Magni Fannberg Magnússon (born 12 August 1979) is an Icelandic

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coach.

Early life

Magni grew up in

Súðavík Súðavík () is a fishing village and municipality (Súðavíkurhreppur ) on the west coast of Álftafjörður in Westfjords, Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic ...

and

Ísafjörður Ísafjörður (pronounced , meaning ''ice fjord'', literally ''fjord of ices'') is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of Ísafjörður with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or ''eyri'', in Skutulsfjörður, a fjord ...

in the

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region of

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Coaching career

In 2006, Magni was hired as an assistant coach to Sigurður Jónsson at

Grindavík Grindavík () is a fishing town in the Southern Peninsula district of Iceland, not far from Þorbjörn, a tuya (a type of flat-topped, steep-sided volcano). It is one of the few towns with a harbour on this coast. Most of the inhabitants work ...

. With two games left of the season, he took over as manager along with Milan Stefán Jankovic aftur Sigurður left the team. He resigned from the team in October 2006, after the chairman of Ungmennafélag Grindavíkur ripped into Magni, Sigurður and Jankovic in a scathing article posted on the team's official website. In October 2007, he was hired as the manager of Fjarðarbyggð. He resigned from his post in end of July the same year with the team in 8th place. From 2009 to 2016, Magni coached at

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, including as the manager of the men's team from 2014 to 2015. He served as the development manager of

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from 2016 to 2019. In March 2019, he was hired as the development manager of AIK. The same year, he served as a scout with the Icelandic men's national team. In February 2022, he was hired as the development manager of

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. He resigned in December 2023, citing turmoil and division at the club as the reason. Since December 2024 is Magni

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sport director.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Magnusson, Magni Fannberg 1979 births Living people Magni Fannberg Magnusson Magni Fannberg Magnusson Magni Fannberg Magnusson Men's association football players not categorized by position Sportspeople from Ísafjörður