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Pétur Marteinsson
Personal information
Full name	Pétur Hafliði Marteinsson
Date of birth	14 July 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1990	Fram
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1991	Fram
1992–1993	Leiftur
1994–1995	Fram
1996–1998	Hammarby
1999–2001	Stabæk
2001–2003	Stoke City
2003–2006	Hammarby
2007–2008	KR
Total
International career
1988	Iceland U-17
1990	Iceland U-19
1992–1995	Iceland U-21
1993–2005	Iceland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pétur Hafliði Marteinsson (born 14 July 1973) is a retired Icelandic football player. He played for Hammarby IF in Sweden, Stabæk in Norway and Stoke City in England during his professional career. Marteinsson was capped 36 times and scored one goal while playing for Iceland. He is the son of former Icelandic international player Marteinn Geirsson.

Club career

Marteinsson was born in Reykjavík and started his career in Fram. He moved to Swedish club Hammarby IF in 1996^[1] where he was a great success. A sought-after defender, Marteinsson was bought by the Norwegian club Stabæk,^[2] coached by Anders Linderoth.

In November 2001, he moved on to English club Stoke City,^[3] joining up with a number of fellow Icelandic players. He made his debut against Peterborough United in January 2002. He made just two more appearances during the 2001–02 season and when Guðjón Þórðarson was sacked at the end of the season Marteinsson struggled to get a look in with new manager Steve Cotterill and then Tony Pulis. Marteinsson made 18 league appearances for Stoke scoring twice against Bradford City in 2002 before being released in September 2003.^[4]^[5]^[6]

He returned to Hammarby where he spent three years and made 48 appearances for "Bajen". In October 2006, KR Reykjavik announced they had signed Marteinsson for the 2007 Icelandic premier league season,^[7] a move which saw Marteinsson return to his native Iceland to finish his career in 2008. In his last season he won a cup.^[8]

International career

Marteinsson was capped 36 times for Iceland.^[9] He made his debut in an August 1993 friendly match against the USA as a substitute for Kristján Jónsson.

Career statistics

Club

Sources:^[10]^[11]^[12]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Fram	1990	Úrvalsdeild	1	0	—		—		1	0
	1991	Úrvalsdeild	4	0	—		—		4	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	—		5	0
Leiftur	1992	1. deild karla	18	7	2	0	—		20	7
	1993	1. deild karla	16	5	4	0	—		20	5
	Total		34	12	6	0	—		40	12
Fram	1994	Úrvalsdeild	16	0	—		—		16	0
	1995	Úrvalsdeild	16	0	—		—		16	0
	Total		32	0	—		—		32	0
Hammarby	1996	Swedish Division 1	23	0	—		—		23	0
	1997	Swedish Division 1	23	2	—		—		23	2
	1998	Allsvenskan	24	2	—		—		24	2
	Total		70	4	—		—		70	4
Stabæk	1999	Tippeligaen	18	0	—		—		18	0
	2000	Tippeligaen	21	2	—		—		21	2
	2001	Tippeligaen	24	2	—		—		24	2
	Total		63	4	—		—		63	4
Stoke City	2001–02	Second Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2002–03	First Division	12	2	2	0	0	0	14	2
	2003–04	First Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		18	2	2	0	0	0	20	2
Hammarby	2003	Allsvenskan	1	1	—		—		1	1
	2004	Allsvenskan	19	3	—		—		19	3
	2005	Allsvenskan	8	1	—		—		8	1
	2006	Allsvenskan	20	0	—		—		20	0
	Total		48	5	—		—		48	5
KR	2007	Úrvalsdeild	15	0	—		8	0	23	0
	2008	Úrvalsdeild	14	0	4	1	1	0	19	1
	Total		29	0	4	1	9	0	42	1
Career Total			299	27	12	1	9	0	320	28

International

Source:^[11]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iceland	1993	1	0
	1994	1	0
	1997	1	0
	1998	4	0
	1999	6	0
	2000	5	0
	2001	6	0
	2002	1	0
	2003	2	1
	2004	6	0
	2005	3	0
Total		36	1

References

^ "Lít á Hammarby sem stökkpall". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic) (15/1996). Útgáfufélagið Frétt ehf: 15. 19 June 1996. ISSN 1021-8254. OCLC 477655698.
^ "Sveriges mest jagade lirare" (in Swedish). aftonbladet.se. 11 November 1998. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ "Þýsk og austurrísk lið með tilbúna samninga". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic) (149/2001): 14. 21 November 2001. ISSN 1670-3871.
^ "Marteinsson leaves Stoke". BBC Sport. 3 September 2003. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
^ "Stoke 2–1 Bradford". BBC Sport. 17 August 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
^ "Bradford 4–2 Stoke". BBC Sport. 26 December 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
^ "Pétur Marteinsson í KR" (in Icelandic). visir.is. 1 November 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ "KR bikarmeistari í ellefta skiptið". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic) (272/2008): 40. 5 October 2008. ISSN 1670-3871. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ Icelandic FA - KSÍ
^ Pétur Marteinsson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Pétur Marteinsson at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "Pétur Hafliði Marteinsson". KSÍ.