Birkir Kristinsson
Personal information
Full name Birkir Kristinsson
Date of birth (1964-08-15) 15 August 1964
Place of birth Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983 Einherji 18 (0)
1984 KA Akureyri 2 (0)
1985–1987 ÍA Akranes 54 (0)
1988–1995 Fram Reykjavík 144 (0)
1996–1997 Brann 15 (0)
1996 → Birmingham City (loan) 0 (0)
1998 IFK Norrköping 3 (0)
1998–1999 Bolton Wanderers 0 (0)
1999–2005 ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar 120 (0)
1999–2000 → Austria Lustenau (loan) 7 (0)
2000–2001 → Stoke City (loan) 18 (0)
Total 381 (0)
International career
1988–2004 Iceland 72 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Birkir Kristinsson (born 15 August 1964) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

He started his career with local Vestmannaeyjar team ÍBV, and also played with Einherji from Vopnafjordur, KA from Akureyri, ÍA and Fram in the Icelandic league before moving to Norway with SK Brann in 1996, where he is still considered as a hero, after his efforts in the cup winner's cup in 1997, where SK Brann reached the quarter-finals.[1] He moved to English club Birmingham City and after failing to make an impression there, he moved on to spells with Swedish side IFK Norrköping, Bolton Wanderers and Austrian club Lustenau before making a return to ÍBV. In December 2000 he moved to Stoke City where his brother Magnús Kristinsson was a member of the Icelandic board at Stoke. He made a decent enough start at Stoke taking over from Gavin Ward until he made a mistake against Northampton Town in February 2001.[2] He did retain his place in the side but after conceding three goals against lowly Cambridge United Ward was reinstated. He didn't make an appearance in 2001–02 and returned to Iceland playing for ÍBV.

International career

He earned 72 caps for the Iceland national football team, over a period of sixteen years.[3] His last international match was against Italy in Reykjavík 15 August 2004, where Iceland beat Italy 2–0. Birkir Kristinsson turned 40 that day.

Career statistics

Club

Sources:[4][5]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGoalsAppsGoalsApps
Einherji 1983 1. deild karla 180———180
KA Akureyri 1984 Úrvalsdeild 20———20
ÍA 1985 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
1986 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
1987 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
Total 540———540
Fram Reykjavík 1988 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
1989 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
1990 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
1991 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
1992 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
1993 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
1994 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
1995 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
Total 1440———1440
Brann 1996 Tippeligaen 140———140
1997 Tippeligaen 10———10
Total 150———150
IFK Norrköping 1998 Allsvenskan 30———30
ÍBV 1999 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
2000 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
2001 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
2002 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
2003 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
2004 Úrvalsdeild 180———180
2005 Úrvalsdeild 120———120
Total 1200———1200
Austria Lustenau (loan) 1999–2000 Austrian Bundesliga 70———70
Stoke City (loan) 2000–01 Second Division 180000040220
2001–02 Second Division 0000000000
Career Total 180000040220
Total 38100000403850
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy.

International

Source:[5]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Iceland 199030
199130
199280
199360
199490
199570
1996100
199870
1999100
200050
200110
200220
200410
Total720

References

  1. ↑ "Birkir Kristinsson" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "Stoke 1–1 Northampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Iceland - Record International Players Archived 14 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  4. ↑ Birkir Kristinsson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  5. 1 2 Birkir Kristinsson at National-Football-Teams.com
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