Arnar Gunnlaugsson

Arnar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson (born 6 March 1973) is an Icelandic football coach managing Víkingur in the Úrvalsdeild.

Arnar Gunnlaugsson
Arnar Gunnlaugsson
Personal information
Full name Arnar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson[1]
Date of birth (1973-03-06) 6 March 1973
Place of birth Akranes, Iceland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1988 ÍA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1992 ÍA 38 (19)
1992–1994 Feyenoord 9 (0)
1994–1995 1. FC Nürnberg 28 (8)
1995 ÍA 7 (15)
1995–1997 Sochaux 25 (4)
1997 ÍA 2 (1)
1997–1999 Bolton Wanderers 42 (13)
1999–2002 Leicester City 30 (3)
2000Stoke City (loan) 13 (2)
2002Stoke City (loan) 9 (3)
2002–2003 Dundee United 6 (0)
2003–2006 KR Reykjavík 34 (14)
2006–2007 ÍA 15 (5)
2007–2008 FH 24 (10)
2008–2009 ÍA 14 (8)
2009 Valur 4 (0)
2010 Haukar 18 (8)
2011 Fram 14 (7)
Total 332 (120)
National team
1988 Iceland U17 7 (4)
1988–1990 Iceland U19 13 (6)
1992 Iceland U21 6 (2)
1993–2003 Iceland 32 (3)
Teams managed
2006 ÍA
2008–2009 ÍA
2016–2017 KR Reykjavík (assistant)
2017–2018 Vikingur R (assistant)
2018– Vikingur R[2]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He is a retired international player.[3] During his career he enjoyed spells at Leicester City, Stoke City, Bolton Wanderers, IA Akranes, 1. FC Nürnberg, Feyenoord and Dundee United.

Club career

While at Leicester City he played a key role in their victorious 1999–2000 Football League Cup campaign. He made two appearances during the run,[4] and both times came on as a substitute and scored in a penalty shootout; once against Leeds United[5] and once against Fulham.[6] He was not part of Leicester's squad for the 2000 League Cup Final at Wembley, however days after the final he was loaned out to Stoke where he had a second opportunity to play at the stadium; this time starting as Stoke won the 2000 Football League Trophy Final.[7]

International career

As a young player, Arnar made several appearances for the Icelandic international youth teams.[8] Arnar made his debut for Iceland in an April 1993 friendly match against the United States. He went on to earn 32 caps, scoring three goals between 1993 and 2003.[9] His last international match was an April 2003 friendly match against Finland in which he was substituted with Veigar Páll Gunnarsson.

Career statistics

Club

Sources:[10][11]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ÍA 1989 Úrvalsdeild 8181
1990 Úrvalsdeild 123123
1991 Úrvalsdeild 0000
1992 Úrvalsdeild 18151815
Total 38193819
Feyenoord 1992–93 Eredivisie 4040
1993–94 Eredivisie 5050
Total 9090
1. FC Nürnberg 1994–95 2. Bundesliga 288288
ÍA 1995 Úrvalsdeild 715715
Sochaux 1995–96 Ligue 2 123123
1996–97 Ligue 2 131131
Total 254254
ÍA 1997 Úrvalsdeild 2121
Bolton Wanderers 1997–98 Premier League 1501031191
1998–99 First Division 271310613414
Total 421320925315
Leicester City 1998–99 Premier League 90000090
1999–2000 Premier League 20302070
2000–01 Premier League 1733110214
2001–02 Premier League 20000020
Total 3036130394
Stoke City (loan) 1999–2000 Second Division 132000051183
2001–02 Second Division 93000020113
Total 225000071296
Dundee United 2002–03 Scottish Premier League 60001070
KR Reykjavík 2003 Úrvalsdeild 117117
2004 Úrvalsdeild 157157
2005 Úrvalsdeild 8080
Total 34142514
ÍA 2006 Úrvalsdeild 155155
FH 2007 Úrvalsdeild 126126
2008 Úrvalsdeild 124124
Total 24102410
ÍA 2008 Úrvalsdeild 6363
2009 1. deild karla 8585
Total 148148
Valur 2009 Úrvalsdeild 4040
Haukar 2010 Úrvalsdeild 188188
Fram 2011 Úrvalsdeild 147147
Career total 33212014113271366124

International

Source:[11]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Iceland 199350
199470
199562
199620
199730
199840
199931
200210
200310
Total323

Honours

Player

Leicester City

ÍA

FH

KR

Manager

Víkingur FC

References

  1. "Arnar Gunnlaugsson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  2. "Arnar Gunnlaugsson tekur við Víkingi (Staðfest)" (in Icelandic). Fótbolti.net. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  3. "Arnar Gunnlaugsson í Fram" (in Icelandic). visir.is. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  4. "Games played by Arnar Gunnlaugsson in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  5. "Fighting Foxes pull through". BBC. 16 December 1999. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  6. "Fulham trio fail from spot". BBC. 12 January 2000. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  7. Sidaway, Jon (7 December 2017). "Looking Back Down 'Wembley Way'". Stoke City FC. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  8. "Landsliðsmenn Íslands karla". Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. December 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  9. Iceland - Record International Players - RSSSF
  10. Arnar Gunnlaugsson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  11. "Arnar Gunnlaugsson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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