Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson

Sigurður "Siggi" Ragnar Eyjólfsson (born 1 December 1973) is an Icelandic football manager and former player. He was a professional forward in England and Belgium. From 2007 until 2013 he served as the head coach of Iceland women's national team, guiding them to the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Sigurður Ragnar.

Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson
Sigurður with women's national team players in 2009
Personal information
Full name Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson
Date of birth (1973-12-01) 1 December 1973
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 UNC Greensboro Spartans 87 (75)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 KR 20 (1)
1995–1996 Víkingur R. 20 (6)
1997 Þróttur R. 13 (4)
1998–1999 ÍA 18 (8)
1999–2000 Walsall 23 (2)
2000 → Chester City (loan) 9 (3)
2000–2001 KRC Harelbeke 9 (2)
2002–2004 KR 43 (17)
2005 ÍA 15 (5)
National team
1991 Iceland U-19 1 (0)
Teams managed
2006–2013 Iceland (women)
2014 ÍBV (men)
2014–2016 Lillestrøm (men, assistant)
2017 Jiangsu Suning (women)
2017–2018 China (women)
2020–present Keflavík (men)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sigurður secured his place in Walsall history by scoring the third goal in the team's 3–1 win over Oldham Athletic in 1999, to secure promotion to the second tier of English football.

In August 2013 Sigurður resigned as coach of Iceland's women's team after seven years. He continued in his role as head of education at the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ) and was looking to move into coaching men's football.[1]

In January 2017, Sigurður joined Chinese side Jiangsu Suning women's team.[2] He was then appointed by Chinese Football Association as the coach of China women's national football team in November.[3]

Honours

References
  1. "Eyjólfsson ends Iceland reign". UEFA.com. UEFA. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  2. Wei, Wang (25 January 2017). "冰岛名帅加盟苏宁女足". sports.163.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. "女足国家队结构调整 "双轨并行"备战国际大赛". Chinese Football Association (in Chinese). 13 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.


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