Rúnar Kristinsson
Rúnar Kristinsson (born 5 September 1969 in Reykjavik, Iceland) is an Icelandic former association football midfielder who played for Lokeren, Lillestrøm SK, Örgryte IS and KR Reykjavík. He's currently the manager of the Norwegian club Lillestrøm.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 September 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Lillestrøm (Manager) | ||
| 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– | Lillestrøm | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 July 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 July 2010 | |||
Club career
changeHe first began playing football at the small club of Leiknir, before he started practicing at KR Reykjavík, Iceland's largest club. He spent most of his youth career at KR Reykjavik. His skill attracted interest from foreign clubs, and he eventually went to the Swedish club of Örgryte IS in 1995. Halfway through the season, he moved to Lillestrøm SK in Norway. Rúnar was a success there, and moved to K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen in Belgium in 2000.
He decided to move back to KR Reykjavík in 2007 to finish off his career. He took over as head coach at KR halfway through the 2010 season and managed the team for four seasons. During that time, KR Reykjavík won 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
changeHe has made a record 104 appearances for Iceland, along with 3 goals.[3] He was captain of the team in 11 matches, but retired from international football in 2004.
Honours
changePlayer
change- KR Reykjavík
- Icelandic Cup (1): 1994.
Manager
change- KR Reykjavík
- Úrvalsdeild (2): 2011, 2013.
- Icelandic Cup (3): 2011, 2012, 2014.
- Deildabikar (1): 2012.
- Icelandic Super Cup (2): 2012, 2014.
References
change- ↑ "KR réð Rúnar til þriggja ára". www.mbl.is.
- ↑ Anonymous (24 October 2014). "Rúnar lætur af störfum hjá KR". RÚV.
- ↑ Iceland - Record International Players - RSSSF
Other websites
change- Bio at Lokeren Archived 2013-01-15 at Archive.today (in Dutch)