Freyr Alexandersson

Freyr Alexandersson (born 18 November 1982) is an Icelandic football coach and former player who is currently assistant manager of the Icelandic men's national team. He was manager of the Icelandic women's national football team from 2013 to 2018.[1]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Freyr.
Freyr Alexandersson
Freyr at the 2015 Algarve Cup
Personal information
Full name Freyr Alexandersson
Date of birth (1982-11-18) 18 November 1982
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Iceland (assistant)
Youth career
0000–2001 Leiknir Reykjavík
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2007 Leiknir Reykjavík 72 (1)
2008 KB 1 (0)
Total 73 (1)
Teams managed
2008 Valur (women's)
2009–2010 Valur (women's)
2011–2012 Valur (men's, assistant)
2013–2015 Leiknir Reykjavík (men's)
2013–2018 Iceland (women's)
2018– Iceland (men's, assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Freyr came up through the junior ranks of Leiknir Reykjavík where he played 81 league and cup matches.[2]

Managing career

Freyr started his coaching career as a girls youth team coach at Leiknir Reykjavík. In 2006 he started as a youth coach for girls at Valur.[3]

Valur women's and men's team

Freyr assisted Valur women's team mananger Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir in the summer of 2007 and in September that year Freyr decided to retire from playing football and became joint manager of Valur women's team alongside Elísabet.[4] Freyr and Elísabet won the Úrvalsdeild kvenna in 2008 and after that season Elísabet departed to Sweden and Freyr took over as manager.[5][6] The next two years Freyr would win the Úrvaldeild two times and also the Icelandic Women's Football Cup two times.[7] After his time at Valur women's Freyr served an assistant manager for Valur men's team for two seasons.[8]

Leiknir Reykjavík

After having appeared for the club as a player Freyr returned to Leiknir for the 2013 season, this time as joint manager of the 1.deild karla team, alongside Davíð Snorri Jónasson.[9] In their first season Leiknir finished in 7th place.[10] In his second season as joint manager Freyr managed to steer Leiknir to promotion to the first tier of Icelandic football for the first time in Leiknir's 41 year old history.[11] Winning the 1.deild karla with 48 points.[12] In their first-ever Úrvaldeild karla match on 3 May 2015, Leiknir defeated Valur 3–0 at Hlíðarendi.[13] However they could not manage to keep Leiknir in the Úrvalsdeild and were relegated at the end of the season.[14] In the last game of the season Freyr and Davíð announced that they would not return for the next season.[15]

Icelandic women's national team

In September 2013, Freyr was appointed manager of the Icelandic women's national football team, combining the role with his existing job at 1. deild karla club Leiknir Reykjavík.[16]

With Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir on maternity leave, Freyr appointed Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir as Iceland's new team captain in January 2014.[17]

On 4 September 2018 he announced that he was stepping down as manager of the team after it failed to make the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[18]

Icelandic men's national team

Freyr served as an game analyst for the Icelandic men's national football team during the 2018 World Cup.[19] On 8 August 2018, Freyr was appointed as assistant manager to the new Icelandic national football team manager Erik Hamrén on a two-year contract.[20]

Honours

As manager

Valur women's

Leiknir R.

As player

Leiknir R.

  • 2. deild karla: 2005

References
  1. "Fótbolti.net". www.fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  2. Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason (30 August 2013). "Freyr tekur við kvennalandsliðinu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. "Valsblaðið - 1. Tölublað (01.05.2006) - Tímarit.is". timarit.is. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  4. "Fótbolti.net". www.fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  5. "Íslandsmót - Landsbankadeild kvenna - 2008". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  6. "Fótbolti.net". www.fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  7. "Valsblaðið - 1. Tölublað (01.05.2010) - Tímarit.is". timarit.is. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  8. "Valsblaðið - 64. árgangur 2012 (01.05.2012) - Tímarit.is". timarit.is. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  9. "Fótbolti.net". www.fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  10. "Íslandsmót - 1. deild karla - 2013". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  11. "Fréttablaðið - 209. tölublað (06.09.2014) - Tímarit.is". timarit.is. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  12. "Íslandsmót - 1. deild karla - 2014". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  13. "Fótbolti.net". www.fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  14. "Íslandsmót - Pepsi-deild karla - 2015". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  15. "Fótbolti.net". www.fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  16. Stefánsson, Stefán (2 September 2013). "Ambitious Alexandersson takes Iceland post". Reykjavik: UEFA. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  17. "Freyr Alexandersson í viðtali" (in Icelandic). Leiknir.com. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  18. Henry Birgir Gunnarsson (4 September 2018). "Freyr hættur að þjálfa landsliðið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  19. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (19 June 2018). "Eins nálægt alsælu og þú kemst". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  20. "Fótbolti.net". www.fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-05-04.
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