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Ívar Ingimarsson

Ívar Ingimarsson
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Ívar playing for Reading in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-08-20) 20 August 1977 (age 39)
Place of birth Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Valur 44 (5)
1998–1999 ÍBV 36 (5)
1999 Torquay United (loan) 4 (1)
1999–2002 Brentford 113 (10)
2002–2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers 13 (2)
2003 Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 15 (0)
2003–2011 Reading 251 (11)
2011–2012 Ipswich Town 8 (0)
Total 484 (34)
National team
1993–1994 Iceland U17 16 (2)
1995–1996 Iceland U19 11 (2)
1996–1999 Iceland U21 14 (0)
1998–2007 Iceland 30 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ívar Ingimarsson (born 20 August 1977) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a defender.

He began his career in Iceland with Valur and ÍBV before moving to England where, after an initial loan spell with Torquay United, he joined Brentford, making over 100 appearances. He moved to Reading in 2003, spending the next eight years with club and amassing 281 appearances before ending his career with a short spell at Ipswich Town.

At international level Ívar represented Iceland at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level before making his senior debut in 1998. After thirty appearances he retired from international football in 2007.

Born in Stöðvarfjörður, Ívar began his career with his local side Súlan and played very young for a merged side Súlan participated in, but then joined Valur, making 44 league appearances and scoring five goals. In March 1998, he signed for fellow Icelandic side ÍBV, making a further 36 appearances in the Úrvalsdeild, and scoring five goals, winning the double (Icelandic Premier Division and the Icelandic Cup) in 1998.

Ívar joined Torquay United on loan from ÍBV in October 1999, scoring on his debut in a 2–1 victory at league leaders Barnet on 23 October 1999. Rumours were rife that a deal had already been done to take Ívar elsewhere at the end of his loan spell, and, after four league games for the Gulls, he duly signed for Brentford in November 1999 for £200,000, confirming the fears of Torquay fans that he would never be a permanent fixture at Plainmoor.


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