Arnar Grétarsson

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 Grétarsson

Personal information
Full name	Arnar Grétarsson
Date of birth	(1972-02-20) 20 February 1972
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1987	Breiðablik
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1997	Breiðablik	139	(27)
1989–1990	→ Rangers (loan)	0	(0)
1997	Leiftur	6	(0)
1997–2000	AEK Athens	67	(2)
2000–2006	Lokeren	157	(36)
2006–2009	Breiðablik	60	(5)
2015	Augnablik	1	(1)
International career
1987	Iceland U16	6	(4)
1988–1990	Iceland U18	12	(2)
1991	Iceland U21	4	(0)
1991–2004	Iceland	71	(2)
Managerial career
2009	Breiðablik (assistant)
2010–2012	AEK Athens (Director of Football)
2013–2014	Club Brugge (sporting Director)
2015–2017	Breiðablik
2019	Roeselare
2020–2022	KA Akureyri
2022–2024	Valur
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arnar Grétarsson (born 20 February 1972 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic former professional football player and former manager of Valur.

Club career

Arnar started his career in Breiðablik, where he played for several years until he joined Leiftur in 1997, where he stayed for one year. His next club was AEK Athens FC, where he stayed for three years. After his contract expired in 2000, Arnar signed for Belgian club K.S.C. Lokeren, where he played until 2006, when he moved back to his homeland to play for Breiðablik again.

International career

Arnar made his debut for Iceland in the famous 5–1 shock defeat of Turkey in a September 1991 friendly match. He has been capped 71 times for Iceland, scoring two goals. His last international match was an October 2004 World Cup qualifying match against Malta.

Coaching career

In 2009, Arnar was appointed Assistant Manager of Breiðablik. In April 2010, Greek side AEK Athens F.C. appointed him as Director of Football. He left the club due to reorganization in the summer of 2012.

In 2013, he was appointed as Sporting Director with Belgian team Club Brugge.

In late 2014 he was appointed as Manager of Breiðablik ahead of the 2015 season.

In a major reshake in the fall of 2022 he was appointed by Valur as their manager soon after he was sacked as manager of KA Akureyri, after having notable success as manager in the northern capital the Icelandic giants hope to bring stability to their setup.

His older brother, Sigurður, was also an Iceland international.

External links

• Arnar Grétarsson at National-Football-Teams.com
• Arnar Grétarsson at Soccerway