Arnór Guðjohnsen

Arnór Guðjohnsen
Arnór Guðjohnsen (left)
Personnel
Surname	Arnór Guðjohnsen
birthday	April 30, 1961
place of birth	Reykjavík ,  Iceland
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1978	Víkingur Reykjavík	12 0(7)
1978-1983	Sporting Lokeren	138 (26)
1983-1990	RSC Anderlecht	139 (40)
1990-1992	Girondins Bordeaux	52 0(8)
1993	BK hooks	24 0(4)
1994-1998	Örebro SK	100 (24)
1998-2000	Valur Reykjavík	41 (22)
2001	UMF Stjarnan	18 0(5)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1979-1997	Iceland	73 (14)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of career

Arnór Guðjohnsen (born April 30, 1961 in Reykjavík ) is a former Icelandic football player and father of Eiður Guðjohnsen (born September 15, 1978).

Career

Club player

Arnór began his professional career in 1978 at SK Lokeren , where he played until 1983. In 1983 he moved to RSC Anderlecht . There he won the Belgian championship three times (1985, 1986, 1987), the Belgian Cup twice (1988, 1989) and the Belgian Supercup three times (1985, 1986, 1987). In addition, Arnór Guðjohnsen was in the 1986/87 season with 19 goals top scorer in the Belgian first division. In 1990 he moved to France to Girondins Bordeaux , where he played until 1992. In 1993 he came to BK Häcken for one season . From 1994 to 1998 Arnór played with Örebro SK before continuing his career from 1998 to 1999 with Valur Reykjavík in his native Iceland. In 2001 he came to UMF Stjarnan on his last move , where he played another 18 games.

National team

From 1979 to 1997 Arnór was a member of the Icelandic national team , for which he played 73 games. On April 24, 1996, the 34-year-old wrote football history when he was substituted for his 17-year-old son Eiður Guðjohnsen at an official international match against Estonia in Tallinn. This was the first and so far only time that a son was substituted on for his father in an international football match.

Web links

• Arnór Guðjohnsen in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Arnór Guðjohnsen in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Arnór Guðjohnsen's international match statistics (Icelandic)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Football: Fathers and Sons - Everything for the Father. In: sueddeutsche.de . September 30, 2009, accessed September 9, 2016 . 
2. ↑ EM: Like father, like son - Eidur Gudjohnsen. In: Allgemeine-zeitung.de. April 24, 1996, accessed September 9, 2016 . 

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 .