Þórður Guðjónsson

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Personal information
Þórður Guðjónsson
Full name	Þórður Guðjónsson
Date of birth	October 14, 1973 (1973-10-14) (age 34)
Place of birth	Akranes, Iceland
Height	1.78 m (5ft 10in)
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	IA Akranes
Number	10
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990 1991-1993 1993-1997 1997-2000 2000-2001 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2005 2005-2006 2006-present	KA Akureyri IA Akranes VfL Bochum K.R.C. Genk UD Las Palmas → Derby County (loan) → Preston North End (loan) VfL Bochum Stoke City IA Akranes career totals	16 (2) 53 (36) 73 (10) 92 (27) 8 (1) 10 (1) 7 (0) 44 (3) 2 (0) 24 (5) 329 (85)
National team²
1993-2004	Iceland	58 (13)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 September 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 14 September 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Þórður Guðjónsson, also known as Toddi Gudjonsson or Thoddi Gudjonsson, (born October 14, 1973 in Akranes) is an Icelandic footballer.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Club career

He started his career with local team ÍA, and moved to German team VfL Bochum in 1993. He played there until 1997, when he moved to K.R.C. Genk. In 2000 he moved to UD Las Palmas, but saw limited playing action and was loaned out to Derby County and Preston North End in England. He proceeded to play for Bochum from 2002 to the 2004/05 season, in the middle of which (January 2005) he was signed by Stoke City, a club with a history of Icelandic players and coaches, including Gudjonsson's younger brother Bjárni Guðjónsson and father Guðjón Þórðarsson.

[edit] International career

He made his debut for Iceland in a September 1993 World Cup qualifier against Luxemburg. He went on to earn 58 caps, scoring 13 goals for the national team.^[1]