Rúnar Kristinsson

Infobox Football biography
playername = Rúnar Kristinsson
fullname = Rúnar Kristinsson
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1969|9|5
cityofbirth = Reykjavík
countryofbirth = Iceland
height = 1,78 m.
position = midfielder
currentclub = KR Reykjavík
clubnumber = 12
youthyears = 1983
youthclubs = Leiknir Reykjavík
years = 1984-1994 1995-1997 1997-2000 2000-2007 2007
clubs = KR Reykjavík Örgryte IS Lillestrøm SK Lokeren KR Reykjavík "career totals"
caps(goals) = 126 (21) 59 (13) 71 (14) 189 (37) 14 (0) "459 (85)"
nationalyears = 1984-1985 1987 1987-1991 1987-2004
nationalteam = Iceland U17 Iceland U19 Iceland U21 flagicon|Iceland Iceland
nationalcaps(goals) = 18 (9) 11 (1) 10 (3) 106 (3)
pcupdate = 18:00, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 18:00, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Rúnar Kristinsson (born September 5, 1969 in Reykjavík) is a former Icelandic footballer who played for Lokeren, Lillestrøm SK and KR Reykjavík. He now works for KR as director of football.

Club career

He started his career in the small club Leiknir before moving on to KR Reykjavík, Icelands largest club. His performances attracted foreign clubs, and soon he was transferred to Örgryte IS in Sweden. Halfway in the 1997 season, he moved across the border to Lillestrøm SK of Norway. Kristinsson was a success there, thus in 2000, he moved to K.S.C. Lokeren in Belgium were he was very successful.

In May 2007 he moved back to his former club KR Reykjavík in Iceland to finish his career.

International career

Kristinsson has been capped a record 106 times for Iceland, scoring 3 goals in the process [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ijs-recintlp.html Iceland - Record International Players] - RSSSF] . He was captain of the team in 11 matches, but retired from international duties in 2004.

References

ee also

*List of footballers with 100 or more caps
*nl icon [http://www.sporting.be/content/statistiek/spelerfiche.asp?naam=runarkristinsson Bio at Lokeren]