Ólafur Þórðarson (footballer)

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Ólafur Þórðarson

Personal information
Full name	Ólafur Þórðarson
Date of birth	22 August 1965 (1965-08-22) (age 46)
Place of birth	Iceland
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1983-1988	IA Akranes	89	(9)
1989-1990	S.K. Brann	40	(6)
1991-1992	Lyn	28	(2)
1993-1997	IA Akranes	84	(19)
1998-1999	Fylkir	32	(6)
2000-2002	IA Akranes	13	(0)
Total		286	(42)
National team
1984-1996	Iceland	72	(5)
Teams managed
1997-1999	Fylkir
1999-2006	IA Akranes
2007	Fram Reykjavik
2008-2011	Fylkir
2011-	Víkingur R.
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Ólafur Þórðarson (born 22 August 1965) is a former Icelandic footballer, who played as a midfielder. He is currently manager of Fylkir.

He is the younger brother of Teitur Thordarson, who was manager of Estonia when Ólafur played against them with Iceland in April 1996.

Club career

Þórðarson started his career at IA Akranes before moving abroad to play in the Norwegian League. He returned to Iceland after four seasons to captain the IA side again and participated in IA Akranes glory years when they won the championship title five consecutive times from 1992-1996. After the 1997 season he was hired as player/manager at Fylkir and got them promoted in 1999. In the autumn same year he was appointed as manager of IA Akranes which he managed until mid season 2006 when he was sacked because the team were battling in the relegation zone. Þórðarson also played briefly with the team but his last game in football was 2002. Under his management IA Akranes won the championship surprisingly 2001 and snatched up the VISA-bikar twice 2000 and 2003.

In 2007 Þórðarson took charge of Fram and guided them into 7th place. After the season he quit and was without a team in the 2008 season. But in start of October 2008 he was announced as new manager of Fylkir and returned to the club were he started his coaching career.

International career

Þórðarson made his debut for Iceland in 1984 and went on to collect 72 caps, scoring 5 goals.^[1] He played his last international match in a November 1996 World Cup qualifying match against Ireland.

Honours

• Icelandic Championships: 7
  • 1983, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001

• Icelandic Cups: 7
  • 1983, 1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2003

• 1995 Iceland Players' Player of the year

References

1. ^ Iceland - Record International Players - RSSSF

External links

• National football teams

Persondata
Name	Thordarson, Olafur
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	22 August 1965
Place of birth	Iceland
Date of death
Place of death