Ragnar Sigurðsson
 Ragnar in a match against Austria in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ragnar Sigurðsson | ||
| Date of birth | 15 June 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FC Krasnodar | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Fylkir | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2006 | Fylkir | 38 | (2) |
| 2006–2011 | IFK Göteborg | 122 | (11) |
| 2011–2013 | FC København | 70 | (4) |
| 2014– | FC Krasnodar | 28 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001-2002 | Iceland U-17 | 11 | (1) |
| 2004 | Iceland U-19 | 5 | (2) |
| 2005-2006 | Iceland U-21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2007– | Iceland | 44 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 April 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Ragnar Sigurðsson (born 19 June 1986) is an Icelandic professional footballer. Ragnar plays as centre back for FC Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League. He also plays for the Iceland national team.
Club career
IFK Göteborg
After playing for Fylkir, he joined Swedish club IFK Göteborg in 2006. He made his Allsvenskan debut on 6 April 2007, starting the first match of the 2007 season; he would go on to play 90 minutes in all 26 of the club's league matches, forming a formidable partnership with Mattias Bjärsmyr as the team won Allsvenskan 2007. After his magnificent first season he has constantly been linked to several big clubs in Ligue 1, Serie A, Bundesliga and Premier League. IFK Göteborg's sports director, Håkan Mild has also commented that the club could get a transfer fee around €3 million for the talented defender.[1] During his second season the defender played 29 games[2] (of 30) as the team finished in 3rd place. The club also won Supercupen and Svenska Cupen during the 2008 season.
FC København
On May 30, 2011, Ragnar Sigurðsson signed a four-year-long contract with Danish champions F.C. Copenhagen.[3] The fee is believed to be around 5.5 million DKK.[4]
FC Krasnodar
On 23 January 2014, Russian Football Premier League club FC Krasnodar announced signing Ragnar Sigurðsson on a two-and-a-half year deal with option for another year.[5]
International career
He has played for the Icelandic under-21 team and was called up for the Iceland national team for the first time in May 2007. His first match for the national team was in a friendly against Canada in August 2007. On 16 November 2014, Ragnar scored his first goal in a 1–2 away Euro 2016 qualifier defeat to the Czech Republic.
International goal
- Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 November 2014 | Doosan Arena, Plzeň |  Czech Republic | 1–0 | 1–2 | Euro 2016 qualifier | [6] |
Career statistics
| Season | Club | League | League | Cup | Europe | Other[nb 1] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | |||
| 2002 | Fylkir U-23 | Icelandic Cup | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2003 | - | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2004 | Fylkir | Úrvalsdeild | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2005 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2006 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2007 | IFK Göteborg | Allsvenskan | 26 | 0 | - | - | 26 | 0 | ||||
| 2008 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | 32 | 4 | |||||
| 2009 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 35 | 5 | |||
| 2010 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2011 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 15 | 3 | |||
| 2011–12 | F.C. Copenhagen | Danish Superliga | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | 37 | 1 | |
| 2012–13 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | 41 | 3 | |||
| 2013–14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | FC Krasnodar | Russian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | 22 | 1 | |||
| Total | Iceland | 38 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 61 | 2 | |
| Sweden | 125 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 13 | ||
| Denmark | 69 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 4 | ||
| Russia | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| Total | 249 | 19 | 28 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 333 | 20 | ||
Honours
IFK Göteborg
- Allsvenskan 2007
- Supercupen 2008
- Svenska Cupen 2008
F.C. Copenhagen
- Danish Superliga 2012-13
- Danish Cup 2011-12
Notes
- ↑ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Svenska Supercupen and the Icelandic League Cup
References
- ↑ Sigurdsson intresserar engelska klubbar - Retrieved on 7 December 2008, sportal.nu (in Swedish)
- ↑ Player Profile: Ragnar Sigurdsson - Retrieved on 7 December 2008, svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
- ↑ FC København henter islænding i Sverige - Retrieved on 30 May 2011, pol.dk (in Danish)
- ↑ Officielt: Sigurdsson til FCK - Retrieved on 30 May 2011, sporten.dk (in Danish)
- ↑ "Рагнар Сигурдссон стал игроком "Краснодара"" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 23 January 2014.
- ↑ Teitsson, Kristinn Páll (16 November 2014). "Strákarnir felldir í Tékklandi". Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ↑ "R.Sigurdsson". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ↑ "Ragnar Sigurdsson". http://svenskfotboll.se''. svenskfotboll. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ↑ "Ragnar Sigurðsson". KSÍ. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ragnar Sigurðsson. |
- (Danish) Profile at FC Copenhagen
- Ragnar Sigurðsson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at svenskfotboll.se
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