Arnar Gunnlaugsson

Arnar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson
Born	(1973-03-06) March 6, 1973 Iceland
Occupation(s)	Football coach, former player
Years active	(player) 1989–2008, (coach) –present
Known for	Managing Iceland national football team, playing for Leicester City and other clubs

Arnar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson (born 6 March 1973) is an Icelandic football coach who currently manages the Iceland national football team.

Having retired from his international playing career, Arnar's professional journey featured significant periods at clubs such as Leicester City, Stoke City, Bolton Wanderers, ÍA Akranes, 1. FC Nürnberg, Feyenoord, and Dundee United.

In his managerial capacity, he led Víkingur Reykjavík to clinch the Úrvalsdeild championships in both 2021 and 2023. Additionally, under his guidance, the club secured four Icelandic Cup trophies in 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023 prior to his appointment as national team head coach.

Club career

During his tenure at Leicester City, Arnar contributed to their triumph in the 1999–2000 Football League Cup by making two substitute appearances and successfully converting penalties in shootouts against both Leeds United and Fulham. Although he was not selected for the squad in the 2000 League Cup Final held at Wembley Stadium, he was shortly loaned out to Stoke City, where he started in their victorious campaign in the 2000 Football League Trophy Final at the same venue.

International career

Arnar represented Iceland across multiple youth categories before debuting for the senior national team in April 1993 during a match against the United States. Over a span exceeding ten years, he accumulated 32 international caps and netted three goals, concluding his international appearances in April 2003 with a friendly encounter versus Finland.

Personal life

He is the twin sibling of former Iceland international footballer Bjarki Gunnlaugsson and is also the elder brother of Garðar Gunnlaugsson, another player who has represented Iceland at the international level.

Club

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	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	Football League 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	Football League Second Division	13	२	0	0	0	0	5	1	18	3
	2001–02	Second Division	9	3	0	0	0	0	२	|| 11 || 3
	colspan= "   "	Total	22	5 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 7 !! 1 !! 29 !! 6
Dundee United	200 -03	Scottish Premier League	6 || -	-	-	-	-	7 || -	- International National team Year Appearances Goals scored 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 Overall 32 3 Player ÍA Úrvalsdeild Champion: 1992, 1995 Leicester City Football League Cup Winner: 1999–2000 Stoke City Football League Trophy Winner: 1999–2000 KR Icelandic Cup Winner: 2003 FH Úrvalsdeild Title: 2008 Icelandic Cup Winner: 2007 Individual Top Scorer in Úrvalsdeild: 1992, 1995 Úrvalsdeild Most Promising Player Award: 1992 Manager Víkingur FC Úrvalsdeild Titles (2): 2021, 2023 Icelandic Cup Victories (4): 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 Icelandic Super Cup Wins: 2022, 2024 Individual Úrvalsdeild Coach of the Year Honors: 2021, 2023