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Valgeir Valgeirsson (born 22 September 2002) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder and right winger for Örebro SK. He is a product of the HK academy and has been capped by Iceland at youth level.

HK
A right-sided midfielder or winger, Valgeir began his career in his native Iceland in the youth system at HK. His progression was such that he made his senior debut for the club at the age of 15 years, 4 months and 18 days as a substitute for Ólafur Eyjólfsson after 78 minutes of a 4–1 Deildabikar group stage defeat to Grindavík on 9 February 2018. Valgeir went on to make two substitute appearances during HK's 2018 1. deild karla promotion season. He was a regular in the first team during the 2019 and 2020 Úrvalsdeild seasons, making 41 appearances in all competitions and scoring seven goals.

With less than a month of the 2020 season to play, Valgeir moved to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season, with an option to buy. He gained experience as a right wing back, but did not win a call into the first team squad. The club declined to take up the option to buy Valgeir and he finished his spell with 23 appearances and five goals.

During a difficult 2021 season in which HK suffered relegation, he made 24 appearances and scored one goal, but impressed sufficiently to win the club's male Athlete and Footballer of the Year awards. Entering the final year of his contract, a move away from the club did not materialise during the 2021–22 off-season. Following 12 appearances and three goals during the first half of the 2022 season, Valgeir transferred out of the club in July 2022.

Örebro SK
On 29 July 2022, Valgeir moved to Sweden to sign a multi-year contract with Superettan club Örebro SK.

International career
Valgeir has been capped by Iceland at U16, U17 and U19 level. He was a part of the Iceland squad at the 2019 UEFA European U17 Championship. Valgeir was called into the U21 team for a 2021 UEFA European U21 Championship qualifier versus Sweden on 4 September 2020, but was not included in the matchday squad. In October 2021, Valgeir was long-listed for the U21 squad's 2023 European U21 Championship qualifier versus Portugal. He was included in the final squad and remained an unused substitute during the 1–0 defeat. Following his inclusion in an October 2021 U21 training camp, Valgeir was again named in the squad for the following round of 2023 European U21 Championship qualifiers in November 2021 and he appeared in both matches.

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Honours

 * HK Footballer of the Year: 2021
 * HK Athlete of the Year: 2021