Magni Fannberg Magnússon (born 12 August 1979) is an Icelandic football coach.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Magni Fannberg Magnússon | ||
| Date of birth | 12 August 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Coach | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AIK (Development manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Drangur | 7 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001 | HK (assistant) | ||
| 2003–2004 | HK/Víkingur (assistant) | ||
| 2006 | Grindavík (assistant) | ||
| 2006 | Grindavík | ||
| 2007-2008 | Fjarðarbyggð | ||
| 2011–2014 | IF Brommapojkarna (U19) | ||
| 2015 | IF Brommapojkarna | ||
| 2016-2019 | SK Brann | ||
| 2019-2022 | AIK | ||
| 2022-2023 | IK Start | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2020 | |||
Early life edit
Magni grew up in Súðavík and Ísafjörður in the Westfjords region of Iceland.[1] Kids: Lára Dröfn Fannberg Magnadóttir 2010 Marcus Örn Fannberg Magnasson 2015
Coaching career edit
In 2006, Magni was hired as an assistant coach to Sigurður Jónsson at Grindavík. With two games left of the season, he took over as manager along with Milan Stefán Jankovic aftur Sigurður left the team.[2] He resigned from the team in October 2006,[3] after the chairman of Ungmennafélag Grindavíkur ripped into Magni, Sigurður and Jankovic in a scathing article posted on the team's official website.[4]
In October 2007, he was hired as the manager of Fjarðarbyggð.[1] He resigned from his post in end of July the same year with the team in 8th place.[5]
From 2009 to 2016, Magni coached at IF Brommapojkarna,[6][7] including as the manager of the men's team from 2014[8] to 2015.[9]
He served as the development manager of SK Brann from 2016 to 2019. In March 2019, he was hired as the development manager of AIK.[10][11] The same year, he served as a scout with the Icelandic men's national team.[12]
In February 2022, he was hired as the development manager of IK Start. He resigned in December 2023, citing turmoil and division at the club as the reason.[13]
References edit
- ^ a b Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson (19 October 2007). "Magni ráðinn þjálfari Fjarðabyggðar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Magnús Már Einarsson (23 September 2006). "Magni Fannberg: Við verðum komnir í úrvalsdeild eftir eitt ár". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Hafliði Breiðfjörð (13 October 2006). "Yfirlýsing frá Magna Fannberg fráfarandi þjálfara Grindavíkur". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Hafliði Breiðfjörð (13 October 2006). "Formaður UMFG kallaði Sigurð Jónsson aumingja". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Hafliði Breiðfjörð (29 July 2008). "Magni Fannberg hættur með Fjarðabyggð". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Annas Sigmundsson (26 November 2010). "Þjálfar sænkst elítulið". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). p. 53. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ "Magni ráðinn til Brann". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 1. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Víðir Sigurðsson (11 November 2014). "Magni ráðinn þjálfari Brommapojkarna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Víðir Sigurðsson (16 December 2015). "Magni hættur hjá Brommapojkarna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Víðir Sigurðsson (12 March 2019). "Sóttur til Noregs af sænska stórveldinu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Hjörvar Ólafsson (17 June 2019). "Vinnur hjá stærsta félagi Norðurlandanna". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ "Magni Fannberg kemur inn í njósnateymi landsliðsins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (20 December 2023). "Magni hættur eftir „óróa og klofning"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 December 2023.
External links edit
- Magni Fannberg Magnússon at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)