Indriði Sigurðsson (born 12 October 1981) is an Icelandic former

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defender. He last played for the Icelandic club

KR Reykjavik 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 r ...

Club career

He started his career in

, and went to

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to play for

Lillestrøm SK Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian professional football club from 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 founded in 1 ...

in 2000. In September 2003 he moved on to

KRC Genk Koninklijke Racing Club Genk (), commonly known as KRC Genk, Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and have won four champ ...

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. Indriði transferred back to

on 29 July 2006. After a short spell at KR, he was transferred to Lyn on 8 August 2006. On 3 August 2009, Indriði signed for

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. With a total of 298 appearances, no foreign player has played more games in the

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than Sigurðsson. On 28 July 2017, Indriði announced his retirement due to health reasons.

International career

Indriði has been

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ped 65 times and has scored 2 goals for

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. He made his debut in January 2000 against

Career statistics

International goals

References

External links

Profile at lyn.no

Profile at lynfotball.net

Bio at KRC Genk
1981 births Living people Indridi Sigurdsson Indridi Sigurdsson Indridi Sigurdsson Indridi Sigurdsson Indridi Sigurdsson Indridi Sigurdsson Indridi Sigurdsson Lillestrøm SK players K.R.C. Genk players Lyn Fotball players Viking FK players Belgian Pro League players Eliteserien players Indridi Sigurdsson Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Indridi Sigurdsson Indridi Sigurdsson Men's association football defenders {{Iceland-footy-bio-stub