Kristinn Jörundsson (born 13 October 1950) is an Icelandic former basketball and football player who played for both the Icelandic national basketball team and the Icelandic national football team. He won seven national basketball championships as a member of

Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur (, ), commonly known as ÍR, is an Icelandic multi-sport club, based in the suburb of Breiðholt in Reykjavík. It has teams in football, handball, basketball, athletics, tenpin bowling, skiing, karate, taekwondo and ...

and one national football championships as a member of

Knattspyrnufélagið Fram ''Knattspyrnufélagið Fram'' (, ) is a professional Icelandic sports club, best known for its football and handball teams. It was founded on 1 May 1908 in Reykjavík. It was based at Safamýri, in the Háaleiti og Bústaðir district near Reyk ...

Basketball career

Club

Kristinn played 19 seasons with ÍR, winning the national championship seven times. He was named the

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in 1973, 1975 and 1977 and the

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in 1975 and 1977.

International

Kristinn played 79 games for the Icelandic national basketball team from 1970 to 1981.

Coaching

Kristinn was the head coach of ÍS men's team from 1982 to 1984, guiding them to the Division I championship in 1984 and a promotion to the Úrvalsdeild. He coached ÍR women's team during the 1983–1984 Úrvalsdeild kvenna season and helped the team to a second-place finish. In 1984 he was hired as the

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of ÍR where he served for two seasons.

Football career

Club

Kristinn won the national football championships in

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and the Icelandic football cup twice as a member of Reykjavík-based

. Over his career, he scored 60 goals in the Icelandic top-tier league. With the exception of a year at

Íþróttafélagið Völsungur Íþróttafélagið Völsungur (, ) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from the town of Húsavík located on the north coast of Iceland on the shores of Skjálfandi Skjálfandi (; also known as Skjálfandaflói ) is a bay in northern Iceland, wi ...

, he spent all of his career with Fram.

International

Kristinn played two games for the Icelandic national football team.

Personal life

Kristinn's nephew,

Andri Rúnar Bjarnason Andri Rúnar Bjarnason (born 12 November 1990) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a forward for Stjarnan. In 2017, he tied the Besta deild karla single season goal record with 19 goals. The following year, he debuted for the I ...

, was the top goal scorer in Úrvalsdeild karla in

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. His niece,

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, is a professional handball player and a member of the Icelandic national handball team.

References

External links

Úrvalsdeild karla statistics (1978–1988)
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