| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1975-05-15)15 May 1975 (age 50) | ||
| Place of birth | Grindavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AaB (Head of Coaching) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994 | Grindavík | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1997 | Grindavík | 63 | (2) |
| 1998–2000 | Malmö FF | 23 | (2) |
| 2000–2003 | Grindavík | 72 | (16) |
| 2004–2010 | Brann | 151 | (11) |
| 2010–2012 | Grindavík | 51 | (1) |
| 2013 | Fram | 13 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1996–1997 | Iceland U-21 | 4 | (1) |
| 1998–2007 | Iceland | 27 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2011 | Grindavík (player-manager) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Fyllingsdalen | ||
| 2017–2018 | Egersund | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 September 2013 | |||
Ólafur Örn Bjarnason (born 15 May 1975) is an Icelandic former professionalfootballer who played as acentre-back. He is currently the Head of Coaching atDanish Superliga sideAaB.
He started his career inGrindavík, and returned there after two years in Swedish clubMalmö FF. In 2004, he moved from Grindavík toSK Brann inBergen, Norway. His first season was successful, and he played every league match. In 2006, he formed one of Norway's strongest centre back duo with his countryman,Kristján Örn Sigurðsson, together namedÖrneredet (en: eagles nest).[1]
He returned toGrindavík in August 2010 in a player/manager role. With 213 official matches for Brann, he's the most capped foreign player, and 11th most capped player in the club's history. Before the 2013 season he signed forFram.[2]
Ólafur has beencapped 27 times forIceland.[3] He made his début in a friendly match in June 1998 againstSouth Africa as a substitute for Sverrir Sverrisson.
On 24 June 2010 returned toGrindavík and was named as their new head coach, he replaced Milan Stefán Jankovic.[4] After the 2011 season he quit as manager, but decided nonetheless to play for them in the 2012 season.[5] On September 9, 2013, Ólafur confirmed that he was hanging up his boots.[6]
In early 2014, Ólafur became manager of the Norwegian clubFK Fyllingsdalen.[7] He held this position until the end of 2016, when he became manager ofEgersunds IK from New Year 2017.[8] Ólafur retired from Egersund in the summer of 2018 and shortly after got a job in theNorwegian Football Federation in the Agder region, in a role as KA Coach Development.[9] He held this role until May 2023.
In the winter of 2023, Ólafur started working as Head of Academy atStabæk.[10] He left that position in July 2024 when he accepted a job as Head of Coaching at Danish clubAaB.[11]