Rúnar Kristinsson
Personal information
Full name	Rúnar Kristinsson
Date of birth	September 5, 1969 (1969-09-05) (age 40)
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	KR Reykjavík
Number	12
Youth career
1983	Leiknir Reykjavík
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984-1994 1995-1997 1997-2000 2000-2007 2007	KR Reykjavík Örgryte IS Lillestrøm SK Lokeren KR Reykjavík career totals	126 (21) 59 (13) 71 (14) 189 (37) 14 (0) 459 (85)
National team2
1984-1985 1987 1987-1991 1987-2004	Iceland U17 Iceland U19 Iceland U21 Iceland	18 (9) 11 (1) 10 (3) 106 (3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:00, 24 April 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 18:00, 24 April 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] International career

Kristinsson has been capped a record 106 times for Iceland, scoring 3 goals in the process^[1]. He was captain of the team in 11 matches, but retired from international duties in 2004.

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of footballers with 100 or more caps
• (Dutch) Bio at Lokeren

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