Ívar Ingimarsson
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 20 August 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland | ||
| Height | 6 ft ½ in (1.84 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Reading | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–1999 | Valur | 45 | (5) |
| 1999 | ÍBV | 35 | (5) |
| 1999 | → Torquay United (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 1999–2002 | Brentford | 113 | (11) |
| 2002–2003 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | (2) |
| 2003– | Reading | 226 | (11) |
| Total | 448 | (35) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–2007 | Iceland | 30 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:45, 2 September 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ívar Ingimarsson (born 20 August 1977 in Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland), is an Icelandic professional footballer currently playing for English club Reading in the Championship as a centre back.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Early years
Ingimarsson began his career with his local side Súlan (in Stöðvarfjörður), then joined Valur Reykjavík, making 45 league appearances and scoring five goals. In August 1998, he signed for fellow Icelandic side ÍBV, making a further 35 appearances in the Úrvalsdeild, and scoring five goals.
Ingimarsson joined Torquay United on loan from ÍBV in October 1999, scoring on his debut in a 2-1 victory at league leaders Barnet on 23 October 1999. Rumours were rife that a deal had already been done to take Ingimarsson elsewhere at the end of his loan spell, and, after four league games for the Gulls, he duly signed for Brentford in November 1999 for £200,000, confirming the fears of Torquay fans that he would never be a permanent fixture at Plainmoor.
While at Brentford, the band The Bluetones named one of their instrumental B-sides Ingimarsson in his honour; Adam Devlin, the guitarist, being a Bees fan. He was released by Brentford in June 2002, the Bees unable to pay his wages. He signed for Wolverhampton Wanderers the following month, but was unable to establish himself at Molineux, resulting in a loan spell with Brighton & Hove Albion in February 2003.
[edit] Reading
In October 2003, Ingimarsson was linked with a move to Crystal Palace, but snubbed them in favour of a move to Reading, whom he joined in a £175,000 deal on 23 October 2003 as Steve Coppell's first signing as Reading manager.[1]
At Reading, he held a key place in the first team playing alongside Ibrahima Sonko. Together they formed one of the best defenses in the English Football League. On occasions he came up with the odd goal and proved vital in some games. He helped Reading to promotion to the Premier League in 2006 and played in Reading's first ever game in the top flight of English League football, a 3-2 win at home against Middlesbrough on 19 August 2006. On 13 November 2006, Ingimarsson signed a contract extension to keep him at Reading until June 2009,[2] and on 5 May 2007 it was announced that he had been voted the 2006–07 Player of the Season by Reading fans.[3]
On 4 July 2007, Ingimarsson signed an improved three year contract to keep him at Reading until the end of the 2009–10 season.[4]
Following the release of Graeme Murty from Reading, and the arrival of new manager Brendan Rodgers, Ingimarsson was announced as Reading's new club captain on 7 August 2009.[5]
[edit] International career
He made his debut for Iceland in a June 1998 friendly match against South Africa. He opted to retire from international football for a period of just under two years because of arguments with the former joint-managers Ásgeir Sigurvinsson and Logi Ólafsson. He became available again once the pair were replaced by Eyjólfur Sverrisson, and made several further appearances before retiring again in 2007.[6]
[edit] Honours
Brentford
- Football League Trophy runner-up: 2001
Reading
- Football League Championship winner: 2005–06
[edit] References
- ^ "Ingimarsson joins Reading". BBC Sport. 23 October 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3205187.stm. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
- ^ "Ivar and Brynjar sign contract extensions". readingfc.co.uk. 13 November 2006. http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~927481,00.html. Retrieved 13 November 2006.
- ^ "Ingimarsson is crowned Royals' player of the season after great campaign". readingfc.co.uk. 5 May 2007. http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1021460,00.html. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
- ^ "Four new contracts agreed". readingfc.co.uk. 4 July 2007. http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1067116,00.html. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
- ^ "Ivar announced as new captain". readingfc.co.uk. 7 August 2009. http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1745654,00.html. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
- ^ "Ivar retires from international scene". readingfc.co.uk. 15 November 2007. http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1168742,00.html. Retrieved 15 November 2007.
[edit] External links
- Ívar Ingimarsson profile at readingfc.co.uk
- Ívar Ingimarsson career stats at Soccerbase
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