Kristinn Jónsson (born 4 August 1990) is an

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player, currently playing for Icelandic club Breiðablik.

Breiðablik

Kristinn came through the youth ranks at Breiðablik, making his first appearance for the senior team in 2007, then at age 17. He won the Icelandic Cup with Breiðablik in

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and the national title in

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. In 2015, Kristinn was voted the

Úrvalsdeild The Besta deild karla () is a professional association football league in Iceland and the highest level of the Icelandic football league system. The competition was founded in 1912 as the Icelandic Championship. Because of the harsh winters in I ...

player of the season by Icelandic national paper Morgunblaðið.

Brommapojkarna (loan)

On 1 January 2014, Kristinn moved to Swedish

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side

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on loan from Breiðablik.

Sarpsborg

On 26 November 2015, Kristinn moved to Norwegian

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club

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International career

At the age of 20 Kristinn had represented the Icelandic national team at all levels.

External links

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Kristinn Jónsson short video clip
at Vimeo *

References

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