Ríkharður Daðason

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 Ríkharður.
Ríkharður Daðason
Personal information
Full name Ríkharður Daðason
Date of birth (1972-04-26) 26 April 1972
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1995 Fram Reykjavik 119 (44)
1996–1997 Kalamata 10 (1)
1997 KR 16 (7)
1998–2000 Viking 69 (47)
2000–2002 Stoke City 38 (10)
2002–2003 Lillestrøm 12 (4)
2003 Fredrikstad 9 (4)
2004–2005 Fram Reykjavik 28 (10)
Total 301 (127)
National team
1991–2003 Iceland 44 (14)
Teams managed
2013 Fram Reykjavik

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Ríkharður Daðason (born 26 April 1972) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a striker for Fram Reykjavik, KR, Kalamata, Viking, Stoke City, Lillestrøm and Fredrikstad.

Club career

Ríkharður started his career in Fram Reykjavik, and later moved to KR where he became top goalscorer in the Úrvalsdeild in 1996 with 14. His KR career was interrupted by an unsuccessful spell in Greek football with Kalamata. In 1998, he moved to Norwegian club Viking, and after scoring at least 15 goals three seasons in a row he was signed by English club Stoke City in the summer of 2000. Stoke were at the time under the control of an Icelandic board and Ríkharður was one of a number fellow countrymen at join up at the Britannia Stadium, Stoke had to wait until the Norwegian finished before Ríkharður could join them and he made a great start scoring the winning goal against Barnsley with his first touch.[1]

He failed to build on such a good start and scored seven more goals in 2000–01 and became more used by Guðjón Þórðarson as a substitute. He scored four goals in 13 matches in 2001–02 and was released by the club at the end of the season. He returned to Norway and played for Lillestrøm and Fredrikstad before ending his career with a return to Fram.

International career

Ríkharður made his debut for Iceland in a May 1991 friendly against Malta as a substitute for Grétar Einarsson. He played his last international match in 2003, having been capped 44 times and scoring 14 goals.[2] Ríkharður scored a legendary goal against France, then recent World Cup Champions, on 5 September 1998. The game ended with a 1–1 draw.[3]

International goals

Score and result lists Iceland's goals first.[4]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fram 1989 Úrvalsdeild 131———131
1990 Úrvalsdeild 175———175
1991 Úrvalsdeild 184———184
1992 Úrvalsdeild 122———122
1993 Úrvalsdeild 124———124
1994 Úrvalsdeild 169———169
1995 Úrvalsdeild 135———135
1996 1. deild karla 1814———1814
Total 11944———11944
Kalamata 1996–97 Alpha Ethniki 101———101
KR 1997 Úrvalsdeild 167———167
Viking 1998 Tippeligaen 2515———2515
1999 Tippeligaen 2117———2117
2000 Tippeligaen 2315———2315
Total 6947———6947
Stoke City 2000–01 Second Division 276101151348
2001–02 Second Division 114200010144
Total 38103011614812
Lillestrøm 2002 Tippeligaen 74———74
2003 Tippeligaen 50———50
Total 124———124
Fredrikstad 2003 Norwegian First Division 94———94
Fram 2004 Úrvalsdeild 147———147
2005 Úrvalsdeild 143———143
Total 2810———2810
Career Total 301127301161311129
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League play-offs, and Football League Trophy.

References

  1. ↑ "Stoke 3-2 Barnsley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Iceland - Record International Players - RSSSF
  3. ↑ http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/leikskyrsla/?Leikur=119323
  4. ↑ http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=4140
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