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

Freyr Alexandersson

Freyr at the 2015 Algarve Cup
Personal information
Full name	Freyr Alexandersson
Date of birth	(1982-11-18) 18 November 1982 (age 39)
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
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)
2009–2010	Valur (women)
2011–2012	Valur (assistant)
2013–2015	Leiknir Reykjavík
2013–2018	Iceland women
2018–2020	Iceland (assistant)
2021–	Lyngby Boldklub
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 a 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]

Lyngby Boldklub

In June 2021 he became the new manager of the Danish 1st Division club Lyngby Boldklub.[21] With Frey as manager Lyngby Boldklub finished as runner up of the season, earning the club a promotion to the top level in danish football, Superligaen.[22]

Honours

As manager

Valur women's

• Úrvalsdeild kvenna: 2008, 2009, 2010
• Icelandic Women's Football Cup: 2009, 2010

Leiknir R.

• 1. deild karla: 2014

As player

Leiknir R.

• 2. deild karla: 2005

References

External links

• Freyr Alexandersson at Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ)

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