Rúnar Kristinsson
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 September 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1979–1986 | KR Reykjavík | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1994 | KR Reykjavík | 126 | (21) |
1995–1997 | Örgryte IS | 59 | (13) |
1997–2000 | Lillestrøm | 71 | (14) |
2000–2007 | Lokeren | 189 | (37) |
2007 | KR Reykjavík | 14 | (0) |
Total | 459 | (85) | |
National team | |||
1984–1985 | Iceland U17 | 18 | (9) |
1987 | Iceland U19 | 11 | (1) |
1987–1991 | Iceland U21 | 10 | (3) |
1987–2004 | Iceland | 104 | (3) |
Teams managed | |||
2010–2014 | KR Reykjavík | ||
2014–2016 | Lillestrøm | ||
2016–2017 | Lokeren | ||
2017– | KR Reykjavík | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Rúnar Kristinsson (born 5 September 1969) is an Icelandic former footballer who played for Lokeren, Lillestrøm SK, Örgryte IS and KR Reykjavík. He is the current manager of KR. His son, Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson is a goalkeeper for Premier League side Arsenal.
Club career[]
He first tried out football at the small club Leiknir, before he started practicing at KR Reykjavík, Iceland's oldest and most successful club, where he spent his youth career. His performances at the country's highest level attracted foreign clubs, and he was eventually transferred to Örgryte IS in Sweden. Halfway in the 1997 season, he moved across the border to Lillestrøm SK of Norway. Rúnar was a success there, thus in 2000, he moved to K.S.C. Lokeren in Belgium where he was very successful.
In May 2007, he returned to his former club KR Reykjavík in Iceland to finish his career. He took over as head coach at KR halfway through the 2010 season and managed the team for four whole seasons after that, resulting in two league titles (2011 and 2013) and three cup titles (2011, 2012 and 2014).[1][2] Rúnar left KR November 2014, to manage his former club Lillestrøm SK.
International career[]
Rúnar has been capped a record 104 times for Iceland, scoring three goals in the process.[3] He was captain of the team in 11 matches, but retired from international duties in 2004.
Honours[]
Player[]
KR Reykjavík
- Icelandic Cup: 1994
Manager[]
KR Reykjavík
- Úrvalsdeild: 2011, 2013, 2019
- Icelandic Cup: 2011, 2012, 2014
- League Cup: 2012,
- Icelandic Super Cup: 2012, 2014, 2020
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
- Bio at Lokeren (in Dutch)
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Reykjavík
- Association football midfielders
- Icelandic footballers
- Iceland international footballers
- Iceland under-21 international footballers
- Iceland youth international footballers
- Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur players
- Örgryte IS players
- Lillestrøm SK players
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- FIFA Century Club
- Icelandic expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Expatriate football managers in Norway
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate football managers in Belgium
- Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players
- Eliteserien players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Allsvenskan players
- Icelandic football managers
- Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur managers
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen managers
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Úrvalsdeild karla (football) managers