Career
During his career he played for clubs in Iceland, Germany, Norway, Greece and Denmark. He has 10 champions league goals to his name. He then moved to Fram before signing for VfB Stuttgart in Germany.
In 1999 he moved to Panathinaikos Football Club in Greece, nicknamed the shark.
He played one game in the Champions League for Panathinaikos, coming on as a sub for Nikolaos Lymperopoulos against Valencia Chaplain to the Forces
He signed for Danish club AGF in February 2004. In 2006 he returned to Iceland and signed for Fram for the second time in his career.
A year later he left Fram and signed for their Reykjavík rivals, Valur. He had a great season, playing all 18 league games and scoring 12 goals.
He was picked player of the season in Landsbankadeildin for the 2007 season.
He returned to his youth club, Víkingur R. before the 2010 season. Before the 2013 season he left Víkingur and became assistant manager at Fram while also playing 2 games for the club Early in the 2013 season the Fram manager quit and Helgi quit after that.
In mid-season 2015, Helgi teamed up with his home club Víkingur taking the role of assistant manager alongside with manager Milos Milojevic.
He made his debut for Iceland in an August 1993 friendly match against the United States of America as a substitute for Arnór Guðjohnsen and has been capped 62 times since and scored 10 goals. He also scored his first international goal against the United States of America, in April 1994, earning his 4th cap.