Birkir Kristinsson

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

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. 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. 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. 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:

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps
Einherji	1983	1. deild karla	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
KA Akureyri	1984	Úrvalsdeild	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
ÍA	1985	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	1986	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	1987	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	Total		54	0	—		—		—		54	0
Fram Reykjavík	1988	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	1989	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	1990	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	1991	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	1992	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	1993	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	1994	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	1995	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	Total		144	0	—		—		—		144	0
Brann	1996	Tippeligaen	14	0	—		—		—		14	0
	1997	Tippeligaen	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		15	0	—		—		—		15	0
IFK Norrköping	1998	Allsvenskan	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
ÍBV	1999	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	2000	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	2001	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	2002	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	2003	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	2004	Úrvalsdeild	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	2005	Úrvalsdeild	12	0	—		—		—		12	0
	Total		120	0	—		—		—		120	0
Austria Lustenau (loan)	1999–2000	Austrian Bundesliga	7	0	—		—		—		7	0
Stoke City (loan)	2000–01	Second Division	18	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	22	0
	2001–02	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Career Total		18	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	22	0
Total			381	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	385	0

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy.

International

Source:

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iceland	1990	3	0
	1991	3	0
	1992	8	0
	1993	6	0
	1994	9	0
	1995	7	0
	1996	10	0
	1998	7	0
	1999	10	0
	2000	5	0
	2001	1	0
	2002	2	0
	2004	1	0
Total		72	0

External links

• Birkir Kristinsson at Soccerbase
• Birkir Kristinsson at National-Football-Teams.com