Freyr Alexandersson

Freyr Alexandersson

Footballer

Collected from open sources (3) · facts link to sources

Career & Clubs

Playing career

Freyr came up through the junior ranks of Leiknir Reykjavík where he played 81 league and cup matches.

Managerial 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.

Valur women's and men's team

Freyr assisted Valur women's team manager Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir in the summer of 2007; in September that year, Freyr decided to retire from playing football and became joint manager of Valur women's team alongside Elísabet. Freyr and Elísabet won the Úrvalsdeild kvenna in 2008; after that season, Elísabet left to go to Sweden, and Freyr took over as manager. The next two years, Freyr would win the Úrvaldeild two times and also the Icelandic Women's Football Cup two times. After his time at Valur women's Freyr served an assistant manager for Valur men's team for two seasons.

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. In their first season Leiknir finished in 7th place. 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. Winning the 1. deild karla with 48 points. In their first-ever Úrvaldeild karla match on 3 May 2015, Leiknir defeated Valur 3–0 at Hlíðarendi. However, they could not manage to keep Leiknir in the Úrvalsdeild and were relegated at the end of the season. In the last game of the season Freyr and…

Club
Leiknir Reykjavík (2001–2007)

Legacy

Honours

As player

Leiknir R.

2. deild karla: 2005

As manager

Valur women's

Úrvalsdeild kvenna: 2008, 2009, 2010 Icelandic Women's Football Cup: 2009, 2010 Leiknir R.

1. deild karla: 2014 Individual

Eliteserien Coach of the Month: August/September 2025

Clubs

Played together with

Archive

Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Description

Icelandic footballer

Position

defender

Extract from Wikipedia

Freyr Alexandersson is an Icelandic football coach and former player. He is the head coach of Rosenborg. He was the manager of the Icelandic women's national football team from 2013 to 2018.

▸ Source: Wikipedia
All links
Official Website

Discussion

Opinions of fans — not verified facts.

…