Árni Gautur Arason

Árni Gautur Arason
Árni Gautur Arason (2009)
Personnel
birthday	May 7th 1975
place of birth	Reykjavík ,  Iceland
size	187 cm
position	goalkeeper
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1994-1996	ÍA Akranes	6 (0)
1996-1997	UMF Stjarnan	18 (0)
1998-2003	Rosenborg Trondheim	81 (0)
2003-2004	Manchester City	0 (0)
2004-2007	Vålerenga Oslo	83 (0)
2008	Thanda Royal Zulu	6 (0)
2008-2010	Odd Grenland	58 (0)
2011	Lierse SK	2 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1990-1991	Iceland U-17	10 (0)
1995	Iceland U-19	3 (0)
1995-1997	Iceland U-21	11 (0)
1998-2010	Iceland	71 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Árni Gautur Arason (born May 7, 1975 in Reykjavík ) is a former Icelandic football goalkeeper who is now a lawyer (graduate of the University of Iceland ) in his home country.

Career

Club career

After three years in the 1st Deild , Árni Gautur switched to the then Norwegian champion Rosenborg Trondheim in 1998 , where he stayed for five years and won the championship title of the Tippeligaen every season . In 2000 he was awarded the Kniksenprisen award as the best goalkeeper in the Tippeligaen. In 2003 Manchester City brought him to replace David James , but Árni Gautur only appeared twice in the FA Cup . After this season he moved to Vålerenga Oslo , where he stayed for three years and in 2005 became Norwegian champions for the sixth time. In March 2008, Árni Gautur moved to South Africa to Thanda Royal Zulu , and in the summer of the same year he returned to Norway to the Odd Grenland club . There he worked mostly as a regular until 2010 and then ended his career at the Belgian club Lierse SK , where he made two league appearances in 2011 before ending his career as an active player.

National team career

He gained his first international experience with the Icelandic U-17 national team , with whom he played ten internationals from 1990 to 1991. Another three international appearances followed in 1992 with Iceland's U-19s . Between 1995 and 1997 he played in eleven games for the Icelandic U-21 national team. Árni Gautur Arason played his first international match for Iceland in 1998 in a friendly against Latvia , which Iceland won 4-1. With 71 internationals for his home country, he and Arnar Grétarsson are 9th among the Icelandic internationals with the most international appearances. Árni Gautur was still a member of the Icelandic national team until 2010, but from 2008 he only played friendlies for them.

successes

Rosenborg Trondheim

• Tippeligaen win : 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
• Winning the NM Cup : 1999

Vålerenga Oslo

• Tippeligaen win: 2005

Web links

• Árni Gautur Arason in the database of weltfussball.de
• Árni Gautur Arason in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Árni Gautur Arason on the official website of the Icelandic Football Association (Icelandic)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics on RSSSF

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .