Background
Þórður was born in Akranes started his career with local teams KA Akureyri and ÍA Akranes, and moved to German team VfL Bochum in 1993.
Þórður was born in Akranes started his career with local teams KA Akureyri and ÍA Akranes, and moved to German team VfL Bochum in 1993.
He spent four years at Bochum before moving to Belgium side Genk in 1997. He stayed at Genk for three seasons until in 2000 he moved to Spanish side UD Las Palmas, but saw limited playing action and was loaned out to English Premier League club Derby County. At Derby he played ten league matches for the club in 2000-2001 and scored once in the league against West Ham United.
In 2001-2002, he played eight matches for Preston North End before making a return to Bochum in 2002.
He remained at Bochum until January 2005 when he joined Stoke City. He managed just two substitute appearances towards the end of the 2004-2005 season and after playing just once in the League Cup in 2005-2006 he returned to Iceland with ÍA Akranes.
He made his debut for Iceland in a September 1993 World Cup qualifier against Luxemburg. He went on to earn 58 caps, scoring 13 goals for the national team