Ólafur Helgi Kristjánsson (born 20 May 1968) is an Icelandic

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and former player, who most recently managed Danish club

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Playing career

Kristjánsson started his playing career at FH Hafnarfjörður, before moving to

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in 1996. In 1996, he moved to Danish side

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. He retired in 2001 and became a youth coach at the team, and later assistant manager.

Managerial career

Kristjánsson took charge of Icelandic premier league team Fram on 30 June 2004, replacing

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. The club was bottom of the league when Kristjánsson took over, but eventually the club managed to avoid relegation. Kristjánsson was in charge again for the 2005 season, but left the club after relegation. On 6 July 2006, Kristjánsson was appointed manager of

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, finishing the season in 5th place. Over the next few years the club went to become a regular title contender. In 2009 the club won its first big title in history with a win in the Icelandic Cup. The following year the team won the Icelandic Premier League for the first time. In April 2014 it was announced that Kristjánsson would take over as head coach of

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in July 2014. He led the club to a 6th place in his first season as manager. On 15 December he was sacked following a takeover of the club. In the summer of 2016 he became new manager of

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in the

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. He managed the club until October 2017, when he left by mutual consent.Randers FC skifter cheftræner
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Managerial statistics

''Includes games played in Icelandic Premier League, Icelandic Cup, Icelandic League Cup, Icelandic Super Cup, Europa League and Champions League.''

Honours

Manager

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(1):

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* Icelandic Cup (1):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

* Icelandic League Cup (1):

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

References

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