Haukur Ingi Guðnason (born 8 September 1978, in Keflavik) is a retired

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who last played for

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Club career

Haukur Ingi began his career with

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, joining English giants

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in 1997. He spent three years at

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without breaking into the first team, and returned to Iceland in 2000. He had a loan spell KR before returning to Keflavik and moving on to

Fylkir Íþróttafélagið Fylkir is a multi-sport club in Árbær, in the eastern part of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. It features departments in football, handball, volleyball, gymnastics and karate. Kit The Fylkir official home kit is combi ...

in 2003. Haukur stayed with Fylkir until the end of 2008 when he joined his former club Keflavík. Haukur was a pacy winger or forward.

International career

Haukur Ingi has represented

, making his debut in a friendly match in June 1998 against

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Personal life

Haukur Ingi's father is

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, a former player and coach of both

and the Icelandic national team who was named Icelandic Sportsman of the Year in 1973, the first footballer to win the award. Haukur Ingi married

Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir (born 29 April 1981) is an Icelandic actress and television presenter who is the assistant director of RÚV, the Icelandic national broadcaster. She is a former Miss Iceland. Life and career Ragnhildur was born K ...

, a former

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and TV personality, in 2018; the couple have been together since 1996 and have four children.Ragna Gestsdóttir
"Ragnhildur Steinunn og Haukur Ingi eignuðust tvíbura"
''Dagblaðið Vísir'', 29 March 2019 .

References

External links

Keflavík Football Club profile

Profile at LFCHistory.net
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