Rúnar Kristinsson (born 5 September 1969) is an Icelandic former professional

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who played for

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Lillestrøm SK Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian professional football club based in the city of Lillestrøm, just outside of the capital Oslo. Lillestrøm SK is a Norwegian football club based in Lillestrøm, playing in Eliteserien. The club was founde ...

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. ...

and

KR Reykjavík KR is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and WMO country code for South Korea. KR or Kr may also refer to: Sports * KR (basketball club), associated with Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur * Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, an Icelandic football club * Kickoff ...

. He is the current manager of Fram. His son,

Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson (born 18 February 1995) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish Superliga club Copenhagen and the Iceland national team. He has also previously played for Dijon, Nordsjælland, KR Re ...

, 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

, 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

in Sweden. Halfway in the 1997 season, he moved across the border to

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 (

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and

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) and three cup titles (

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and

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). Rúnar left KR November 2014, to manage his former club Lillestrøm SK.

International career

Rúnar has been

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104 times for

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, scoring three goals in the process, which was a long-standing record until

Birkir Bjarnason Birkir Bjarnason (born 27 May 1988) is an Icelandic professional association football, footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Italian club Brescia Calcio, Brescia and the Iceland national football team, Iceland national team, where he ...

broke it in 2021.Rúnar Kristinsson - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands
- Icelandic FA He was captain of the team in 11 matches, but retired from international duties in 2004.

Honours

Player

KR Reykjavík * Icelandic Cup: 1994

Manager

KR Reykjavík *

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* Icelandic Cup:

* League Cup:

* Icelandic Super Cup: 2012, 2014, 2020

References

External links

Bio at Lokeren
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kristinsson, Runar 1969 births Living people Runar Kristinsson Men's association football midfielders Runar Kristinsson Runar Kristinsson Runar Kristinsson Runar Kristinsson Runar Kristinsson Örgryte IS players Lillestrøm SK players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players FIFA Men's Century Club Runar Kristinsson Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate football managers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate football managers in Belgium Runar Kristinsson Eliteserien players Belgian Pro League players Allsvenskan players Runar Kristinsson Runar Kristinsson K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen managers Runar Kristinsson Runar Kristinsson Runar Kristinsson Runar Kristinsson 20th-century Icelandic sportsmen Eliteserien managers