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{{Short description|Icelandic footballer}}
{{Icelandic name|Birkir|male}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Birkir Kristinsson
| image          =
| fullname       = Birkir Kristinsson
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=y|1964|08|15}}
| birth_place    = [[Vestmannaeyjar]], [[Iceland]]
| height         = 1.86 m
| death_date     =
| position       = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja|ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar]]
| years1   = 1983      | clubs1  = [[Einherji]]                                         | caps1  = 18  | goals1  = 0
| years2   = 1984      | clubs2  = [[Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar|KA Akureyri]]           | caps2  = 2   | goals2  = 0
| years3   = 1985–1987 | clubs3  = [[Íþróttabandalag Akraness|ÍA Akranes]]              | caps3  = 54  | goals3  = 0
| years4   = 1988–1995 | clubs4  = [[Knattspyrnufélagið Fram|Fram Reykjavík]]           | caps4  = 144 | goals4  = 0
| years5   = 1996–1997 | clubs5  = [[SK Brann|Brann]]                                   | caps5  = 15  | goals5  = 0
| years6   = 1996      | clubs6  = → [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] (loan)    | caps6  = 0   | goals6  = 0
| years7   = 1998      | clubs7  = [[IFK Norrköping]]                                   | caps7  = 3   | goals7  = 0
| years8   = 1998–1999 | clubs8  = [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]           | caps8  = 0   | goals8  = 0
| years9   = 1999–2005 | clubs9  = [[Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja|ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar]] | caps9  = 120 | goals9  = 0
| years10  = 1999–2000 | clubs10 = → [[SC Austria Lustenau|Austria Lustenau]] (loan)    | caps10 = 7   | goals10 = 0
| years11  = 2000–2001 | clubs11 = → [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] (loan)              | caps11 = 18  | goals11 = 0
| totalcaps  = 381 | totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1988–2004| nationalteam1  = [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]]| nationalcaps1  = 72 | nationalgoals1 = 0
}}

'''Birkir Kristinsson''' (born 15 August 1964) is an [[Iceland]]ic former [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]].

==Club career==
He started his career with local [[Vestmannaeyjar]] team [[Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja|ÍBV]], and also played with [[Einherji]] from [[Vopnafjordur]], [[Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar|KA]] from [[Akureyri]], [[ÍA Akranes|ÍA]] and [[Knattspyrnufélagið Fram|Fram]] in the Icelandic league before moving to Norway with [[SK Brann]] in 1996, where he is still considered as a hero, after his efforts in the cup winner's cup in 1997, where SK Brann reached the quarter-finals.<ref name="Brann">{{cite web|url=http://www.brann.no/index.php?valg=spiller&spiller=70|title=Birkir Kristinsson|publisher=[[SK Brann]]|language=Norwegian|accessdate=20 May 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029080118/http://www.brann.no/index.php?valg=spiller&spiller=70|archivedate=29 October 2007}}</ref> He moved to English club [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] and after failing to make an impression there, he moved on to spells with Swedish side [[IFK Norrköping]], [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] and Austrian club [[SC Austria Lustenau|Lustenau]] before making a return to ÍBV. In December 2000 he moved to [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] where his brother Magnús Kristinsson was a member of the Icelandic board at Stoke. He made a decent enough start at Stoke taking over from [[Gavin Ward (footballer)|Gavin Ward]] until he made a mistake against [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]] in February 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stoke 1–1 Northampton|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/1150224.stm|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=10 May 2013}}</ref> He did retain his place in the side but after conceding three goals against lowly [[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]] Ward was reinstated. He didn't make an appearance in [[2001–02 Stoke City F.C. season|2001–02]] and returned to Iceland playing for ÍBV.

==International career==
He earned 72 caps for the [[Iceland national football team]], over a period of sixteen years.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ijs-recintlp.html Iceland - Record International Players] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514021253/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ijs-recintlp.html |date=14 May 2011 }} - RSSSF</ref> His last international match was against Italy in [[Reykjavík]] 15 August 2004, where Iceland beat Italy 2–0. Birkir Kristinsson turned 40 that day.

==Career statistics==
===Club===
Sources:<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref><ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|id=8274}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|FA Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Other{{ref label|Other|A|}}
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps
|-
|[[Einherji]]
|[[1983 1. deild karla|1983]]
|[[1. deild karla (football)|1. deild karla]]
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar|KA Akureyri]]
|[[1984 Úrvalsdeild|1984]]
|[[Úrvalsdeild karla (football)|Úrvalsdeild]]
|2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||0
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Íþróttabandalag Akraness|ÍA]]
|[[1985 Úrvalsdeild|1985]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[1986 Úrvalsdeild|1986]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[1987 Úrvalsdeild|1987]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!54!!0!!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||54!!0
|-
|rowspan=9|[[Knattspyrnufélagið Fram|Fram Reykjavík]]
|[[1988 Úrvalsdeild|1988]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[1989 Úrvalsdeild|1989]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[1990 Úrvalsdeild|1990]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[1991 Úrvalsdeild|1991]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[1992 Úrvalsdeild|1992]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[1993 Úrvalsdeild|1993]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[1993 Úrvalsdeild|1994]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[1995 Úrvalsdeild|1995]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!144!!0!!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||144!!0
|-
|rowspan=3|[[SK Brann|Brann]]
|[[1996 Tippeligaen|1996]]
|[[Tippeligaen]]
|14||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||0
|-
|[[1997 Tippeligaen|1997]]
|Tippeligaen
|1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!15!!0!!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15!!0
|-
|[[IFK Norrköping]]
|[[1998 Allsvenskan|1998]]
|[[Allsvenskan]]
|3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0
|-
|rowspan=8|[[Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja|ÍBV]]
|[[1999 Úrvalsdeild|1999]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[2000 Úrvalsdeild|2000]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[2001 Úrvalsdeild|2001]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[2002 Úrvalsdeild|2002]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[2003 Úrvalsdeild|2003]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[2004 Úrvalsdeild|2004]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[2005 Úrvalsdeild|2005]]
|Úrvalsdeild
|12||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!120!!0!!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||120!!0
|-
|[[SC Austria Lustenau|Austria Lustenau]] (loan)
|[[1999–2000 Austrian Football Bundesliga|1999–2000]]
|[[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga]]
|7||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||0
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] (loan)
|[[2000–01 Stoke City F.C. season|2000–01]]
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
|18||0||0||0||0||0||4||0||22||0
|-
|[[2001–02 Stoke City F.C. season|2001–02]]
|Second Division
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
!colspan=2|Career Total
!18!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!4!!0!!22!!0
|-
!colspan=3|Total
!381!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!4!!0!!385!!0
|}

{{Refbegin}}
:A.&nbsp;{{note|Other}} The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the [[Football League Trophy]].
{{Refend}}

===International===
Source:<ref name="NFT"/>

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center"
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan=13|[[Iceland national football team|Iceland]]
|1990||3||0
|-
|1991||3||0
|-
|1992||8||0
|-
|1993||6||0
|-
|1994||9||0
|-
|1995||7||0
|-
|1996||10||0
|-
|1998||7||0
|-
|1999||10||0
|-
|2000||5||0
|-
|2001||1||0
|-
|2002||2||0
|-
|2004||1||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total!!72!!0
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Soccerbase}}
* {{NFT player|id=8274}}

{{Icelandic Footballer of the Year}}
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