Magni Fannberg Magnússon

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Magni Fannberg.
Magni Fannberg Magnússon
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-08-12) 12 August 1979 (age 42)
Place of birth Iceland
Club information
Current team
 AIK (Development manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Drangur 7 (0)
Teams managed
2001 HK (assistant)
2003–2004 HK/Víkingur (assistant)
2006 Grindavík (assistant)
2006 Grindavík
2007-2008 Fjarðarbyggð
2014–2015 IF Brommapojkarna
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 June 2020

Magni Fannberg Magnússon (born 12 August 1979) is an Icelandic football coach. He is currently the Development manager of AIK.[1]

Early life[]

Magni grew up in Súðavík and Ísafjörður in the Westfjords region of Iceland.[2]

Coaching career[]

In 2006, Magni was hired as an assistant coach to Sigurður Jónsson at Grindavík. With two games left of the season, he took over as manager along with aftur Sigurður left the team.[3] He resigned from the team in October 2006,[4] after the chairman of Ungmennafélag Grindavíkur ripped into Magni, Sigurður and Jankovic in a scathing article posted on the team's official website.[5]

In October 2007, he was hired as the manager of Fjarðarbyggð.[2] He resigned from his post in end of July the same year with the team in 8th place.[6]

From 2009 to 2016, Magni coached at IF Brommapojkarna,[7][8] including as the manager of the men's team from 2014[9] to 2015.[10]

He served as the development manager of SK Brann from 2016 to 2019. In March 2019, he was hired as the development manager of AIK.[11] The same year, he served as a scout with the Icelandic men's national team.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ Hjörvar Ólafsson (17 June 2019). "Vinnur hjá stærsta félagi Norðurlandanna". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson (19 October 2007). "Magni ráðinn þjálfari Fjarðabyggðar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. ^ Magnús Már Einarsson (23 September 2006). "Magni Fannberg: Við verðum komnir í úrvalsdeild eftir eitt ár". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. ^ Hafliði Breiðfjörð (13 October 2006). "Yfirlýsing frá Magna Fannberg fráfarandi þjálfara Grindavíkur". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  5. ^ Hafliði Breiðfjörð (13 October 2006). "Formaður UMFG kallaði Sigurð Jónsson aumingja". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  6. ^ Hafliði Breiðfjörð (29 July 2008). "Magni Fannberg hættur með Fjarðabyggð". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  7. ^ Annas Sigmundsson (26 November 2010). "Þjálfar sænkst elítulið". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). p. 53. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Magni ráðinn til Brann". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 1. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  9. ^ Víðir Sigurðsson (11 November 2014). "Magni ráðinn þjálfari Brommapojkarna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  10. ^ Víðir Sigurðsson (16 December 2015). "Magni hættur hjá Brommapojkarna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  11. ^ Víðir Sigurðsson (12 March 2019). "Sóttur til Noregs af sænska stórveldinu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Magni Fannberg kemur inn í njósnateymi landsliðsins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

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