Bjarni Guðjónsson
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Full name | Bjarni Eggerts Guðjónsson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 26 February 1979||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Akranes, Iceland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | Fram Reykjavík (manager) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | ÍA | 26 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | Newcastle United | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2000 | Genk | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2003 | Stoke City | 132 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | VfL Bochum | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | → Coventry City (loan) | 18 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | Coventry City | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2006 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | ÍA | 45 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2013 | KR | 108 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | Iceland U17 | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | Iceland U19 | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–2001 | Iceland U21 | 19 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2010 | Iceland | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013– | Fram Reykjavík | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 September 2013. † Appearances (Goals). |
Bjarni Guðjónsson (born 26 February 1979) is an Icelandic footballer and manager who is manager of Fram Reykjavík.
He has played in Belgium, England and Germany and has two brothers who have also played professional football, Þórður and Jóhannes. All three played together at Genk. He is also the son of former footballer and now manager Guðjón Þórðarson.[2]
Club career
Bjarni Guðjónsson began his career at his hometown club ÍA, before moving to English club Newcastle United in 1997 for £500,000.[3] 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 joining up with his father Guðjón Þórðarson who was manager.[3] He became a regular in the first team and made 53 appearances in the 2000–01 season however he was transfer listed at the end of the season as his father felt Bjarni Guðjónsson was struggling to deal with being the son of the manager.[3] No transfer away from the club was forthcoming and Bjarni Guðjónsson stayed for the 2001–02 season and this time played 54 matches as Stoke gained promotion via the play-offs.[4] Despite gaining promotion his father was sacked by the board.[5] Bjarni Guðjónsson stayed at Stoke and helped the club to avoid relegation before he joined his brother Þórður Guðjónsson at VfL Bochum on a free transfer.
He struggled to cement a place in the first team at Bochum and was loaned out to Coventry City in 2004.[6] 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.[7] He was signed on a free by Plymouth Argyle who he stayed with for two years, scoring once against Everton in the FA Cup,[8] before joining ÍA again in 2006.[9] In his second spell at ÍA he stayed for two years, until he was sold to KR in 2008.
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.
Honours
- IA
- Úrvalsdeild Winner: 1995, 1996
- Icelandic Cup winner: 1996
- Icelandic League Cup winner: 1996
- Genk
- Belgian First Division winner: 1998–99
- Stoke City
- Football League Trophy winner: 2000
- Football League Second Division play-off final winner: 2002
Career statistics
- Sourced from The English National Football Archive and The Football Association of Iceland
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[A] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
ÍA | 1995 | Úrvalsdeild | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1996 | Úrvalsdeild | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 17 | |
1997 | Úrvalsdeild | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |
Total | 26 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 20 | ||
Newcastle United | 1997–98 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1998–99 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Genk | 1998–99 | Belgian First Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
1999–2000 | Belgian First Division | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
Total | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
Stoke City | 1999–2000 | Second Division | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
2000–01 | Second Division | 42 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 10 | |
2001–02 | Second Division | 46 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 4 | |
2002–03 | First Division | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
Total | 132 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 160 | 17 | ||
VfL Bochum | 2003–04 | Bundesliga | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Total | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
Coventry City | 2003–04 | First Division | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
2004–05 | Championship | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
Total | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | ||
Plymouth Argyle | 2004–05 | Championship | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
2005–06 | Championship | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
Total | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
ÍA | 2006 | Úrvalsdeild | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 |
2007 | Úrvalsdeild | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | |
2008 | Úrvalsdeild | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
Total | 45 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 70 | 17 | ||
KR | 2008 | Úrvalsdeild | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
2009 | Úrvalsdeild | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 3 | |
2010 | Úrvalsdeild | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
2011 | Úrvalsdeild | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 4 | |
2012 | Úrvalsdeild | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
2013 | Úrvalsdeild | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 6 | |
Total | 108 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 182 | 16 | ||
Career Total | 394 | 52 | 45 | 8 | 60 | 10 | 38 | 5 | 537 | 71 |
- A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Icelandic Super Cup, Football League play-offs, Football League Trophy, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
References
- ↑ "Bjarni Eggerts Gudjónsson". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ↑ "Bjarni Eggerts Guðjónsson" (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Bjarni Gudjonsson Transfer Listed". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ↑ "Stoke seal promotion". BBC Sport. 11 May 2002. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ↑ "Stoke sack Thordarson". BBC Sport. 16 May 2002. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ↑ "Coventry sign Gudjonsson". BBC Sport. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ↑ "Plymouth seal deal for Gudjonsson". BBC Sport. 17 December 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ↑ "Plymouth 1–3 Everton". BBC Sport. 8 January 2005. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ↑ "Iceland's Gudjonsson exits Argyle". BBC Sport. 31 January 2006. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
External links
- Bjarni Guðjónsson career stats at Soccerbase
- Bjarni Guðjónsson at National-Football-Teams.com