Teitur Thordarson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Teitur Thordarson
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 14, 1952(1952-01-14)
Age	72
Birthplace	Iceland
Country	India
Horoscope	Capricorn

Teitur Thordarson Biography

Teitur Thordarson is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on January 14, 1952 in Iceland, India. Teitur Thordarson (Icelandic: Teitur Thordarson, born on 14 Jan 1952) is a famous Icelandic soccer coach. He is the elder twin brother to Olafur Thordarson.

The year was 1981 and he transferred in 1981 to French Club Lens where He scored 19 goals during his 1982-81 Ligue 1 season, finishing fourth in scoring. In Lens the club, he played with the former Liverpool, Lyon, and France manager Gerard Houllier. Then he was recruited to Cannes at the time that Arsene Wenger was the assistant coach.

Teitur’s coaching career extends over two decades starting in Sweden in 1987 with the last club he played for, Skövde.

In 1988, he landed his first head-coaching role in Norway’s top-flight Tippeligaen when he joined Brann. He led the Bergen club to the 1988 Norwegian Football Cup Final and spent the following two seasons at Brann before ending his first spell by moving to Lyn for two seasons in 1991. After a season with Norwegian Second Division club Grei, Teitur took charge of Lillestrøm and led them to second- and fourth-placed Tippeligaen finishes in 1994 and 1995 respectively.

Following a stint of playing for Swedish second-tier team Jonkoping In 1977, the club’s Teitur led Oster to win three league championships in Sweden’s top league Allsvenskan between 1978 between 1978 and 1981.

Teitur Thordarson Net Worth

Teitur Thordarson is one of the richest Association Football Player from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Teitur Thordarson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before becoming a coach, Teitur was playing as a striker for more than two decades. His first official contract was signed with his local club Ithrottabandalag Akraness in 1969. In all, he scored 51 goals over 99 games and also had four championship titles in the club of IA between 1969 and 1977.

Teitur was a part of 41 caps from Iceland between 1972 between 1972 and 1985. Teitur scored 9 goals and was captain of the Iceland team in a number of the games.

Teitur then had a spell in Switzerland with Yverdon-Sport before returning to Sweden in 1985 to complete his playing career with Öster and Skövde.

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With nearly four decades of experience in European football, Teitur became the sixth head coach in the history of the Vancouver Whitecaps after signing a two-year deal with the club on 11 December 2007. He was at the helm when the Whitecaps claimed their second United Soccer League First Division championship in three seasons after a 2–1 victory over Puerto Rico Islanders on 12 October 2008. The following season Teitur made key changes to the Vancouver squad, replacing several veterans with young and experienced players. Though the Whitecaps struggled in the later part of the season, they finished in the final playoff spot and reached the final, where they faced the Montreal Impact home and away in a two-legged affair. It was the first time in USL history that two Canadian clubs would meet for the league championship. The Caps lost both fixtures, home and away, 6-3 on aggregate. On 30 November 2009 Teitur signed a one-year contract extension with the club.

Facts & Trivia

Teitur Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Teitur Thordarson celebrates birthday on January 14 of every year.

On 15 January 2012, Cassius Management announced that Teitur would be one of six foreign coaches hired for the new league Bengal Premier League Soccer, with group stages beginning 15 March 2012. He was subsequently bought by Basarat, under the ownership of Uro Infra Reality India Ltd., for US$210,000 on 30 January 2012. After several delays due to lack of quality venues and government opposition, the project was cancelled in January 2013.