Emil Hallfredsson is a professional football player who plays as a central midfielder for Iceland national team and for Italian Serie A club, Udinese Calcio. He wears shirt number 23 on his back while playing for the Italian club.
Apart from playing for several football clubs, he has represented Iceland National side in their junior levels and has been playing for Iceland senior team since 2005.
He has also played at UEFA Euro 2016 for Iceland held in France.
Emil Hallfredsson was born to father, Hallfred Emilsson on 29 June 1984 in Hafnarfjordur, Iceland and was fond of playing football since he was a very small child. He holds an Icelandic nationality
He joined the youth rank of Icelandic football club, FH to start his career in football.
His annual salary as of 2018 playing for Udinese Calcio is around € 1.3 million with a weekly salary of around € 26000 that he gets playing for the Italian side. His current market value is in the region of € 1 million.
Looking at his playing career along with assets his total net-worth can be assumed above $ 1.5 million. With his earning and wealth he is having a great and relaxed time going in his life.
After playing for junior teams of FH, he joined the main team of the Icelandic club to begin his senior career in 2002.
Emil was then transferred to English football club, Tottenham Hotspur FC in 2005. He played mostly in their reserve teams and played a crucial role in handing the Premier League Southern Reserve in 2005/06.
While during his time with the reserve team of Tottenham, he was transferred as a loan to Swedish professional football club, Malmo FF for a season-long deal in 2006.
Emil was quite successful with the Swedish team and returned to England but was not selected for the main team of Tottenham Hotspur and left the club for Norwegian football club, Lyn Olso in 2007.
He played his debut match for Lyn against Ham-Kam and after a few appearances left the club in 2010.
The Icelandic midfielder then signed with Italian football club, Reggina Calcio in the summer of 2007 and made his debut Serie A league against Atlanta on 26 August 2007 and scored a memorable goal against Juventus during April 2009.
While with the Italian side, he moved to EFL football club, Barnsley on 14 August 2009 and scored his official recorded goal against Newcastle United in the December 2009 as his previous goal against Plymouth Argyle was canceled due to poor condition.
He was loaned again by Reggina to Italian side, Verona on 31 August 2010 and was a regular player and played a decisive role in helping Vernova to Serie B promotion.
For his outstanding performances for the team, he won the Mastino del Bentegodi award for the side’s player of the year.
He is currently playing for Italian football club, Udinese whom he joined on 30 January 2018 and signed an official contract that will see him play until June of 2018.
After playing for Iceland in the U17, U18 and U21levels, he made his debut with the senior team of Iceland in 2005 and scored his first international goal for Iceland against Spain on 8 September 2007 during 2008 Euro Cup Qualifier.
He along with Kari Arnason, Johann Berg Gudmundsson, and Hjortur Hermannsson were among the Icelandic football players that reached the quarterfinal rounds of UEFA Euro 2016 Championships held at France.
Currently 33 Emil Hallfredsson is happily married to his wife, Asa Reginsdottir and the couple are blessed with two children.
The couple had their first child; a son named Emanual on November 25, 2011. They were blessed with their second child daughter named Andrea Alexa on February 24, 2016. They seem to have a good bonding and are living happily in Italy.
He is very close to his family and loves his parents very much. He often posts photos of his father and mother on Instagram. He stands at the height of 6 ft. and weighs 83 kg.
