Rúnar Kristinsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Rúnar.

Rúnar Kristinsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-09-05) 5 September 1969 (age 55)
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)
International career
1984–1985 Iceland U17 18 (9)
1987 Iceland U19 11 (1)
1987–1991 Iceland U21 10 (3)
1987–2004 Iceland 104 (3)
Managerial career
2010–2014 KR Reykjavík
2014–2016 Lillestrøm
2016–2017 Lokeren
2017–2023 KR Reykjavík
2023– Fram Reykjavík
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rúnar Kristinsson (born 5 September 1969) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played for Lokeren, Lillestrøm SK, Örgryte IS and KR Reykjavík. He is the current manager of Fram. His son, Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson, is a goalkeeper, playing for Danish side F.C. Copenhagen.

Club career

Rúnar 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 104 times for Iceland, scoring three goals in the process, which was a long-standing record until Birkir Bjarnason broke it in 2021.[3] He was captain of the team in 11 matches, but retired from international duties in 2004.

Honours

Player

KR Reykjavík

Manager

KR Reykjavík

See also

References

  1. ^ "KR réð Rúnar til þriggja ára". Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Rúnar lætur af störfum hjá KR | RÚV". 24 October 2014. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. ^ Rúnar Kristinsson - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands Archived 12 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine - Icelandic FA