Arnór Guðjohnsen

Arnór Guðjohnsen
	Arnór in March 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	30 July 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
0000–1978	Víkingur
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978	Víkingur
1978–1983	Lokeren
1983–1990	Anderlecht
1990–1992	Bordeaux
1993	Häcken
1994–1998	Örebro
1998–2000	Valur
2001	Stjarnan
Total
International career
1978	Iceland U19
1978	Iceland U21
1979–1997	Iceland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arnór Guðjohnsen (born 30 April 1961) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent seven years with Belgian club Anderlecht and was the top scorer in the 1986–87 season. He is the father of striker Eiður Guðjohnsen and the grandfather of striker Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen. His younger son, also named Arnór, signed for Swansea City in July 2017, at the age of 16.^[1]

Club career

Starting his career at Víkingur in Iceland, Arnór also played for Valur and Stjarnan, Lokeren and Anderlecht in Belgium, Bordeaux in France, Häcken and Örebro in Sweden.

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

International career

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

At 2, 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 scheduled to appear alongside one another, Eiður broke his ankle in an Under-18 tournament. He missed the next two seasons, in which time Arnór retired from football. Arnór later said "It remains my biggest regret that we didn't get to play together, and I know it's Eiður's too".^{[citation needed]}

Arnór played 73 games for the Icelandic national team and scored 14 goals,^[2] four of them in a game against Turkey. He played his last international in October 1997 against Liechtenstein.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals listed by year^[3]^[4]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iceland
	1979	2	0
	1980	3	0
	1981	3	0
	1982	4	1
	1983	3	0
	1984	2	0
	1985	1	0
	1986	5	2
	1987	2	0
	1988	3	0
	1989	2	0
	1990	5	2
	1991	7	4
	1992	3	0
	1993	6	2
	1994	5	0
	1995	5	0
	1996	7	2
	1997	5	1
Total		73	14

Iceland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Arnór goal.^[3]^[4]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 June 1982	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	9	England	1–0	1–1	Friendly
2	25 May 1986		19	Republic of Ireland	1–1	1–2	Iceland Triangular Tournament
3	24 September 1986		22	Soviet Union	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
4	30 May 1990		31	Albania	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
5	8 August 1990	Ovara Vølli í Gundadali, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	32	Faroe Islands	3–2	3–2	Friendly
6	17 July 1991	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	39	Turkey	2–1	5–1
7					3–1
8					4–1
9					5–1
10	20 May 1993	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	47	Luxembourg	1–0	1–1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	16 June 1993	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	49	Hungary	2–0	2–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	11 February 1996	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	64	Malta	4–0	4–1	1996 Rothmans International Tournament
13	1 June 1996	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	66	Macedonia	1–1	1–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
14	11 October 1997	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	73	Liechtenstein	3–0	4–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification