Rúnar Már Sigurlaugarson Sigurjónsson (born 18 June 1990) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Besta deild karla club ÍA.
He started out his senior career at local team Tindastóll, after which he went on to compete professionally in the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Kazakhstan and Romania.
Rúnar recorded his full debut for Iceland in November 2012, in a 2–0 friendly win over Andorra in which he scored. He was selected for the UEFA Euro 2016, but did not make any appearances in the tournament.
Club career Early career Rúnar started his career at hometown club Tindastóll before switching to HK when he moved to the Capital Region at 17 years of age. He played a season with HK's reserve side, Ýmir, in the lowest league before being promoted to the senior squad, managing by that time to have featured in all four divisions of Icelandic football after appearing in the 2009 1. deild karla.
Valur After two seasons with HK's senior squad, he switched to Valur before the 2010 Úrvalsdeild season.
Loan to Zwolle After the 2012 season, on 31 January 2013, Rúnar signed with Dutch Eredivisie side Zwolle on loan until the end of the 2012–2013 season, with an option for two more seasons. Shortly after arriving in the Netherlands he was injured and consequently could not play. In late April it was announced that he would be returning to Valur for the 2013 Icelandic season, although, due to his injury, he could not be sure when he would start playing. Rúnar was cleared to play with Valur on 3 May 2013.
Sundsvall On 6 August 2013, it was announced that Rúnar had moved to Swedish Superettan side Sundsvall, with Rúnar signing a contract until the end of 2016.
Grasshoppers In the summer of 2016 he was sold to Swiss Super League club Grasshoppers for a sum around €350,000.
Astana On 17 June 2019, Rúnar signed for Astana following the expiration of his Grasshoppers contract.
CFR Cluj On 8 February 2021, Rúnar signed for Romanian team CFR Cluj on a free transfer. Over the course of one and a half seasons, he amassed eight goals from 37 appearances in all competitions and won three domestic trophies.
Voluntari On 20 December 2022, Voluntari announced the signing of Rúnar.
ÍA On 19 April, ÍA announced the signing of Rúnar.
International career Rúnar played eight games for the youth sides of Iceland.International appearances on ksi.is After a good 2012 season, during which he scored 7 goals, he was picked for the senior squad for a FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifier match against Switzerland in October 2012 but was an unused substitute.Iceland - Switzerland report on ksi.is A month later he started in a friendly match against Andorra, scoring the second goal of the game on his debut, a 2–0 win for Iceland.Andorra - Iceland report on ksi.is
He was selected for UEFA Euro 2016.
In 2021, Rúnar was removed from the national team and has not appeared for his country since.
Career statistics
Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTindastóll20052. deild1011031——14220063. deild1242000——144Total 2253031——286Ýmir20073. deild712000——91HK2008Úrvalsdeild1221000——13220091. deild2143063——307Total3364063——439Valur2010Úrvalsdeild2013191——3232011Úrvalsdeild1821083——2752012Úrvalsdeild2272174——31122013Úrvalsdeild10311———114Total 701373248——10124PEC (loan)2012–2013Eredivisie0000———00Sundsvall2013 Superettan5030———802014Superettan28210———2922015Allsvenskan27420———2942016Allsvenskan12600———126Total721260———7812Grasshopper2016–17 Swiss Super League31721—62—39102017–18Swiss Super League12300———1232018–19Swiss Super League16000———160Total591021—62—6713St. Gallen (loan)2017–18 Swiss Super League15600———156Astana2019 Kazakhstan Premier League11200—125002372020Kazakhstan Premier League15600—1010176Total26800—135104013CFR Cluj2020–21 Liga I12300—00101332021–22 Liga I12310—10210245Total24610—10220378Voluntari2022–23 Liga I124———111352023–24 Liga I11220———132Total23620——11267Career total3517327433122994144499
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsIceland201211201300201400201550201660201730201840201960202050202121Total322
Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rúnar goal. + List of international goals scored by Rúnar Már SigurjónssonNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 14 November 2012 Camp d'Esports d'Aixovall, Aixovall, Andorra 2–0 2–0 Friendly2 31 March 2021 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein 4–1 4–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
Honours Valur Icelandic League Cup: 2011
Astana Kazakhstan Premier League: 2019 Kazakhstan Super Cup: 2020
CFR Cluj Liga I: 2020–21, 2021–22 Supercupa României: 2020; runner-up: 2021
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