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Lárus Sigurðsson
Personal information
Full name	Lárus Orri Sigurðsson
Date of birth	4 June 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Akureyri, Iceland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1994	Þór Akureyri
1994–1999	Stoke City
1999–2004	West Bromwich Albion
2005–2009	Þór Akureyri
2010	ÍA
Total
International career
1995–2003	Iceland
Managerial career
2006–2010	Þór Akureyri
2011–2013	KF
2017–2018	Þór Akureyri
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lárus Orri Sigurðsson (born 4 June 1973), known in English as Larus Sigurdsson, is an Icelandic former professional footballer, who played most notably for Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion in England. ^[1]

Club career

Sigurðsson was born in Akureyri and played with Þór Akureyri along with his father Sigurdur Larusson, who later became the manager.^[1] His cousin Þorvaldur Örlygsson who was playing in England for Stoke City recommended him to manager Lou Macari and he joined Stoke on trial.^[1] Lárus impressed Macari so much that he played him against Portsmouth before he had signed him.^[1] He played 23 times in 1994–95 and his performances were so good he won the player of the year award. He was an ever-present in 1995–96 as Stoke reached the play-offs where they lost to Leicester City.^[1] He missed just one match in 1996–97 in what was the club's final season at the Victoria Ground.^[1] He played in all but three matches in 1997–98 as Stoke suffered relegation to the third tier.^[1] he played 43 times in 1998–99 as Stoke failed to gain promotion and he was sold to West Bromwich Albion in August 1999 for a fee of £350,000 after making 228 appearances for Stoke.^[1]

He scored once for Albion, his goal coming in a 5–0 win over Portsmouth on 23 February 2002.^[2] After his professional career in England, Sigurðsson went home to his old club, Þór, and played 15 games for them in 2005. In summer 2006, he was appointed player-manager at Þór, a position he held until 31 May 2010 when he resigned after conflict with the board. On 20 July 2010, he joined ÍA, the club he played in as a youngster. His first senior appearance for ÍA came in a 4–2 win over Fjarðarbyggð. At the start of the 2011 season Lárus was appointed as the manager of KF, retiring as a player.

International career

Sigurðsson won 42 caps, scoring two goals for Iceland.^[3] He made his debut for Iceland in a July 1995 friendly against Faroe Islands, coming on as a substitute for Izudin Dervic.

Career statistics

Club

Source:^[4]^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Þór Akureyri	1990	Úrvalsdeild karla	13	1	—		—		—		13	1
	1991	1. deild karla	16	2	—		—		—		16	2
	1992	Úrvalsdeild karla	18	1	—		—		—		18	1
	1993	Úrvalsdeild karla	17	0	—		—		—		17	0
	1994	Úrvalsdeild karla	15	2	—		—		—		15	2
	Total		79	6	—		—		—		79	6
Stoke City	1994–95	First Division	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	1
	1995–96	First Division	46	0	2	0	3	0	4^[a]	0	55	0
	1996–97	First Division	45	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	50	0
	1997–98	First Division	43	1	1	0	5	0	—		49	1
	1998–99	Second Division	38	4	2	0	1	0	2^[b]	0	43	4
	1999–2000	Second Division	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	1
	Total		200	7	7	0	15	0	6	0	228	7
West Bromwich Albion	1999–2000	First Division	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	0
	2000–01	First Division	12	0	0	0	0	0	1^[c]	0	13	0
	2001–02	First Division	43	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	50	1
	2002–03	Premier League	29	0	2	0	1	0	—		32	0
	2003–04	First Division	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	Total		116	1	7	0	4	0	1	0	128	1
Þór Akureyri	2005	1. deild karla	15	1	—		—		—		15	1
	2006	1. deild karla	11	1	—		—		—		11	1
	2007	1. deild karla	13	2	—		—		—		13	2
	2008	1. deild karla	8	0	—		—		—		8	0
	2009	1. deild karla	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
	Total		52	4	—		—		—		52	4
ÍA	2010	1. deild karla	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Career total			449	18	14	0	19	0	7	0	489	18

^ Two Appearances in First Division play-offs and two in Anglo-Italian Cup
^ Appearances in Football League Trophy
^ Appearance in First Division play-offs

International

Source:^[5]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iceland	1995	1	0
	1996	9	0
	1997	8	0
	1998	6	1
	1999	7	1
	2001	3	0
	2002	3	0
	2003	5	0
Total		42	2

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 May 1998	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Cannes, France	Saudi Arabia	1–1	Draw	Friendly
2.	31 March 1999	NSC Olimpiyskyi, Kyiv, Ukraine	Ukraine	1–1	Draw	Euro 2000 qualifying
Correct as of 22 November 2016^[6]

Honours

Stoke City

Stoke City player of the year: 1995

West Bromwich Albion

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Stoke City 101 Golden Greats. Desert Islands Books. 2002. ISBN 1-874287554.
^ "West Brom 5–0 Portsmouth". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 February 2002. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
^ Luis Fernando Passo Alpuin; Jostein Nygård. "Iceland – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
^ Lárus Sigurðsson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Lárus Sigurðsson at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "Lárus Sigurðsson - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 September 2017.