Bjarki Gunnlaugsson

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Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
Personal information
Full nameBjarki Bergmann Gunnlaugsson
Date of birth (1973-03-03) 3 March 1973
Place of birthAkranes, Iceland
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1988–1990IA Akranes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1992IA Akranes43(11)
1992–1994Feyenoord0(0)
1994–19951. FC Nürnberg27(5)
1995IA Akranes7(3)
1995–1997SV Waldhof Mannheim39(9)
1997–1998Molde FK18(6)
1998SK Brann7(1)
1999KR Reykjavík16(11)
1999–2002Preston North End45(2)
2002Deiglan1(0)
2002IA Akranes7(7)
2003–2005KR Reykjavík25(1)
2006IA Akranes11(2)
2007–2008FH Hafnarfjörður13(0)
2008–2009IA Akranes13(0)
2009Valur1(0)
2010–FH Hafnarfjörður40(0)
National team
1993–2000Iceland27(7)
Teams managed
2006ÍA
2008–2009ÍA
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 November 2007.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2007

Bjarki Bergmann Gunnlaugsson (born 3 March 1973 in Akranes) is an Icelandic professional footballer[1] who currently plays for FH.

Club career

After a period in English football at Preston North End FC, Bjarki joined up with his twin brother Arnar and they played together at KR Reykjavík when they came back home. The played with the team for several years, then joined their childhood club, ÍA Akranes, in 2006. They became the managers of the club, when the team manager, Ólafur Þórðarson, left the club because of a horrible start in the division. The brothers saved the club from relegation, but the chairman of the club hired manager Guðjón Þórðarson to control the club. Then the brothers left ÍA Akranes to join the Icelandic champions, FH Hafnarfjörður.

In July 2008, the brothers left FH amicably when Guðjón Þórðarson had been fired from ÍA, and again took the reins of their old club as player-managers.

In June 2010, it was announced that Bjarki had joined his former club and Icelandic champions FH Hafnarfjörður on free transfer. He signed a one-year contract. This transfer meant that for the first time the Gunnlaugsson twins were on opposing sides in the same league, as Arnar currently played for Fram Reykjavik.

International career

Bjarki made his debut for Iceland in an October 1993 friendly match against Tunisia, coming on as a substitute for Arnar Grétarsson. He has been capped 27 times for Iceland, scoring seven goals. He scored in his last international match, a February 2000 friendly match against the Faroe Islands.

References

  1. "Bjarki Bergmann Gunnlaugsson". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 December 2013. 

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