Kristján Finnbogason
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kristján Finnbogi Finnbogason | ||
Date of birth | 8 May 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Iceland | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Grótta | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
Grótta | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1990 | KR Reykjavík | 3 | (0) |
1991-1993 | ÍA Akranes | 54 | (0) |
1994–1997 | KR | 71 | (0) |
1997-1998 | Ayr United | 9 | (0) |
1998-1999 | KR Reykjavík | 26 | (0) |
1999-2000 | SK Lommel | 1 | (0) |
2000-2008 | KR | 118 | (0) |
2009- | Grótta | 31 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
1994-2006 | Iceland | 20 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 September 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2007 |
Kristján Finnbogason (born 8 May 1971) is an Icelandic football goalkeeper playing for First Division side Grótta.
Club career
He has formerly played for K.F.C. Lommel S.K. and ÍA Akranes. He is currently playing for Grótta. He was the first-choice goalkeeper for KR seven seasons in a row from 1999, when the team won their first league title in 31 years.
There have been speculations on whether Kristján will retire at the end of the 2006 season. In an interview in early October 2006, he told the media he wanted to play for KR for another season. He said that it was very exiting to play in the UEFA Cup. Kristján has also told the media that he wants to end his career as a striker at Grótta, the club he played with in his youth years.
On the 26 September 2006, Kristján, along with teammates Björgólfur Takefusa and Gunnlaugur Jónsson, was chosen in the team of rounds 13 - 18 of landsbankadeild 2006[1].
After a disappointing 2008 season with KR Kristján switched to the 2. division club Grótta from Seltjarnarnes. Kristján grew up in Seltjarnarnes and played with Grótta until he was 12 years old. Grótta won the 2. division 2009 with 45 points and with Kristján in goal in all the 22 games the team conceded 26 goals. In the final game vs. Magni from Grenivík Kristján played the 2nd half as a striker and had few good chances to score. Kristján, along with teammates Sigurvin Ólafsson and Sölvi Davíðsson, was chosen in the team of the year by the popular webpage www.fotbolti.net [2]
In the 2010 season Grótta played in the 1. division for the first time in the club's history. The team finished in 10th place, only one point from getting relegated. Kristján played 16 games but missed out the other games because of knee injury.
Recently Grótta signed Kristján as assistant coach to assist their new coach, Sigurður Helgason, in the upcoming season.
International career
Kristján Finnbogason made his debut for Iceland in an October 1993 friendly match against Tunisia as a substitute for Fridrik Fridriksson. He has since been capped 20 times and played his last international match in 2006.
- Use dmy dates from April 2011
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Icelandic footballers
- Iceland international footballers
- Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur players
- Íþróttabandalag Akraness players
- Ayr United F.C. players
- Association football goalkeepers
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Scottish Football League players
- Icelandic expatriate footballers