Arnór Guðjohnsen

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Arnór Guðjohnsen
Full name	Arnór Guðjohnsen
Date of birth	April 30, 1961 (1961-04-30) (age 47)
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	striker
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth clubs
	Víkingur
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1978-1983 1983-1990 1990-1992 1993 1994-1998 1998-1999	SK Lokeren Anderlecht Bordeaux BK Häcken Örebro SK Valur	138 (26) 139 (40) 51 (8) 24 (4) 90 (24) 24 (12)
National team²
1979-1997	Iceland	73 (14)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 September 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Arnór Guðjohnsen (born 30 April 1961) is a former Icelandic footballer who played for R.S.C. Anderlecht, among others, and finished top scorer with that club in the 1986-87 Belgian League season.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Club career

Arnór played for the following teams during his career. K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen & R.S.C. Anderlecht in Belgium, FC Girondins de Bordeaux in France, BK Häcken & Örebro SK in Sweden.

CLUB HONOURS

Belgian League: 1985, 1986, 1987

Belgian Cup: 1988, 1989

Belgian Supercup: 1985, 1986, 1987

[edit] International career

He is the father and agent of FC Barcelona striker Eiður Guðjohnsen. Arnór and Eidur are the only father and son to play for their country during the same game. Arnór was 34 and Eidur was just 17 when it happened. Although they never actually played together, Eidur came on as a half time substitute for his father. Iceland beat Estonia 3-2, with Arnór scoring.

At 25 he had been asked his biggest wish, to which he replied "to play international football alongside Eiður". However, shortly before a match in Reykjavik in which father and son were finally scheduled to appear alongside one another, young Eiður broke his ankle in an Under-18 tournament. He duly missed the next two seasons, in which time Arnór hung up his boots and bought a fishing rod.

"It remains my biggest regret that we didn't get to play together, and I know it's Eiður's too" said Guðjohnsen.^{[citation needed]}

Guðjohnsen played 73 games for the Icelandic national team and scored 14 goals^[1], four of them in a game against Turkey. He played his last international in October 1997 against Liechtenstein.