Þorvaldur Örlygsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Þorvaldur.

Þorvaldur Örlygsson

Personal information
Full name	Þorvaldur Örlygsson
Date of birth	(1966-08-02) 2 August 1966
Place of birth	Odense, Denmark
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	ÍA (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1989	KA	89	(20)
1988–1989	→ TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus (loan)	0	(0)
1989–1993	Nottingham Forest	37	(2)
1991	→ Fram (loan)	14	(3)
1993–1995	Stoke City	83	(16)
1995–1999	Oldham Athletic	76	(1)
2000–2003	KA	57	(6)
Total		356	(48)
International career
1987–1995	Iceland	41	(7)
Managerial career
2000–2005	KA Akureyri
2006–2007	Fjarðabyggð
2008–2013	Fram
2013	ÍA Akranes
2014-	HK Kopavogur
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Þorvaldur "Toddy" Örlygsson (born 2 August 1966) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a midfielder. After retiring, he has worked as a manager and is currently managing Íþróttabandalag Akraness. He is the younger brother of former international player Ormarr Örlygsson.

Þorvaldur started at Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar and played most of his career in England, first in the Premier League for Nottingham Forest and later for First Division clubs Stoke City and Oldham Athletic before returning to Iceland.

Career

"Toddy" arrived at Nottingham Forest in December 1989 for a fee of £175,000 from KA Akureyri after impressing Brian Clough. Þorvaldur took a while to make an impact and it wasn't until 1992 that he established himself in Forest's line-up. He played in 23 matches during the 1992–93, the first season of the Premier League which saw Forest suffer relegation. New manager Frank Clark decided to release Þorvaldur and in August 1993 he joined Stoke City on a free transfer.

He was signed by manager Lou Macari as a replacement for Kevin Russell. He soon made an impression on the supporters with a fine performance away at his former club Nottingham Forest. A number of fine goals earned him a great retort with the supporters and he became a popular player at the Victoria Ground. He scored 11 goals in 58 appearances in 1993–94 and hit eight goals in 44 matches in 1994–95. However his relationship with the fans turned sour when he rejected a new contract offer in the summer of 1995 and consequently found himself out of the side and eventually signed for Oldham Athletic for a fee of £180,000 in December 1995. His career in England was cut short by injury in 1999 though he played again for three more years at his first club KA Akureyri as well as a year as player manager. He later became full-time manager of KA Akureyri and Fjarðabyggð was appointed manager of Fram in 2008. He spent five years with Fram before becoming manager of ÍA Akranes on 19 June 2013.

International career

He made his debut for Iceland in 1987 and went on to win 41 caps, scoring 7 goals. He played his last international match in a November 1995 European Championship qualifying match against Hungary.

Career statistics

• Sourced from The English National Football Archive

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nottingham Forest	1989–90	First Division	12	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	17	1
	1990–91	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1991–92	First Division	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	1992–93	Premier League	20	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	23	3
	Total		37	2	1	0	6	2	1	0	45	4
Stoke City	1993–94	First Division	45	9	4	1	4	0	5	1	58	11
	1994–95	First Division	38	7	2	0	3	1	1	0	44	8
	1995–96	First Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	0
	Total		90	16	6	1	7	1	8	1	111	19
Oldham Athletic	1995–96	First Division	16	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
	1996–97	First Division	27	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	33	1
	1997–98	Second Division	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
	1998–99	Second Division	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	24	0
	Total		76	1	4	0	8	0	0	0	88	1
Career Total			203	19	11	1	21	3	9	1	244	24

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Full Members Cup.

External links

• Toddy Orlygsson tribute at Draw For Me The Boothen
• Þorvaldur Örlygsson at National-Football-Teams.com
• Þorvaldur Örlygsson career statistics at Soccerbase