Gylfi Thor Sigurdsson or famously known as Gylfi Sigurdsson is a professional football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for English Premier League, Everton FC, and Iceland National Team. Besides playing for Everton, he has played for clubs such as 1899 Hoffenheim, Swansea City, and Tottenham Hotspurs.
He has also represented Iceland in their youth teams and made his full senior debut for Iceland since 2010. Sigurdsson also played at the UEFA Euro 2016 held in France.
Gylfi Sigurdsson's net worth combined with his assets is estimated to be around $9 million in 2019. Sigurdsson's annual salary is estimated to be around $6.4 million with a weekly salary of $124,000 which he receives from playing for Everton FC.
His annual salary playing for Swansea City in 2015 was reported to be $3 million and was the second-highest-paid player in the team only behind Fernando Llorente but ahead of Lukasz Fabianski. His market worth is in the region of $35 million as of 2019.
Some of Gylfi's salary from his career are tabulated below:
| YEAR | TEAM | SALARY |
| 2016 | Swansea | $4,545,249 |
| 2017 | Everton | $6,493,214 |
| 2018 | Everton | $6,493,214 |
As per his contract with Everton FC, Gylfi signed a 5 year / $32,463,210 contract on August 18, 2017. Likewise, his last contact with Swansea 4 year $14.56 million deal which included $8.59 million as a fee.
Gylfi Sigurdsson is living a very comfortable life with the earnings made through his professional career. We can see his Instagram account filled with the photos of his vacation to very beautiful and expensive destinations.
In 2018, Sigurdsson traveled to the Bahamas for the vacation with his family and shared several photos of his trip.
Gylfi Sigurdsson is in a relationship with his high school sweetheart, Alexandra Ivarsdottir who has been Miss Iceland in 2008. She is also the semi-finalist in the Miss World Sport competition. Reportedly, the couple decided to get engaged on July 2018 in the Bahamas.
Gylfi Sigurdsson proposing his wife His girlfriend, Alexandra took the help of Instagram account to announce their engagement. She posted a picture with a caption "After the most perfect day in the Bahamas I said yes to my best friend Can’t wait to marry you baby!!"
Gylfi Sigurdsson and his wife on their wedding day Later, the couple tied their knot in June 2019 which was held luxuriously in a Villa Balbiano in Italy's northern lake.
Reportedly, the pair knew each other since childhood as they both grew up in Reykjavik.
Currently, 29 years, he stands at a height of 6 feet 1 inches and weighs around 77 kg.
Gylfi Sigurdsson was born to father Sigurdur Adalsteinsson on 8 September 1989 in Reykjavík Iceland. He holds an Icelandic nationality. As siblings, he has an older brother and a sister. He started his playing career by joining the youth club of Fimleikafelag Hafnarfjardar in 2002.
After playing for the youth clubs of Breidablik and English club, Reading FC, he joined the main in 2008. He made his debut for the club against Luton Town on 26 August 2008 and later on transferred to Shrewsbury Town Football Club and Crewe Alexandra Football Club as a part of the loan deal from Luton Town.
Sigurdsson then signed with German Bundesliga football club, 1899 Hoffenheim in 2010 and made his Bundesliga debut against Schalke 04 on 10 September 2010 as well as scoring his first goal against Kaiserslautern on 17 September 2010.
While playing for Hoffenheim, he was loaned to English Premier League club, Swansea City for 2012 season and made his debut against Arsenal on 15 January 2012 as well as scoring his first goal for Swansea City against West Bromwich Albion on 4 February 2010.
He then signed with English football club, Tottenham Hotspur for an estimated transfer fee of around £8.8 million during the summer of 2012.
After playing 58 matches and scoring 8 goals for the team, he left the club for his former club, Swansea City.
He joined Swansea City on July 2014 and is currently playing for English professional football club, Everton FC whom he signed with for an estimated transfer fee worth £40 million with £ 5 million on 16 August 2017.
After having represented Iceland In U-17, U-19 and U-21 teams, he made his senior debut for Iceland against Andorra in a friendly match played on May 2010.
He scored his first international goal for Iceland against Portugal during UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifier on 7 October 2011.
Gylfi Sigurdsson played alongside midfielder, Johann Berg Gudmundsson, defender, Kari Arnason as well as a striker Alfred Finnbogason, for Iceland team led by Aron Gunnarsson at the UEFA Euro 2016 and scored a goal against Hungary in their group match on 18 June 2016.
