Hannes Þor Halldorsson

Hannes Þor Halldorsson (born 27 April 1984) is an Icelandic professional footballer and filmmaker who plays as a goalkeeper for Icelandic club Valur and the Iceland national team.

Club Career

Iceland

Hannes played club football in Iceland for Leiknir, Afturelding, Stjarnan, Fram and KR. Hannes started his career at Leiknir at a time when the team was in the Icelandic 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 Numi, 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, 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

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.

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, Halldorsson signed a two-year contract with Qarabag FK. On 5 April 2019, Halldorsson lef