Heiðar Helguson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheiðaːr ˈhɛlkuˌsɔn]; born 22 August 1977) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Heiðar started his career in the Icelandic league system, with UMFS Dalvík and Þróttur. Following a one-season spell in Norway with Lillestrøm SK, Heiðar moved to England to play for Watford in 1999, with Lillestrøm receiving a transfer fee of £1.5 million. The English media anglicised his name to Heidar when he joined Watford – it is by this given name that he is commonly known in England.
Although Watford were relegated from the Premier League during his first season at the club, Heiðar was a prolific goalscorer, finishing as the team's top scorer in the 1999–2000, 2002–03 and 2004–05 seasons, before being sold to Fulham in 2005. He played Premier League for them between 2005 and 2007, and Bolton until 2009, before transferring to Championship side QPR in 2009. After a return to Watford on loan in the 2009–10 season, Heiðar played regularly for QPR in 2010–11, as they secured promotion to the Premier League as champions. In QPR's first Premier League season since 1995–96, Heiðar finished as the team's top scorer, helping them to secure Premier League survival on the last day of the 2011–12 season. He subsequently joined Cardiff City.
Heiðar played and scored for his country at under-19 and under-21 levels, before making his debut for the senior team in 1999. He earned 55 caps for the Iceland national team, scoring 13 goals, before retiring from international football in 2011.
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Date: 22 August 1977
A Sandy Bevis, pres of ITU, calls for creation of single union to cover all employees in news indus, annual conv, Cincinnati; says proposals to merge 100,000 member ITU with Newspaper Guild and Internatl Mailers Union will be presented at conv (S)
Date: 22 August 1977
By CAREY WINFREY
Carey WINFREY
Article on thorny legal and ethical issues facing press in its extensive and exhausting coverage of Son of Sam case; illus (L)
Date: 22 August 1977
Radios play key role in forming Arab public opinion because of spoken language's ability to incite emotion and fact that at least 70% of Arab public cannot read; examples of inter-Arab rivalry using airwaves noted (M)
Date: 23 August 1977
By MARCIA CHAMBERS
Marcia CHAMBERS
NYS Sup Ct (Bklyn) Adm Judge Charles R Rubin directs his legal staff to determine whether he had power to conduct hearing into reptd attempt to sell 10 hrs of conversations with David Berkowitz to literary agent Scott Meredith; police disclose that desk in office of Dr Daniel W Schwartz, head of psychiatric team examining Berkowitz, was broken into but that nothing was taken (M)
Date: 22 August 1977
Brit controllers vote to strike; civil aviation authorities make contingency plans; 5-hr avg flight delays reptd at Heathrow and Gatwick airports; 43 departing flights are cancelled (S)