Arnar Viðarsson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arnar Þór Viðarsson | ||
Date of birth | 15 March 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Iceland (head coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1997 | FH | 35 | (3) |
1997–2006 | Lokeren | 235 | (6) |
1997 | → Lillestrøm (loan) | 6 | (0) |
1998 | → FH (loan) | 4 | (0) |
1998 | → Genk (trial) | 0 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Twente | 11 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → De Graafschap (loan) | 32 | (1) |
2008–2014 | Cercle Brugge | 157 | (0) |
Total | 480 | (10) | |
National team | |||
1993 | Iceland U16 | 8 | (0) |
1993–1994 | Iceland U17 | 7 | (0) |
1995–1996 | Iceland U19 | 11 | (0) |
1996–1999 | Iceland U21 | 17 | (0) |
1998–2007 | Iceland | 52 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
2014 | Cercle Brugge (assistant) | ||
2014–2015 | Cercle Brugge | ||
2015–2018 | Lokeren (assistant and U21) | ||
2018 | Lokeren (caretaker) | ||
2018–2019 | Lokeren (assistant and U21) | ||
2019–2020 | Iceland U-21 | ||
2020– | Iceland | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Arnar Viðarsson (born 15 March 1978) is an Icelandic football coach and a former player, his playing position was midfielder. He last played for Belgian Pro League side Cercle Brugge, where he was also employed as head coach. Currently he is the head coach of Iceland.
Club career[]
He started his career in FH, and moved to Belgium to play for Sporting Lokeren early in his career. He returned to FH for a short period, but apart from a loan spell at Lillestrøm SK and a trial at Genk, he has played for Lokeren from October 1998 until 2006. Since then, Lokeren has signed many Icelandic players, for instance midfielder Rúnar Kristinsson who holds the Icelandic record for most international caps.
In 2006, he transferred to FC Twente, where he signed a contract until 2009. For the 2007-08 he was loaned out to newly promoted De Graafschap, before eventually returning to Belgium, playing for Cercle Brugge, where he ended his career as a player in the summer of 2014, becoming assistant under head coach Lorenzo Staelens. Following the sacking of Staelens on October of that same year, Arnar was appointed head coach.
International career[]
Arnar was capped 52 times for Iceland, scoring 2 goals,[1] as well as 41 times at youth level. He made his debut for the seniors in a June 1998 friendly match against South Africa.
Personal life[]
- Arnar is the brother of fellow Icelandic midfielders Bjarni and Davíð, and the son of Icelandic footballer Viðar Halldórsson.[2]
Managerial Statistics[]
- As of Match played 14 November 2021
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Cercle Brugge | 6 October 2014 | 18 March 2015 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 24.00 |
Lokeren (Caretaker Manager) | 28 October 2018 | 1 November 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Iceland u-21 | 4 January 2019 | 21 December 2020 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 61.54 |
Iceland | 22 December 2020 | Present | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 23.08 |
Total | 52 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 32.69 |
External links[]
- Profile at VI.nl
- Arnar Viðarsson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Icelandic FA Profile
References[]
- ^ Iceland - Record International Players - RSSSF
- ^ "Bjarni Þór Viðarsson samdi við Everton" [Bjarni Thor Vidarsson signed for Everton]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 20 May 2004.
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Reykjavík
- Icelandic footballers
- Iceland international footballers
- Icelandic expatriate footballers
- Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar players
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- Lillestrøm SK players
- K.R.C. Genk players
- FC Twente players
- De Graafschap players
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Eredivisie players
- Eliteserien players
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. managers
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen managers
- Expatriate football managers in Belgium
- Association football midfielders
- Icelandic football managers
- Iceland national football team managers