Bjarni Guðjónsson

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Personal information
Bjarni Guðjónsson
Full name	Bjarni Eggerts Guðjónsson
Date of birth	February 26, 1979 (1979-02-26) (age 29)
Place of birth	Akranes, Iceland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	ÍA
Number	4
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1997 1997-1998 1998-2000 2000-2003 2003-2004 2004 2004-2006 2006-	ÍA Newcastle United Racing Genk Stoke City VfL Bochum Coventry City Plymouth Argyle ÍA	025 (15) 000 0(0) 027 0(0) 132 (12) 004 0(1) 027 0(3) 025 0(0) 034 (12)
National team²
1997-2000 1997-	Iceland U21 Iceland	020 0(5) 020 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:00, 5 November 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 7 September 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Bjarni Eggerts Guðjónsson (born February 26, 1979 in Akranes) is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays for ÍA. His position is midfielder. He has two brothers who have also played professional football, Þórður and Jóhannes. They played all three together at Genk. He is also the son of former footballer and now manager Guðjón Þórðarson.

[edit] Club career

Guðjónsson began his career at his hometown club ÍA, before moving to Newcastle United in 1997 for £500,000. He failed to break into the first team at the club and left a year later for Belgian club Genk before returning to England in 2000 with Stoke City in a £250,000 signing. He was a first team regular for Stoke until 2003, when he was signed on a free by VfL Bochum. He struggled to cement a place in the first team at Bochum and was loaned out to Coventry City in 2004. Coventry signed him on a free later that year, although he once again proved to be little more than a fringe player and was released by the club in late 2004. He was signed on a free by Plymouth Argyle who he stayed with until early 2006 when he was released.

[edit] International career

He made his debut for Iceland as a substitute for Helgi Sigurðsson in a friendly match against Slovakia in April 1997 and has been capped 19 more times since, scoring once against Liechtenstein in a World Cup qualifier in 1997, as well as captaining his side in a 2008 fixture.