Arnar Gunnlaugsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Arnar.

Arnar Gunnlaugsson

Arnar in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Arnar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson [1]
Date of birth	(1973-03-06) 6 March 1973 (age 52)
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	56	(37)
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)
2000	→ Stoke City (loan)	13	(2)
2002	→ Stoke City (loan)	9	(3)
2002–2003	Dundee United	6	(0)
2003–2005	KR	34	(14)
2006	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		350	(138)
International career
1988	Iceland U17	7	(4)
1988–1990	Iceland U19	13	(6)
1992	Iceland U21	6	(2)
1993–2003	Iceland	32	(3)
Managerial career
2006	ÍA
2008–2009	ÍA
2016–2017	KR (assistant)
2017–2018	Vikingur R (assistant)
2018–2025	Vikingur R [2]
2025–	Iceland
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arnar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson (born 6 March 1973) is an Icelandic football manager who currently manages the Iceland national football team. ^[3]

He is a retired international player. ^[4] During his career he enjoyed spells at Leicester City, Stoke City, Bolton Wanderers, IA Akranes, 1. FC Nürnberg, Feyenoord and Dundee United. As a manager he has managed Víkingur Reykjavík to 2 Úrvalsdeild titles in 2021, 2023, and 4 Icelandic Cups in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 before he became manager of Iceland.

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, ^[5] and both times came on as a substitute and scored in a penalty shootout; once against Leeds United ^[6] and once against Fulham. ^[7] 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. ^[8]

International career

As a young player, Arnar made several appearances for the Icelandic international youth teams. ^[9] 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. ^[10] His last international match was an April 2003 friendly match against Finland in which he was substituted with Veigar Páll Gunnarsson.

Personal life

Arnar is the twin brother of Bjarki Gunnlaugsson who was also an Icelandic international, and the older brother of Garðar Gunnlaugsson who played for the national team as well. ^{[11] [12]}

Career statistics

Club

Sources: ^{[13] [14]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
ÍA	1989	Úrvalsdeild	8	1	—		—		—		8	1
	1990	Úrvalsdeild	12	3	—		—		—		12	3
	1991 [15]	1.deild	18	18	—		—		—		18	18
	1992	Úrvalsdeild	18	15	—		—		—		18	15
	Total		56	37	—		—		—		56	37
Feyenoord	1992–93	Eredivisie	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	1993–94	Eredivisie	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
	Total		9	0	—		—		—		9	0
1. FC Nürnberg	1994–95	2. Bundesliga	28	8	—		—		—		28	8
ÍA	1995	Úrvalsdeild	7	15	—		—		—		7	15
Sochaux	1995–96	Ligue 2	12	3	—		—		—		12	3
	1996–97	Ligue 2	13	1	—		—		—		13	1
	Total		25	4	—		—		—		25	4
ÍA	1997	Úrvalsdeild	2	1	—		—		—		2	1
Bolton Wanderers	1997–98	Premier League	15	0	1	0	3	1	—		19	1
	1998–99	First Division	27	13	1	0	6	1	—		34	14
	Total		42	13	2	0	9	2	—		53	15
Leicester City	1998–99	Premier League	9	0	0	0	0	0	—		9	0
	1999–2000	Premier League	2	0	3	0	2	0	—		7	0
	2000–01	Premier League	17	3	3	1	1	0	—		21	4
	2001–02	Premier League	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total		30	3	6	1	3	0	—		39	4
Stoke City (loan)	1999–2000	Second Division	13	2	0	0	0	0	5	1	18	3
	2001–02	Second Division	9	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	3
	Total		22	5	0	0	0	0	7	1	29	6
Dundee United	2002–03	Scottish Premier League	6	0	0	0	1	0	—		7	0
KR	2003	Úrvalsdeild	11	7	—		—		—		11	7
	2004	Úrvalsdeild	15	7	—		—		—		15	7
	2005	Úrvalsdeild	8	0	—		—		—		8	0
	Total		34	14	—		—		—		25	14
ÍA	2006	Úrvalsdeild	15	5	—		—		—		15	5
FH	2007	Úrvalsdeild	12	6	—		—		—		12	6
	2008	Úrvalsdeild	12	4	—		—		—		12	4
	Total		24	10	—		—		—		24	10
ÍA	2008	Úrvalsdeild	6	3	—		—		—		6	3
	2009	1. deild karla	8	5	—		—		—		8	5
	Total		14	8	—		—		—		14	8
Valur	2009	Úrvalsdeild	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Haukar	2010	Úrvalsdeild	18	8	—		—		—		18	8
Fram	2011	Úrvalsdeild	14	7	—		—		—		14	7
Career total			350	138	14	1	13	2	7	1	384	142

International

Source: ^[14]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iceland	1993	5	0
	1994	7	0
	1995	6	2
	1996	2	0
	1997	3	0
	1998	4	0
	1999	3	1
	2002	1	0
	2003	1	0
Total		32	3

Honours

Player

ÍA

• Úrvalsdeild: 1992, 1995

Leicester City

• Football League Cup: 1999–2000

Stoke City

• Football League Trophy: 1999–2000 ^[16]

KR

• Icelandic Cup: 2003

FH

• Úrvalsdeild: 2008
• Icelandic Cup: 2007

Individual

• Úrvalsdeild Top Scorer: 1992, 1995
• Úrvalsdeild Most promising player: 1992

Manager

Víkingur FC

• Úrvalsdeild (2): 2021, 2023
• Icelandic Cup (4): 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Icelandic Super Cup: 2022, 2024

Individual

• Úrvalsdeild Coach of the Year: 2021, 2023

References

1. "Arnar Gunnlaugsson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. 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 nýr þjálfari A landsliðs karla" [Arnar Gunnlaugsson is the new coach of the men's national team] (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
4. "Arnar Gunnlaugsson í Fram" (in Icelandic). visir.is. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
5. "Games played by Arnar Gunnlaugsson in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
6. "Fighting Foxes pull through". BBC. 16 December 1999. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
7. "Fulham trio fail from spot". BBC. 12 January 2000. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
8. Sidaway, Jon (7 December 2017). "Looking Back Down 'Wembley Way'". Stoke City FC. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
9. "Landsliðsmenn Íslands karla". Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. December 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
10. Iceland - Record International Players - RSSSF
11. "Arnar og Bjarki leika að nýju með ÍA". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). mbl.is . Retrieved 20 March 2025.
12. "Garðar við æfingar hjá Leeds og Rangers". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 23 February 1999. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
13. Arnar Gunnlaugsson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
14. "Arnar Gunnlaugsson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
15. Sigurðsson, Víðir (1991). Íslensk knattspyrna 1991 [Icelandic football 1991] (1 ed.). Reykjavík: Skjaldborg.
16. Sidaway, Jon (7 December 2017). "Stoke City FC - Looking Back Down 'Wembley Way'". Stoke City FC. Retrieved 24 March 2024.

External links

• Arnar Gunnlaugsson at National-Football-Teams.com
• Arnar Gunnlaugsson at KSÍ (in Icelandic)