Freyr Alexandersson (born 18 November 1982) is an

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ic football

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and former player who is currently the manager of the

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club

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. He was manager of the Icelandic women's national football team from 2013 to 2018.

Playing career

Freyr came up through the junior ranks of

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where he played 81 league and cup matches.

Managing career

Freyr started his coaching career as a girls youth team coach at Leiknir Reykjavík. In 2006 he started as a youth coach for girls at Valur.

Valur women's and men's team

Freyr assisted Valur women's team mananger

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in the summer of 2007 and in September that year Freyr decided to retire from playing football and became joint manager of Valur women's team alongside Elísabet. Freyr and Elísabet won the Úrvalsdeild kvenna in 2008 and after that season Elísabet departed to Sweden and Freyr took over as manager. The next two years Freyr would win the Úrvaldeild two times and also the

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two times. After his time at Valur women's Freyr served an assistant manager for Valur men's team for two seasons.

Leiknir Reykjavík

After having appeared for the club as a player Freyr returned to Leiknir for the 2013 season, this time as joint manager of the 1.deild karla team, alongside Davíð Snorri Jónasson. In their first season Leiknir finished in 7th place. In his second season as joint manager Freyr managed to steer Leiknir to promotion to the first tier of Icelandic football for the first time in Leiknir's 41 year old history. Winning the 1.deild karla with 48 points. In their first-ever Úrvaldeild karla match on 3 May 2015, Leiknir defeated Valur 3–0 at

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. However they could not manage to keep Leiknir in the Úrvalsdeild and were relegated at the end of the season. In the last game of the season Freyr and Davíð announced that they would not return for the next season.

Icelandic women's national team

In September 2013, Freyr was appointed manager of the Icelandic women's national football team, combining the role with his existing job at 1. deild karla club

. With

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, Freyr appointed

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as Iceland's new

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in January 2014. On 4 September 2018 he announced that he was stepping down as manager of the team after it failed to make the

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Icelandic men's national team

Freyr served as a game analyst for the Icelandic men's national football team during the

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. On 8 August 2018, Freyr was appointed as assistant manager to the new Icelandic national football team manager

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on a two-year contract.

Lyngby Boldklub

In June 2021 he became the new manager of the

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club

. With Frey as manager Lyngby Boldklub finished as runner up of the season, earning the club a promotion to the top level in Danish football,

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. In the 2022-23 season Alexandersson's team were last in the table with only one win at the winter break, but completed a comeback and avoided relegation at the last game of the season against fellow relegation candidates AC Horsens.

Honours

As manager

Valur women's * Úrvalsdeild kvenna: 2008, 2009, 2010 *

: 2009, 2010 Leiknir R. * 1. deild karla: 2014

As player

Leiknir R. * 2. deild karla: 2005

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexandersson, Freyr 1982 births Living people Freyr Alexandersson Freyr Alexandersson Freyr Alexandersson Freyr Alexandersson Freyr Alexandersson Men's association football defenders Freyr Alexandersson Danish 1st Division managers Lyngby Boldklub managers