Þorvaldur "Toddy" Örlygsson (born 2 August 1966) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a midfielder. After retiring, he has worked as a manager, with his most recent side being Icelandic club Keflavík. He is the younger brother of former international player Ormarr Örlygsson.
Þorvaldur started at Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar and played most of his career in England, first in the Premier League for Nottingham Forest and later for First Division clubs Stoke City and Oldham Athletic before returning to Iceland.
On 24 February 2024, Þorvaldur was elected as chairman of the Football Association of Iceland.
Career "Toddy" arrived at Nottingham Forest in December 1989 for a fee of £175,000 from KA Akureyri after impressing Brian Clough. Þorvaldur took a while to make an impact and it was not until 1992 that he established himself in Forest's line-up. He played in 23 matches during the 1992–93, the first season of the Premier League which saw Forest suffer relegation. New manager Frank Clark decided to release Þorvaldur and in August 1993 he joined Stoke City on a free transfer.
He was signed by manager Lou Macari as a replacement for Kevin Russell. He soon made an impression on the supporters with a fine performance away at his former club Nottingham Forest. A number of fine goals earned him a great rapport with the supporters and he became a popular player at the Victoria Ground. He scored 11 goals in 58 appearances in 1993–94 and hit eight goals in 44 matches in 1994–95. However his relationship with the fans turned sour when he rejected a new contract offer in the summer of 1995 and consequently found himself out of the side and eventually signed for Oldham Athletic for a fee of £180,000 in December 1995. His career in England was cut short by injury in 1999 though he played again for three more years at his first club KA Akureyri as well as a year as player manager. He later became full-time manager of KA Akureyri and Fjarðabyggð was appointed manager of Fram in 2008. He spent five years with Fram before becoming manager of ÍA Akranes on 19 June 2013.
International career He made his debut for Iceland in 1987 and went on to win 41 caps, scoring 7 goals.Iceland – Record International Players – RSSSF He played his last international match in a November 1995 European Championship qualifying match against Hungary.
Career statistics Club Sources:
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsKA1984Úrvalsdeild karla60———6119851. deild karla150———15019861. deild karla181———1811987Úrvalsdeild174———1741988Úrvalsdeild169———1691989Úrvalsdeild176———176Total8920———8920Nottingham Forest1989–90First Division1211030101711990–91First Division00000000001991–92First Division50000000501992–93Premier League201003200233Total372106210454Fram (loan)1991Úrvalsdeild143———143Stoke City1993–94First Division45941405158111994–95First Division3872031104481995–96First Division7000002090Total901661718111119Oldham Athletic1995–96First Division1603000001901996–97First Division2711050003311997–98Second Division1100010001201998–99Second Division220002000240Total761408000881KA20001. deild karla170———17020011. deild karla173———1732002Úrvalsdeild91———912003Úrvalsdeild142———142Total576———576Career Total363481112139140453
A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Full Members Cup.
International Source:
National teamYearAppsGoalsIceland198710198820198910199030199182199261199320199474199550Total357
References
External links Toddy Orlygsson tribute at Draw For Me The Boothen