Lárus Sigurðsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Lárus.

Lárus Sigurðsson

Personal information
Full name	Lárus Orri Sigurðsson
Date of birth	(1973-06-04) 4 June 1973
Place of birth	Akureyri, Iceland
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1994	Þór Akureyri	62	(6)
1994–1999	Stoke City	200	(7)
1999–2004	West Bromwich Albion	116	(1)
2005–2009	Þór Akureyri	52	(4)
2010	ÍA	2	(0)
Total		432	(18)
International career
1995–2003	Iceland	42	(2)
Managerial career
2006–2010	Þór Akureyri
2011–2013	KF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lárus Orri Sigurðsson (born 4 June 1973), known in English as Larus Sigurdsson, is an Icelandic former professional footballer, who played most notably for Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion in England. He is currently the manager of Icelandic team KF.

Club career

Sigurðsson was born in Akureyri and played with Þór Akureyri along with his father Sigurdur Larusson who later became the manager. His cousin Þorvaldur Örlygsson who was playing in England for Stoke City recommend him to manager Lou Macari and he joined Stoke on trial. Lárus impressed Macari so much that he played him against Portsmouth before he had signed him. He played 23 times in 1994–95 and his performances were so good he won the player of the year award. He was an ever present in 1995–96 as Stoke reached the play-offs where they lost to Leicester City. He missed just one match in 1996–97 in what was the club's final season at the Victoria Ground. He played in all but three matches in 1997–98 as Stoke suffered relegation to the third tier. he played 43 times in 1998–99 as Stoke failed to gain promotion and he was sold to West Bromwich Albion in August 1999 for a fee of £350,000 after making 228 appearances for Stoke.

He scored once for Albion, his goal coming in a 5–0 win over Portsmouth on 23 February 2002. After his professional career in England, Sigurðsson went home to his old club, Þór, and played 15 games for them in 2005. In summer 2006, he was appointed player-manager at Þór, a position he held until 31 May 2010 when he resigned after conflict with the board. On 20 July 2010, he joined ÍA, the club he played in as a youngster. His first senior appearance for ÍA came in a 4–2 win over Fjarðarbyggð. At the start of the 2011 season Lárus was appointed as the manager of KF, retiring as a player.

International career

Sigurðsson won 42 caps, scoring two goals for Iceland. He made his debut for Iceland in a July 1995 friendly against Faroe Islands, coming on as a substitute for Izudin Dervic.

Career statistics

• Sourced from The English National Football Archive

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City	1994–95	First Division	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	1
	1995–96	First Division	46	0	2	0	3	0	4	0	55	0
	1996–97	First Division	45	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	50	0
	1997–98	First Division	43	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	49	1
	1998–99	Second Division	38	4	2	0	1	0	2	0	43	4
	1999–2000	Second Division	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	1
	Total		200	7	7	0	15	0	6	0	228	7
West Bromwich Albion	1999–2000	First Division	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	0
	2000–01	First Division	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	0
	2001–02	First Division	43	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	50	1
	2002–03	Premier League	29	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	32	0
	2003–04	First Division	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	Total		116	1	7	0	4	0	1	0	128	1
Career Total			316	8	14	0	19	0	7	0	356	8

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League play-offs, Football League Trophy.

Honours

Stoke City

• Stoke City player of the year: 1995

External links

• Lárus Sigurðsson career statistics at Soccerbase