Janus Guðlaugsson

Janus Guðlaugsson
Personal information
Full name Janus Friðrik Guðlaugsson
Date of birth (1955-10-07) 7 October 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Iceland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1979 FH
1979–1985 SC Fortuna Köln[1] 130 (19)
1985 FH Hafnarfjörður
1985–1986 FC Lugano
1986–1988 Fram
1988 FH
International career
1977–1985 Iceland 34 (2)
Managerial career
1992 FH Hafnarfjörður
1993 KR
1994 Reynir Sandgerði
2007–2010 Álftanes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Janus Guðlaugsson (born 7 October 1955) is an Icelandic former professional football player and football coach.[2] He played for FH Hafnarfjörður from 1975 to 1979. During that period he was a member of the Iceland national football team. He spent six years playing as a professional footballer in the German Bundesliga for SC Fortuna Köln.

He came home again in summer 1985 to play for Fram Reykjavik, and stayed with that club until 1986. He then later returned to FH Hafnarfjörður. Around 1999–2003 he was coach of the Icelandic lower division team Álftanes, and since 2003 he became involved with Haukar, assisting with coaching both professionals and youth players and passing on his football experience.

Academic career

After his sports career, Janus studied sport education and received a PhD degree from University of Iceland in 2014 with a thesis entitled Multimodal Training Intervention: An Approach to Successful Aging.

References

  1. ^ "Gudlaugsson, Janus" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  2. ^ Breiðfjörð, Hafliði (31 July 2007). "Janus Guðlaugsson tekur við þjálfun Álftanes" (in Icelandic). Fotbolti.net. Retrieved 23 December 2013.