Ragnar Sigurðsson

Ragnar Sigurðsson
Ragnar Sigurðsson (2014)
Personnel
birthday	June 19, 1986
place of birth	Reykjavík ,  Iceland
size	187 cm
position	Central defender
Juniors
Years	station
2002-2004	Fylkir Reykjavík
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2004-2006	Fylkir Reykjavík	38 0(2)
2006-2011	IFK Gothenburg	124 (12)
2011-2014	FC Copenhagen	69 0(4)
2014-2016	FK Krasnodar	59 0(2)
2016-2018	Fulham FC	17 0(1)
2017-2018	→  Rubin Kazan  (loan)	12 0(0)
2018-2020	FK Rostov	49 0(0)
2020–	FC Copenhagen	0 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2001-2002	Iceland U-17	11 0(1)
2004	Iceland U-19	5 0(2)
2005-2006	Iceland U-21	7 0(0)
2007–	Iceland	94 0(5)
1 Only league games are given. As of March 14, 2020 2 As of March 14, 2020

Ragnar Sigurðsson (born June 19, 1986 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic football player . His position is in central defense.

Career

society

Ragnar Sigurðsson played in his home country for Fylkir Reykjavík until 2006 , before moving to Swedish top club IFK Göteborg in 2006 . There the 1.87 m tall and 85 kg heavy defender soon matured into a regular player and attracted the interest of many European clubs.

For the 2011/12 season, Ragnar moved to Danish champions FC Copenhagen for the equivalent of 800,000 euros , where he signed a four-year contract.

During the winter break of the 2013/14 season, he moved to Russia for three million euros and signed a contract with FK Krasnodar until 2016.

After a subsequent commitment by FC Fulham, including a loan to FK Rubin Kasin , Ragnar remained loyal to the Premjer-Liga by signing a contract with FK Rostov on January 18, 2018.

On January 20, 2020, he then signed another contract with the Danish first division club FC Copenhagen .

National team

On August 22, 2007 Ragnar Sigurðsson celebrated his debut for the national team against Canada .

At the European Football Championship in France in 2016 , he was accepted into Iceland's squad. Ragnar was in all five tournament games for the full season on the court. In the 2-1 win against England he scored the interim equalizer with his second international goal to make it 1-1 in the 6th minute of the game. When Iceland played for the first time, the team made it to the quarter-finals, where it was eliminated by hosts France.

He was also on the Icelandic squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where Iceland was able to take part in a World Cup finals for the first time. After a draw with Argentina and defeats against Nigeria and Croatia, Iceland was eliminated as the last in Group D in the preliminary round; Ragnar Sigurðsson was the central defender in all three games.

successes

with IFK Gothenburg

• Swedish champion: 2007
• Swedish Cup Winner : 2008
• Swedish Super Cup winner : 2008

with FC Copenhagen

• Danish champion: 2013
• Danish Cup Winner : 2012

Web links

Commons : Ragnar Sigurðsson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ragnar Sigurdsson in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Ragnar Sigurðsson in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sigurdsson Update. In: fulhamfc.com. Fulham FC , accessed January 18, 2018 . 

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .