Leifur Garðarsson Explained

Leifur Garðarsson
Birth Date:	1968 2, df=yes
Birth Place:	Iceland
Nationality:	Icelandic
Height:	1.71 m
Module:	Embed: yes Weight Kg: 71 Career Position: Guard Referee Start: 1987–2004, 2013 Referee End: 2020 Years1: 1984–1986 Team1: Haukar Highlights: As player: 2× Icelandic Basketball Cup (1985, 1986) As referee: Icelandic Co-Referee of the Century 8× Icelandic Referee of the Year (1992, 1997, 1999–2004)
Module2:	Embed: yes Position: Midfielder Years1: 1985–1988 Clubs1: FH Years2: 1989 Caps2: 2 Goals2: 0 Years3: 1990 Clubs3: FH Caps3: 3 Goals3: 0 Years4: 1991 Clubs4: Íþróttafélag Kópavogs Years5: 1992 Clubs5: FH Caps5: 2 Goals5: 0 Years6: 1993 Years7: 1996 Clubs7: FH Caps7: 1 Goals7: 0 Manageryears1: 1995 Managerclubs1: FH (assistant) Manageryears2: 2003–2005 Managerclubs2: FH (assistant) Manageryears3: 2006–2008 Managerclubs3: Fylkir Manageryears4: 2009–2010 Managerclubs4: Víkingur R.

Leifur Sigfinnur Garðarsson (born 23 February 1968) is an Icelandic former basketball referee, multi-sport athlete and football manager.

Basketball

Referee career

Leifur started refereeing in 1987.^[1] During the 1991 Úrvalsdeild karla playoffs, Leifur was hit by a fan and threatened violence following a match between bitter rivals Njarðvík and Keflavík.^{[2] [3]} He retired from refereeing in 2004 to focus on furthering his football managing career^[4] but returned in 2013.

He was a FIBA referee from 1993 to 2004^[5] and again from 2014 to 2018 when he retired due to age restrictions for international referees.^[6]

Titles and awards

Titles

• Icelandic Basketball Cup (2)
  • 1985, 1986

Awards

• Icelandic Basketball Referee of the Year (8)
  • 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Source

Football

Leifur played several seasons in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla with Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar and Þór Akureyri.^[7] He was an assistant manager to FH from 2003 to 2005.^[8] He was the manager of Fylkir from 2006 to 2008 and Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur from 2008 to 2011.^[9]

Titles

• 1. deild karla
  • 2010

External links

• Úrvalsdeild statistics at kki.is

Notes and References

1. News: Enginn Leifur í kvöld . 17 December 2018 . . 7 October 2004 . Icelandic.
2. News: Segir mönnum að nú megi þeir lemja dómara . 17 December 2018 . . 9 April 1991 . Icelandic.
3. News: Njarðvíkingar kærðir . 17 December 2018 . . 8 April 1991 . Icelandic.
4. News: Flautan komin upp á hillu . 17 December 2018 . . 6 October 2004 . Icelandic.
5. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Leifur orðinn FIBA dómari á ný . 17 December 2018 . . 2 May 2014 . Icelandic.
6. News: Leifur hættur sem alþjóðlegur dómari . 17 December 2018 . . 7 September 2018 . Icelandic.
7. Web site: Leifur Sigfinnur Garðarsson - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands . ksi.is . . 17 December 2018 . Icelandic.
8. News: Erfið ákvörðun að fara frá FH . 27 January 2021 . . 22 September 2005 . Icelandic.
9. News: Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson . Leifur Garðarsson: Mun ekki elta ólar við gróusögur og rógburð . 17 December 2018 . . 10 March 2011 . Icelandic.