Heiðar Helguson, born on 22 August 1977 in Akureyri in northern Iceland, is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker. He began with UMFS Dalvík and Þróttur, spent a season with Lillestrøm in Norway and then moved to Watford in 1999 for a club record fee of 1.5 million pounds, where he became a prolific scorer and the club top scorer in the 1999-2000, 2002-03 and 2004-05 seasons. He went on to play in the Premier League for Fulham and Bolton Wanderers, helped Queens Park Rangers win promotion as champions in 2010-11 and finished as their top scorer the next season, and later joined Cardiff City. He won 55 caps and scored 13 goals for Iceland before retiring from international football in 2011.
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is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker
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Heiðar Helguson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheiðaːr ˈhɛlkuˌsɔn]; born 22 August 1977) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker
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He played Premier League for them between 2005 and 2007, and Bolton until 2009
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