Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bjarni Óskar Þorsteinsson | ||
Date of birth | 31 August 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Iceland | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–2000 | KR | 76 | (4) |
1999 | → KFC Uerdingen 05 (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2001–2003 | Molde | 43 | (1) |
2004–2006 | KR | 22 | (1) |
2007 | Grótta | 12 | (1) |
2008 | Þróttur Reykjavík | 0 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Einherji | 22 | (5) |
International career | |||
1994–1995 | Iceland U19 | 10 | (0) |
1997 | Iceland U21 | 3 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Iceland | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bjarni Óskar Þorsteinsson (born 31 August 1976) is a retired Icelandic footballer who played as a defender. He won 10 caps for the Iceland national football team between 2000 and 2003.
Bjarni began his playing career with KR in 1996, and went on to make 76 league appearances for the club. In 1999, he spent one month on loan at German side KFC Uerdingen 05, where he played twice. Bjarni signed for Norwegian Tippeligaen club Molde FK in 2001, but did not make a competitive appearance during his first season. He went on to play 43 league matches for the side, scoring once, before returning to KR for the 2004 campaign.
Over the following three seasons Bjarni played 22 Úrvalsdeild matches for KR, before joining 3. deild side Grótta in 2007. He spent one season with the fourth-tier club, during which time he scored once in 13 league games, before returning to the Úrvalsdeild with Þróttur Reykjavík. However, he failed to break into the Þróttur side and made only one cup appearance for the club. Bjarni subsequently signed for 3. deild outfit Einherji for the 2009 season, and went on to score 5 goals in 22 league matches for the side before retiring the following year.
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