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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Aron.
Aron Gunnarsson
Gunnarson in 2014
Personal information
Full name Aron Einar Malmquist Gunnarsson[1]
Date of birth (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Akureyri, Iceland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cardiff City
Number 17
Youth career
2004–2005 Þór Akureyri
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Þór Akureyri 11 (0)
2006–2008 AZ 1 (0)
2008–2011 Coventry City 123 (6)
2011– Cardiff City 120 (16)
International career‡
2005 Iceland U17 7 (2)
2006–2008 Iceland U19 16 (1)
2007–2011 Iceland U21 11 (1)
2008– Iceland 46 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:40, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2014

Aron Einar Malmquist Gunnarsson (born 22 April 1989) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for Welsh club Cardiff City. He can play either at right back or in central midfield.

Aron has played club football in Iceland, the Netherlands, England and Wales for Þór Akureyri, AZ, Coventry City and Cardiff City. He also plays for Iceland at international level, having made his senior debut in 2008, and has been Iceland's captain since mid-2012.

Club career

Early career

Born in Akureyri, Aron began his career with local side Þór Akureyri in 2005, before moving to the Netherlands a year later to play with AZ.

Coventry City

Aron signed for English Championship team Coventry City on 17 June 2008, signing a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[2] He made his debut on the opening day of the Championship season against Norwich City, where Coventry won 3–1.[3] He scored his first career goal on 14 February 2009 in an FA Cup match against Premier League side Blackburn Rovers.[4] During his time at Coventry, Aron attracted Premier League interest leading Coventry City to offer him an improved deal on 12 March.[5] His first league goal came against Crystal Palace.[6] At the end of his first season in England, Aron was voted the Coventry City Supporter's Player of the Year as well as the club's Community Award.[7]

The following season, Aron changed his shirt number from 12 to 17, to mirror the squad number of his brother, who is a professional handball player.[8] The following season he continued as a vital part of the Coventry midfield, throughout the season he made 42 appearances and scored one goal against Middlesbrough.[9]

Coventry City started the 2010–11 season strongly looking like they were pushing for play-off places. Aron opened his seasons goal scoring count with a goal against newly promoted, Millwall, despite Coventry losing 3–1.[10] After three years at Coventry, he scored his first goal at Coventry City's home ground, the Ricoh Arena, against Preston North End.[11] Three days later, Aron scored his second goal in two games against Doncaster Rovers.[12] He was out of contract at the end of the season and on 10 December, Aron stated his desire to stay at Coventry.[13] However the following week, he received his first red card of his career against Norwich City.[14] However a deal for a new contract couldn't be reached between his agent and Coventry, and at the end of the season the club gave him a deadline date to agree to stay.[15]

However, due to Aron and his agent not being able to reach an agreement with Coventry, he was linked with moves away and his agent confirmed that fellow Championship outfit Cardiff City were favourites to sign him.[16]

Cardiff City

On 8 July, Aron agreed a three-year deal with Cardiff City.[17] He made his debut in the 1–0 win over West Ham United.[18] In his second game, Aron limped off with an ankle injury after only ten minutes against Bristol City, the injury sidelining him for a week.[19] He returned after the September international break, insisting his injury was behind him.[20] He made his return in the first game after the break against Doncaster Rovers on 10 September. Five days later, Aron scored two goals in a 5–3 victory against Barnsley, receiving the Man-of-the-Match Award.[21]

Aron played the entirety of the 2012 Carling Cup Final, as City were beaten 3–2 on penalties after a valiant performance against Premier League Liverpool at Wembley Stadium.[22]

Aron scored Cardiff City's first ever goal in the English Premier League on 25 August 2013, against Manchester City in a 3–2 win. [23]

International career

Aron made his international debut for Iceland on 2 February 2008.[24] Aron was called up to the 2011 European Under-21 Championship Iceland squad, which took place in Denmark. In the first game Iceland beat hosts Denmark 3–1. This was followed with a 2–0 loss to Belarus, where Gunnarsson was sent off.[25] The two losses saw Iceland go out of the tournament via a tie breaker. Gunnarsson has been a regular player in the senior side since debuting despite helping the U-21 side when they qualified for the UEFA Under-21 Championship. Gunnarsson was named as the permanent captain of the national team before a friendly match against the Faroe Islands in August 2012 at the young age of 23, ahead of his 29th cap.[26] Gunnarsson was injured while playing for Iceland in June 2013.[27]

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 October 2014[28][29][30][31][32]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Þór Akureyri 2005 5 0 1 0 5 0 – – 11 0
2006 6 0 3 0 3 0 – – 12 0
Total 11 0 4 0 8 0 – – 23 0
AZ 2006–07 0 0 – – – – – – 0 0
2007–08 1 0 – – – – – – 1 0
Total 1 0 – – – – – – 1 0
Coventry City 2008–09 40 1 5 1 2 0 0 0 47 2
2009–10 40 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 42 1
2010–11 42 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 45 4
Total 122 6 9 1 2 0 0 0 133 7
Cardiff City 2011–12 42 5 0 0 6 0 2 0 50 5
2012–13 45 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 8
2013–14 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 1
2014–15 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 2
Total 120 16 2 0 8 0 2 0 132 16
Career total 254 22 15 1 18 0 2 0 289 23

International

Gunnarsson in a match against Austria (2014)
As of match played 13 September 2014.[33]
National team Year Apps Goals
Iceland 2008 9 0
2009 7 0
2010 5 0
2011 4 0
2012 8 0
2013 7 0
2014 6 1
Total 46 1

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1. 10 October 2014 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Latvia 0 – 2 0–3 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying [34]

Honours

Cardiff City

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ^ "Coventry set to sign Gunnarsson". BBC Sport. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Coventry City 2 – 0 Norwich City". Coventry City F.C. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2008.
  4. ^ "Blackburn 2–2 Coventry". BBC Sport. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  5. ^ "Hall is offered new Coventry deal". BBC Sport. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  6. ^ "Crystal Palace 1–1 Coventry". BBC Sport. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  7. ^ "Gunnarsson wins Sky Blues award". BBC Sport. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  8. ^ "News: Squad numbers announced". Coventry City F.C. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Middlesbrough 1 – 1 Coventry". BBC Sport. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  10. ^ "Millwall 3 – 1 Coventry". BBC Sport. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  11. ^ "Coventry 1 – 2 Preston". BBC Sport. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  12. ^ "Coventry 2 – 1 Doncaster". BBC Sport. 28 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  13. ^ "Aron Gunnarsson keen to sign new deal at Coventry City". BBC Sport. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  14. ^ "Coventry 1 – 2 Norwich". BBC Sport. 18 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  15. ^ "Westwood, King & Gunnarsson get Coventry City deadline". BBC Sport. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  16. ^ Phillips, Terry (5 July 2011). "Cardiff City 'among favourites' to sign Iceland star Aron Gunnarsson from Coventry City". South Wales Echo. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  17. ^ "Cardiff secure Gunnarsson move". Cardiff City F.C. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  18. ^ "West Ham 0 – 1 Cardiff". BBC Sport. 7 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  19. ^ "Cardiff City midfielder Aron Gunnarsson sidelined for a week". BBC Sport. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  20. ^ Tucker, Steve (9 September 2011). "Aron Gunnarsson ready to put injury woes behind him at Cardiff City". South Wales Echo. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  21. ^ "Gunnar: The win was the important thing". Cardiff City F.C. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  22. ^ "Cardiff City 2–2 Liverpool: Liverpool win 3–2 on pens". BBC Sport. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  23. ^ "Cardiff 3 Man City 2". BBC Sport. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  24. ^ "Aron Einar Gunnarsson" (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  25. ^ "Belarus get the better of Iceland". UEFA. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.[dead link]
  26. ^ "Aron Einar skipaður fyrirliði" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  27. ^ "Aron Gunnarsson shoulder injury worry for Cardiff City". BBC Sport. 10 June 2013.
  28. ^ "Aron Einar Gunnarsson". KSÍ. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  29. ^ "Þór Akureyri League Cup Squad 2005". KSÍ. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  30. ^ "Þór Akureyri League Cup Squad 2006". KSÍ. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  31. ^ "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International.
  32. ^ Aron Gunnarsson at Soccerbase
  33. ^ Aron Einar.html "Aron Gunnarsson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  34. ^ Latvia vs. Iceland 0 - 3 at Soccerway.com
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