Rúnar Kristinsson (born 5 September 1969) is an Icelandic former professional

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who played for

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. He is the current manager of KR. His son,

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Club career

Rúnar first tried out football at the small club Leiknir, before he started practicing at

, Iceland's oldest and most successful club, where he spent his youth career. His performances at the country's highest level attracted foreign clubs, and he was eventually transferred to

in Sweden. Halfway in the 1997 season, he moved across the border to

of Norway. Rúnar was a success there, thus in 2000, he moved to

K.S.C. Lokeren Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (; often simply called Sporting Lokeren or Lokeren) was a Belgium, Belgian professional association football, football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The clu ...

in Belgium where he was very successful. In May 2007, he returned to his former club KR Reykjavík in Iceland to finish his career. He took over as head coach at KR halfway through the 2010 season and managed the team for four whole seasons after that, resulting in two league titles (2011 Úrvalsdeild, 2011 and 2013 Úrvalsdeild, 2013) and three cup titles (2011 Icelandic Cup, 2011, 2012 Icelandic Cup, 2012 and 2014 Icelandic Cup, 2014). Rúnar left KR November 2014, to manage his former club Lillestrøm SK.

International career

Rúnar has been cap (football), capped 104 times for Iceland national football team, Iceland, scoring three goals in the process, which was a long-standing record until Birkir Bjarnason broke it in 2021.Rúnar Kristinsson - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands
- Icelandic FA He was captain of the team in 11 matches, but retired from international duties in 2004.

Honours

Player

KR Reykjavík *Icelandic Men's Football Cup, Icelandic Cup: 1994

Manager

KR Reykjavík *Úrvalsdeild: 2011 Úrvalsdeild, 2011, 2013 Úrvalsdeild, 2013, 2019 Úrvalsdeild, 2019 *Icelandic Men's Football Cup, Icelandic Cup: 2011 Icelandic Cup, 2011, 2012 Icelandic Cup, 2012, 2014 Icelandic Cup, 2014 *Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, League Cup: 2012 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, 2012, 2019 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, 2019 *Icelandic Super Cup: 2012, 2014, 2020

References

External links

Bio at Lokeren
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