Leifur Garðarsson

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Leifur Sigfinnur Garðarsson (born 23 February 1968), is the current manager of Fylkir football club and a former top basketball referee in Iceland.

[edit] Playing career

In his career as a footballer Garðarsson played 60 games with Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar in the first division. He was also player/manager with Sindri in the fourth division in 1992. Leifur stopped playing in 2004 and began full-time coaching.

[edit] Coaching career

Garðarsson has worked as a football coach for over two decades with Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, Sindri and Þór Akureyri, often working with youngsters. In 2004 and 2005 he was assistant manager to Ólafur Jóhannesson in the successful Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar team which picked up their first league title in 2004.

In the autumn of 2005, Garðarsson was appointed manager of Fylkir for the next five years.