Rúnar Már Sigurlaugarson Sigurjónsson (born 18 June 1990) is an Icelandic professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for
Besta deild karla
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club
ÍA.
He started out his senior career at local team
Tindastóll, after which he went on to compete professionally in the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Kazakhstan and Romania.
Rúnar recorded his full debut for Iceland in November 2012, in a 2–0
friendly win over
Andorra
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in which he scored. He was selected for the
UEFA Euro 2016
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, but did not make any appearances in the tournament.
Club career
Early career
Rúnar started his career at hometown club
Tindastóll before switching to
HK when he moved to the
Capital Region at 17 years of age. He played a season with HK's reserve side,
Ýmir
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, in the lowest league before being promoted to the senior squad, managing by that time to have featured in all four divisions of Icelandic football after appearing in the
2009 1. deild karla.
Valur
After two seasons with HK's senior squad, he switched to
Valur before the
2010 Úrvalsdeild
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season.
Loan to Zwolle
After the
2012 season, on 31 January 2013, Rúnar signed with Dutch
Eredivisie
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side
Zwolle
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on loan until the end of the
2012–2013 season, with an option for two more seasons. Shortly after arriving in the Netherlands he was injured and consequently could not play. In late April it was announced that he would be returning to
Valur for the
2013
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Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
Icelandic season, although, due to his injury, he could not be sure when he would start playing. Rúnar was cleared to play with Valur on 3 May 2013.
Sundsvall
On 6 August 2013, it was announced that Rúnar had moved to Swedish
Superettan
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side
Sundsvall
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, with Rúnar signing a contract until the end of 2016.
Grasshoppers
In the summer of 2016 he was sold to
Swiss Super League
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club
Grasshoppers
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Grassh ...
for a sum around €350,000.
Astana
On 17 June 2019, Rúnar signed for
Astana
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following the expiration of his Grasshoppers contract.
CFR Cluj
On 8 February 2021, Rúnar signed for Romanian team
CFR Cluj
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on a free transfer. Over the course of one and a half seasons, he amassed eight goals from 37 appearances in all competitions and won three domestic trophies.
Voluntari
On 20 December 2022,
Voluntari
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The population ...
announced the signing of Rúnar.
ÍA
On 19 April,
ÍA announced the signing of Rúnar.
International career
Rúnar played eight games for the youth sides of Iceland. After a good
2012 season, during which he scored 7 goals, he was picked for the senior squad for a
FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifier match against
Switzerland
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in October 2012 but was an unused substitute. A month later he started in a friendly match against
Andorra
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, scoring the second goal of the game on his debut, a 2–0 win for Iceland.
He was selected for
UEFA Euro 2016
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.
In 2021, Rúnar was removed from the national team and has not appeared for his country since.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rúnar goal''.
Honours
Valur
*
Icelandic League Cup:
2011
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Astana
*
Kazakhstan Premier League
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:
2019
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*
Kazakhstan Super Cup:
2020
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CFR Cluj
*
Liga I
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:
2020–21
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,
2021–22
*
Supercupa României
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The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...
:
2020
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;
runner-up:
2021
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1990 births
Living people
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Men's association football midfielders
UEFA Euro 2016 players
Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players
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Allsvenskan players
Superettan players
Swiss Super League players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
Liga I players
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PEC Zwolle players
GIF Sundsvall players
Grasshopper Club Zurich players
FC St. Gallen players
FC Astana players
CFR Cluj players
FC Voluntari players
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Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
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