Arnar Gunnlaugsson

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Arnar Gunnlaugsson

Full name	Arnar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson
Date of birth	March 3, 1973 (1973-03-03) (age 35)
Place of birth	Akranes, Iceland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	winger
Club information
Current club	FH
Number	13
Youth clubs
1988-1990	IA Akranes
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1992 1992-1994 1994-1995 1995 1995-1997 1997 1997-1999 1999-2002 2000 2002 2002-2003 2003-2006 2006-2007 2007-	IA Akranes Feyenoord 1.FC Nurnberg IA Akranes FC Sochaux IA Akranes Bolton Wanderers Leicester City → Stoke City (loan) → Stoke City (loan) Dundee United KR Reykjavík IA Akranes FH	30 (18) 9 (0) 28 (8) 7 (15) 2 (0) 2 (1) 42 (13) 30 (3) 13 (2) 9 (3) 6 (0) 34 (14) 15 (5) 12 (6)
National team²
1993-2003	Iceland	32 (3)
Teams managed
2006	IA Akranes
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:50, 16 July 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 4 September 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Arnar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson (born March 3, 1973 in Akranes) is an Icelandic professional footballer. His position is forward. His twin brother is Bjarki Gunnlaugsson.

1 Club career
2 Alleged Homosexuality
3 International career
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Club career

During his career he has enjoyed spells at Leicester City, Stoke City, Bolton Wanderers, IA Akranes, Nürnberg, Feyenoord and Dundee United.

[edit] Alleged Homosexuality

Despite having a wife and young son, it has been heavily rumoured that Gunnlaugsson in a homosexual, causing him much unfair hounding from elements of football crowds.

[edit] International career

Arnar made his debut for Iceland in an April 1993 friendly match against the United States men's national soccer team. He went on to earn 32 caps, scoring 3 goals between 1993 and 2003.^[1] His last international match was an April 2003 friendly match against Finland in which he was substituted by Veigar Páll Gunnarsson.