He had served 1 year in prison! Pedophile offender Gylfi Sigurdsson took the field against Turkey.

The football player Gylfi Sigurdsson, who plays for the Iceland National Team and Everton in the English Premier League, was arrested in 2021 on allegations of sexually abusing a child and spent more than a year in prison.

AGAINST THE NATIONAL TEAM

Our National Team defeated Iceland 3-1 in the second match of the UEFA Nations League Group B4, with goals from Kerem Aktürkoğlu. Gylfi Sigurdsson, the Icelander, also took the field against Turkey in the match at Izmir Gürsel Aksel Stadium wearing the Iceland jersey.

CONTRACT TERMINATED

Everton, the club of Sigurdsson, terminated the contract of the Icelandic football player due to the sexual abuse charge. The 35-year-old player appeared in court and was released claiming insufficient evidence, allowing him to return to football.

REINSTATED TO THE NATIONAL TEAM

After all these incidents, Gylfi Sigurdsson was reinstated to the Iceland National Team squad by the current National Team Head Coach Age Hareide. The experienced player is currently playing for Valur Reykjavik, one of his country's teams.