Interview with Sigurður Grétar Benónýsson: how life changes from Vestmannaeyjar to North Carolina

Sigurður Grétar Benónýsson was born in 1996 in Heimaey. He has spent his life and football career in the archipelago until he has moved to USA at High Point University, North Carolina.

He has played both for KFS and IBV. He has debuted in Pepsideild at the beginning of this season, playing 8 matches and scoring 2 goals. Now he is playing in the "Big South Conference", a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I, and he is doing even better: 18 matches played, 10 goals and 4 assists.

Sigurður has been nominated “Big South Men's Soccer Freshman of the Year” (twitter.com)

He is doing not only a football experience, he is majoring in Psychology and minoring in coaching too. We've talked to him about how life has changed by moving from Vestmannaeyjar to North Carolina. Enjoy!

[Storia del calcio islandese]: La diffusione del calcio nelle Vestmannaeyjar

Seconda parte del nostro viaggio nella storia del calcio islandese. Quest'oggi ci occuperemo di come, nel breve volgere di alcuni anni, il football si sia diffuso in gran parte dell'isola, arrivando anche nelle zone più isolate dell'Islanda.

L'Hasteinsvollur, stadio dell'IBV, negli anni Venti-Trenta del XX secolo
(da is.wikipedia.org)

KFS - playing football in Vestmannaeyjar, the islands of the Island

KFS, abbreviation for Knattspyrnufélagið Framherjar-Smástund, is a football club based in Vestmannaeyjar. It is actually playing in 3.deild, the fourth tier of the Icelandic football system.

It is the second team of the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, together with IBV. This team was born in 1997 by the merger of two other football team: Íþróttafélagið Framherjar and Knattspyrnufélagið Smástund.

We had a quick talk with Hjalti Kristjánsson, main coach of the team. Enjoy!

L'arcipelago delle isole Vestmannaeyjar, abitato soltanto nell'isola più grande (goista.com)