, 2002–03 and 2004–05 seasons, before being sold to Fulham in 2005. He played Premier League for them between 2005 and 2007, and Bolton until 2009, before transferring to Championship side QPR in 2009. After a return to Watford on loan in the 2009–10 season, Helguson played regularly for QPR in 2010–11, as they secured promotion to the Premier League as champions. In QPR's first Premier League season since 1995–96, Heiðar finished as the team's top scorer, helping them to secure Premier League survival on the last day of the 2011–12 season.
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- Born
- Aug 22, 1977
Dalvík - Also known as
- Heiðar Sigurjónsson
- Heidar Helguson
- Spouses
- Nationality
- Iceland
- Profession
- Lived in
- Akureyri
- Dalvík
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on July 23, 2013
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