Ragnar Sigurðsson (born 19 June 1986) is an Icelandic former professional

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who played as

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. Beginning his career with Fylkir, he went on to represent IFK Göteborg, Copenhagen, Krasnodar,

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, Rubin Kazan, Rostov, and Rukh Lviv before retiring at Fylkir in 2021. A full international between 2007 and 2020, he won 97 caps for the Iceland national team and represented his country at the UEFA Euro 2016, reaching the quarter-finals, and the

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. In November 2022 Ragnar was introduced as assistant-manager of

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and in July 2023 he became a caretaker-manager of the side following the departure of his predecessor Jón Þórir Sveinsson.

Club career

IFK Göteborg

After playing for Fylkir, Ragnar joined

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club IFK Göteborg in 2006. He made his

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debut on 6 April 2007, starting the first match of the 2007 season. He would go on to play 90 minutes in all 26 of the club's league matches, forming a formidable partnership with

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as the team won Allsvenskan 2007. He was constantly being linked to several big clubs in

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, Serie A, Bundesliga and the Premier League. IFK Göteborg's sports director,

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commented that the club could get a transfer fee around €3 million for the talented defender.Sigurdsson intresserar engelska klubbar
– Retrieved on 7 December 2008, sportal.nu (in Swedish) During his second season, Ragnar played 29 matchesPlayer Profile: Ragnar Sigurdsson
– Retrieved on 7 December 2008, svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish) (of 30) as the team finished in 3rd place. The club also won the Supercupen and Svenska Cupen during the 2008 season.

F.C. Copenhagen

On 30 May 2011, Ragnar signed a four-year contract with Danish champions

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.FC København henter islænding i Sverige
nbsp;– Retrieved on 30 May 2011, pol.dk (in Danish) The fee is believed to be around 5.5 million DKK.Officielt: Sigurdsson til FCK
– Retrieved on 30 May 2011, sporten.dk (in Danish)

FC Krasnodar

On 23 January 2014, Russian Football Premier League club FC Krasnodar announced they had signed Ragnar on a two-and-a-half-year deal with option for another year.

Fulham

On 23 August 2016, Ragnar signed a two-year deal with the Championship side

for an undisclosed fee. He scored his first goal for Fulham in a 2–0 win against

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on 26 December 2016.

Rubin Kazan

On 3 August 2017, he returned to Russia, signing a loan deal with FC Rubin Kazan for the 2017–18 season.

Rostov

On 18 January 2018, he signed a deal for a permanent transfer to FC Rostov, the third Russian club of his career, where he joined his Iceland national teammates

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and

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. On 1 January 2020, his contract with Rostov was terminated by mutual consent.

Return to Copenhagen

On 12 January 2020, he returned to Copenhagen, signing a contract until the summer of 2020.

Rukh Lviv

On 18 January 2021, Sigurðsson moved to Ukrainian Premier League side Rukh Lviv, signing a contract until the summer of 2021, with an option to prolong the deal for another year.

International career

Ragnar was selected for the 23-man squad led by

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and Lars Lagerbäck for

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. He scored his first goal for Iceland on 16 November 2014 in a 1–2 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying defeat at

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against the Czech Republic. On 27 June 2016, he scored Iceland's first goal in a 2–1 upset against England in the round of 16. His endeavours in the match resulted in him being selected as man of the match. Ragnar made a last-ditch tackle, described as "outstanding", to deny Jamie Vardy a potential equalizer in the match. In May 2018 he was named in Iceland's 23-man squad for the

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in Russia.

Personal life

On 5 July 2016, a rampage incident on Ragnar's home in Garðabær was notified to the police. When the police officers arrived to his house, Ragnar had left the scene but the apartment was in a bad state with ruined furniture. In a police report, Ragnar's then-wife asserted that he had threatened her. A few days later, Ragnar was brought in for questioning by the police where he denied all accusations of violence and threatening. Ragnar's neighbours, who had originally called the police, reported the incident the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ), but no action was taken. The event was publicly revealed in September 2021 when several cases of violence by Icelandic professional footballers were exposed in the Icelandic media.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ragnar goal.''

Honours

IFK Göteborg *

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* Svenska Cupen:

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* Svenska Supercupen:

Copenhagen * Danish Superliga:

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* Danish Cup: 2011–12 Krasnodar * Russian Premier League: Third place 2014–15 Individual * Årets Ärkeängel: 1986

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sigurdsson, Ragnar 1986 births Living people

Ragnar Sigurdsson Ragnar ( non, Ragnarr ) is a masculine Germanic given name, composed of the Old Norse elements ''ragin-'' "counsel" and ''hari-'' "army". Origin and variations The Proto-Germanic forms of the compounds are "ragina" (counsel) and "harjaz" or " ...

IFK Göteborg players Allsvenskan players Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden F.C. Copenhagen players Danish Superliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Russia FC Krasnodar players FC Rostov players Expatriate men's footballers in England Fulham F.C. players Russian Premier League players Men's association football central defenders UEFA Euro 2016 players 2018 FIFA World Cup players English Football League players FC Rubin Kazan players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Ukrainian Premier League players FC Rukh Lviv players