Árni Gautur Arason
Árni Gautur Arason | ||
Árni Gautur Arason (2009)
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Personnel | ||
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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
- ↑ Statistics on RSSSF
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Árni Gautur Arason |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Icelandic football goalkeeper |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 7th 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Reykjavík , Iceland |