Guðni Kjartansson

{{Short description|Icelandic footballer and manager}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Guðni Kjartansson

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|12|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Iceland

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| position = Defender

| years1 = 1965–1978

| clubs1 = Keflavík

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| nationalyears1 = 1967–1973

| nationalteam1 = Iceland{{Cite web|url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=10678|title = Guðni Kjartansson, international footballer}}

| nationalcaps1 = 31

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1975

| managerclubs1 = Keflavík

| manageryears2 = 1976

| managerclubs2 = Keflavík

| manageryears3 = 1978

| managerclubs3 = Keflavík

| manageryears4 = 1979

| managerclubs4 = Keflavík

| manageryears5 = 1980–1981

| managerclubs5 = Iceland

| manageryears6 = 1981

| managerclubs6 = Keflavík

| manageryears7 = 1983

| managerclubs7 = Keflavík

| manageryears8 = 1989

| managerclubs8 = Iceland

| manageryears9 = 1991

| managerclubs9 = KR

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Guðni Kjartansson (born 10 December 1946){{Cite web|url=http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/felagsmadur/?pLeikmadurNr=91454&pListi=6|title=Leikmaður - Guðni Kjartansson}} is an Icelandic football manager and former player, who played as a defender.{{WorldFootball.net|gudni-kjartansson}} He managed the Iceland national team from 1980 to 1981.{{cite web | title=Bio | url=http://www.fotbolti.net| publisher=Fotbolti.net|language=Icelandic }}

In recognition of his outstanding contributions to sports and education, Kjartansson was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon in 2020{{Cite web |title=Guðni Kjartansson sæmdur riddarakrossi hinnar íslensku fálkaorðu |url=https://www.ksi.is/um-ksi/frettir/frettasafn/frett/2020/01/02/Gudni-Kjartansson-saemdur-riddarakrossi-hinnar-islensku-falkaordu |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=www.ksi.is |language=is}}