Arnór Guðjohnsen


Arnór Guðjohnsen is an Icelandic former 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 or striker Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen. His younger son, also named Arnór, signed for Swansea City in July 2017, at the age of 16.

Club career

Starting his career at Víkingur in Iceland, Arnór also played for Valur & Stjarnan, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen & R.S.C. Anderlecht in Belgium, FC Girondins de Bordeaux in France, BK Häcken & Örebro SK in Sweden.
Arnór 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 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 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 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".
Arnór played 73 games for the Icelandic national team and scored 14 goals, four of them in a game against Turkey. He played his last international in October 1997 against Liechtenstein.

International goals

No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12 June 1982Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland91–01–1Friendly
225 May 1986Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland191–11–2Iceland Triangular Tournament
324 September 1986Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland221–01–1UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
430 May 1990Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland311–02–0UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
58 August 1990Ovara Vølli í Gundadali, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands323–23–2Friendly
617 July 1991Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland392–15–1Friendly
717 July 1991Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland393–15–1Friendly
817 July 1991Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland394–15–1Friendly
917 July 1991Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland395–15–1Friendly
1020 May 1993Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg471–01–11994 FIFA World Cup qualification
1116 June 1993Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland492–02–01994 FIFA World Cup qualification
1211 February 1996Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta644–04–11996 Rothmans International Tournament
131 June 1996Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland661–11–11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
1411 October 1997Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland733–04–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification

Career statistics

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