Arnar Viðarsson

Arnar Viðarsson

Viðarsson with De Graafschap
Personal information
Full name	Arnar Þór Viðarsson[1]
Date of birth	(1978-03-15) 15 March 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	FH	35	(3)
1997–2006	Lokeren	235	(6)
1997	→ Lillestrøm (loan)	6	(0)
1998	→ FH (loan)	4	(0)
1998	→ Genk (trial)	0	(0)
2006–2008	Twente	11	(0)
2007–2008	→ De Graafschap (loan)	32	(1)
2008–2014	Cercle Brugge	157	(0)
Total		480	(10)
International career
1993	Iceland U16	8	(0)
1993–1994	Iceland U17	7	(0)
1995–1996	Iceland U19	11	(0)
1996–1999	Iceland U21	17	(0)
1998–2007	Iceland	52	(2)
Managerial career
2014	Cercle Brugge (assistant)
2014–2015	Cercle Brugge
2015–2018	Lokeren (assistant and U21)
2018	Lokeren (caretaker)
2018–2019	Lokeren (assistant and U21)
2019–2020	Iceland U21
2020–2023	Iceland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arnar Þór Viðarsson (transliterated as Arnar Thor Vidarsson;^[2] born 15 March 1978) is an Icelandic football coach and a former player, his playing position was midfielder. He last played for Belgian Pro League side Cercle Brugge, where he was also employed as head coach. He was the head coach of Iceland men's national team from 2020 to 2023.^[3]

Club career

He started his career in FH, and moved to Belgium to play for Sporting Lokeren early in his career. He returned to FH for a short period, but apart from a loan spell at Lillestrøm SK and a trial at Genk, he has played for Lokeren from October 1998 until 2006. Since then, Lokeren has signed many Icelandic players, for instance midfielder Rúnar Kristinsson who holds the Icelandic record for most international caps.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, he transferred to FC Twente, where he signed a contract until 2009. For the 2007-08 he was loaned out to newly promoted De Graafschap, before eventually returning to Belgium, playing for Cercle Brugge, where he ended his career as a player in the summer of 2014, becoming assistant under head coach Lorenzo Staelens. Following the sacking of Staelens on October of that same year, Arnar was appointed head coach.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Arnar was capped 52 times for Iceland, scoring 2 goals,^[4] as well as 41 times at youth level. He made his debut for the seniors in a June 1998 friendly match against South Africa.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Arnar is the brother of fellow Icelandic midfielders Bjarni and Davíð, and the son of Icelandic footballer Viðar Halldórsson.^[5]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 30 March 2023^{[citation needed]}

References

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