Arnór Guðjohnsen

Arnór Guðjohnsen

Personal information
Date of birth	30 April 1961 (1961-04-30) (age 50)
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
–1978	Víkingur
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1978	Víkingur	12	(7)
1978–1983	SK Lokeren	138	(26)
1983–1990	Anderlecht	139	(40)
1990–1992	Bordeaux	51	(8)
1993	BK Häcken	24	(4)
1994–1998	Örebro SK	90	(24)
1998–1999	Valur	24	(12)
2001	Stjarnan	18	(5)
Total		496	(126)
National team
1979–1997	Iceland	73	(14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Arnór Guðjohnsen (born 30 April 1961) is a former Icelandic footballer who played as a striker. He is most famous for his seven-year stint with Belgian club Anderlecht and was the club's top scorer in the 1986–87 season. He is the father of striker Eiður Guðjohnsen.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Honours 4 External links 5 References

Club career

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

Guðjohnsen took the final penalty of the 1984 UEFA Cup Final shootout which was saved by Tottenham's Tony Parks.

International career

He is the father and agent of AEK Athens striker Eiður Guðjohnsen. Arnór and Eiður are the only father and son to play for the Iceland national football team during the same game. Arnór was 34 and Eiður was just 17 when it happened. Although they never actually played together, Eiður came on as a second-half substitute for his father in a match on 24 April 1996. Iceland beat Estonia 3–0.

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.

"It remains my biggest regret that we didn't get to play together, and I know it's Eiður's too" said Guðjohnsen.

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.

Honours

• Belgian League (3):
  • 1985, 1986, 1987
• Belgian Cup (2):
  • 1988, 1989
• Belgian Supercup (3):
  • 1985, 1986, 1987

External links

• Career stats – National Football Teams

References

1. ^ Iceland – Record International Players – RSSSF

Belgian First Division Top Scorers 1895–96: Hickson 1896–97: Hickson 1897–98: König 1898–99: König 1899-00: Atkinson 1900–01: Potts 1901–02: Potts 1902–03: Vanderstappen 1903–04: Vanderstappen 1904–05: De Veen 1905–06: De Veen 1906–07: Vertongen 1907–08: Vertongen 1908–09: Kevorkian 1909–10: Vertongen 1910–11: Six 1911–12: Bunyan 1912–13: Brébart 1913–14: Bunyan 1919–20: Vlamynck 1920–21: Thys 1921–22: Thys 1922–23: Meyskens 1923–24: Jooris 1924–25: Taeymans 1925–26: Grimmonprez 1926–27: Fabry 1927–28: Braine 1928–29: Braine 1929–30: De Vidts 1930–31: Secrétin 1931–32: Delmez 1932–33: Ulens 1933–34: Van Landeghem 1934–35: Mondelé 1935–36: Lambrechts 1936–37: Collet 1937–38: Mondelé 1938–39: Wagner 1941–42: De Cleyn 1943–44: Mermans 1945–46: De Cleyn 1946–47: Mermans 1947–48: Mermans 1948–49: Thirifays 1949–50: Mermans 1950–51: Dehert 1951–52: Mannaerts 1952–53: Coppens 1953–54: Van Den Bosch 1954–55: Coppens 1955–56: Mathonet 1956–57: Willems 1957–58: Van Gool & Vliers 1958–59: Wégria 1959–60: Wégria 1960–61: Wégria 1961–62: Stockman 1962–63: Wégria 1963–64: Van Himst 1964–65: Colonval 1965–66: Van Himst 1966–67: Mulder 1967–68: Van Himst & Claessen 1968–69: Nagy 1969–70: Emmerich 1970–71: Kostedde 1971–72: Lambert 1972–73: Rensenbrink & Riedl 1973–74: Ladinsky 1974–75: Riedl 1975–76: Posthumus 1976–77: Van Der Elst 1977–78: Nickel 1978–79: Albert 1979–80: Vandenbergh 1980–81: Vandenbergh 1981–82: Vandenbergh 1982–83: Vandenbergh 1983–84: Claesen 1984–85: Martens 1985–86: Vandenbergh 1986–87: Gudjohnsen 1987–88: Severeyns 1988–89: Krnčević 1989–90: Farina 1990–91: Vandenbergh 1991–92: Weber 1992–93: Weber 1993–94: Weber 1994–95: Vidmar 1995–96: Stanić 1996–97: Špehar 1997–98: Strupar 1998–99: Koller 1999-00: Årst & Brogno 2000–01: Radzinski 2001–02: Sonck 2002–03: Sonck & Roussel 2003–04: Pieroni 2004–05: Jestrović 2005–06: Dosunmu 2006–07: Sterchele 2007–08: Akpala 2008–09: Ruiz 2009–10: Lukaku 2010–11: Perišić

Persondata
Name	Arnor Gudjohnsen
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	30 April 1961
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Date of death
Place of death