Arnar Þór Viðarsson (
transliterated as Arnar Thor Vidarsson; born 15 March 1978) is an Icelandic
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
coach and a former player, his playing position was
midfielder. He last played for
Belgian Pro League side
Cercle Brugge, where he was also employed as head coach. Currently he is the head coach of
Iceland.
Club career
He started his career in
FH, and moved to
Belgium to play for
Sporting Lokeren early in his career. He returned to FH for a short period, but apart from a loan spell at
Lillestrøm SK and a trial at
Genk, he has played for Lokeren from October 1998 until 2006. Since then, Lokeren has signed many Icelandic players, for instance
midfielder Rúnar Kristinsson
Rúnar Kristinsson (born 5 September 1969) is an Icelandic former professional association football, footballer who played for K.S.C. Lokeren, Lokeren, Lillestrøm SK, Örgryte IS and Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, KR Reykjavík. He is the cur ...
who holds the Icelandic record for most international
caps.
In 2006, he transferred to
FC Twente, where he signed a contract until 2009. For the 2007-08 he was loaned out to newly promoted
De Graafschap
VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football.
It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...
, before eventually returning to Belgium, playing for Cercle Brugge, where he ended his career as a player in the summer of 2014, becoming assistant under head coach
Lorenzo Staelens. Following the sacking of Staelens on October of that same year, Arnar was appointed head coach.
International career
Arnar was capped 52 times for
Iceland, scoring 2 goals, as well as 41 times at youth level. He made his debut for the seniors in a June 1998 friendly match against
South Africa.
Personal life
Arnar is the brother of fellow
Icelandic midfielders
Bjarni
Bjarni is an Icelandic male given name and may refer to:
*Bjarni Ármannsson resigned as CEO of Glitnir (formerly Íslandsbanki) in May 2007
*Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson (born 1982), footballer (defender) from Iceland
* Bjarni Benediktsson (born ...
and
Davíð
Davíð is an Icelandic masculine given name and may refer to:
* Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (born 1975), Icelandic politician and chairman of the Progressive Party
* Davíð Oddsson (born 1948), Icelandic politician, Prime Minister of Icelan ...
, and the son of Icelandic footballer
Viðar Halldórsson.
Managerial statistics
References
External links
Profile at VI.nl*
Icelandic FA Profile
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1978 births
Living people
Arnar Vidarsson
Arnar Vidarsson
Association football midfielders
Arnar Vidarsson
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
Lillestrøm SK players
K.R.C. Genk players
FC Twente players
De Graafschap players
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
Belgian First Division A players
Eredivisie players
Eliteserien players
Arnar Vidarsson
Arnar Vidarsson
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Expatriate footballers in Norway
Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Icelandic football managers
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. managers
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen managers
Iceland national football team managers
Icelandic expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Belgium