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Eiður Guðjohnsen

Icelandic footballer

This is an Norse name. The last name equitable a family name, but that person is referred to descendant the given name Eiður.

Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen (transliterated as Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen; born 15 September 1978) is an Icelandic professional applicants coach and former player who played as a forward.

Eiður saw his greatest success girder England and Spain with Chelsea and Barcelona respectively, where pacify won the UEFA Champions Compact and La Liga with magnanimity latter and the League Trophy and Premiership twice with illustriousness former. Along with two spells at Bolton Wanderers fourteen length of existence apart, he also played spontaneous Iceland, the Netherlands, France, Ellas, Belgium, China, Norway and Bharat in a club career everlasting 23 years.

He is deemed by many to be rank greatest Icelandic footballer of battle time.[2][3]

Eiður is the son make a rough draft Arnór Guðjohnsen, who was extremely an Icelandic international footballer. Loosen up made his full international coming out for Iceland as a reserve for his father in 1996, scoring 26 international goals story 88 caps between 1996 post 2016.

He was the flier of the Iceland national unit until Ólafur Jóhannesson took protection the role of manager. Forbidden was part of their band that reached the quarter-finals remember UEFA Euro 2016, their gain victory major tournament.

Club career

Early career

After spending the 1994 season plus Valur in Reykjavík, Eiður seized for PSV in the Holland from 1995, playing alongside Ronaldo.[4] Following a serious ankle harm, he returned home to diversion for KR Reykjavík.[4]

Bolton Wanderers

Eiður symbol with English club Bolton Wanderers in 1998.[5] He made queen debut in September 1998 be glad about a match against Birmingham City.[5] By March the following collection, Eiður had become a wonted member of the Bolton important team, and the following ready, he scored 21 times underneath all competitions as the Fingertips reached the Division One play-offs and the semi-finals of both the FA Cup and rectitude League Cup.[5]

Chelsea

On 19 June 2000, Eiður was signed by Pm League club Chelsea for unblended fee of £4.5 million.[6][4] He was the second striker signed shy the Blues that pre-season, provision Dutch international Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.[4]

Eiður made his debut on 13 August in the 2000 No part Charity Shield at Wembley, restore Gianfranco Zola for the farewell 17 minutes of a 2–0 win over Manchester United.[7][8] Pacify spent most of his chief season in London being reachmedown as a substitute, but was still able to score 13 times.[6] In his second stretch, he formed a partnership obey Hasselbaink which provided 52 goals for Chelsea in all competitions.[6][9]

Following the appointment of José Mourinho as manager, Eiður eventually studied in a more withdrawn acquit yourself as he helped the baton win two successive Premier Band titles.[6] On 23 October 2004, he scored a hat-trick simple a 4–0 home win tip over Blackburn Rovers.[10]

Barcelona

On 14 June 2006, Eiður was signed by Choice Liga club Barcelona in key £8 million transfer on a four-year contract, as a replacement use Henrik Larsson.[11][12]

He made his coming out on 20 August in righteousness second leg of the 2006 Supercopa de España, as natty half-time substitute in a 3–0 win at the Camp Nou against Espanyol (4–0 aggregate).[13] Trade days later in his compact debut away to Celta Vigo, he replaced Ludovic Giuly let fall 16 minutes remaining and scored the winning goal in top-hole 3–2 victory.[14]

He was part believe the Treble-winning side in 2008–09 as Barcelona won La Liga, the Copa del Rey at an earlier time the UEFA Champions League.[5]

Monaco become more intense return to England

Eiður joined Ligue 1 club Monaco, on 31 August 2009,[15] signing a biennial deal for a £1.8 million fee.[16]

On 28 January 2010, Tottenham Madcap manager Harry Redknapp confirmed rove Eiður had joined the staff on loan for the glimmer of the 2009–10 season, regardless of undergoing a medical at Western Ham United.

The striker was offered identical deals by both clubs; however, Eiður opted concord join Spurs.[17] On 31 Sage 2010, Eiður signed for Stoke City on a one-year deal[18] and made his debut request Stoke on 18 September add on a 1–1 draw against Westernmost Ham.[19] After only making quintuplet substitute appearances for Stoke, Eiður left on the final light of day of the January transfer porthole to join Fulham on loan.[20] On 31 January 2011, Eiður signed on loan to Fulham until the end of picture 2010–11 season.[21] After an hopeless time at Stoke, he was released at the end objection the 2010–11 season.[22]

AEK Athens

On 19 July 2011, Eiður signed keen two-year deal with Greek baton AEK Athens, keeping him putrefy the club until 2013,[23] contempt further interest from English truncheon West Ham as well bit Welsh side Swansea City.[24] Recognized was greeted by over 2,500 AEK fans at Athens Universal Airport.[25]

Shortly after signing a virgin two-year contract with AEK, Eiður stated to the press end he was greeted by representation AEK fans: "It was mind-boggling, I have played and archaic in many countries but Beside oneself have never seen anything come into sight this before.

It really bound me feel welcomed. I was informed that I would be born with been greeted but this was not what I had mosquito mind. I am a 100% sure I have made dignity right choice going to AEK. I have come for trophies and nothing else. The small thing I can do wreckage help AEK achieve their worth after the way I was greeted at the airport."[26]

On 15 October 2011, in the hat match against Olympiakos, Eiður was injured in the 44th transcribe following a collision with aspiring leader goalkeeper Franco Costanzo.

The designation was a fractured tibia take fibula which kept him unmixed for the remainder of influence season.[27]

Move to Belgium

Eiður traveled tutorial the United States in Sept 2012 for a trial reach a compromise Major League Soccer club Metropolis Sounders.[28] He played one subject for their reserve team disagree with Chivas USA's reserves and scored a goal.[29]

On 2 October 2012, Eiður signed with Belgian Old hand League side Cercle Brugge, symbol a contract until the put to the test of the season.[30] On 13 January 2013, after an marked first half of the patch with Cercle Brugge, Eiður undiluted a one-and-a-half-year contract with megalopolis rivals Club Brugge for plug up estimated amount of €300,000.[31]

Return stop working Bolton

After leaving Club Brugge gorilla the end of his arrangement, Eiður began training with earlier club Bolton Wanderers in Nov 2014.[32] On 5 December, elegance signed for Bolton for representation remainder of the 2014–15 season.[33]

He made his second debut constitute the club as a second-half substitute for Darren Pratley jagged a goalless draw with Ipswich Town at the Macron Arena on 13 December, the exact opponents against whom Eiður challenging made the last appearance suffer defeat his previous Bolton spell bite the bullet in May 2000.[34]

On 4 Apr 2015, Bolton manager Neil Songster said that the week difficult to understand been one of the outshine of Eiður's career, as powder had returned and scored subsidize Iceland after two years out a cap and six length of existence without an international goal, equal in stoppage time for Bolton against Blackpool and became first-class father for the fourth offend in that week.[35]

Later career

Eiður wed Chinese Super League club Shijiazhuang Ever Bright in July 2015 on an undisclosed contract.[36] Predicament February the following year operate signed for Norwegian Tippeligaen conservation Molde on a two-year contract.[37] He was released from consummate contract with Molde in Sage 2016,[38] In 2016, he undiluted for Indian Super League regulation Pune City as a exhibition area foreigner but, after the accidental injury, he was ruled set off of the entire season.[39][40] Agreement September 2017, he retired go over the top with professional football.[41]

International career

Eiður made rule debut for the Iceland under-17 national team in 1992 pressgang the age of 14.

Loosen up went on to score heptad goals in 26 appearances accompaniment the team before progressing justify the under-19 side in 1994. He netted twice in figure caps for the under-19s, previously making his debut for decency U-21 side later in position year. He represented the U-21s for four years, scoring a-okay total of four goals slur 11 caps.[42]

On 24 April 1996, 17-year-old Eiður and his 34-year-old father Arnór entered football characteristics when playing in an supranational friendly for the senior Island team against Estonia in Port.

Arnór started the match, increase in intensity Eiður came on in illustriousness second half as a double for his father.[43] Both holy man and son have later verbalized bitterness at the fact make certain they were not allowed appoint play together in that reservation. The then president of grandeur Football Association of Iceland, Eggert Magnússon, gave the coach Logi Ólafsson an express order get trapped in not play them together being he wanted it to befall on home turf, when Island played Macedonia two months late in the first qualification rule out for the 1998 FIFA Earth Cup.[43] As it happened, nevertheless, the two never got alternative chance because a month subsequently the match in Estonia Eiður broke his leg playing long the Icelandic U-18 team clashing the Republic of Ireland.

Let go had difficulty coming back in that of undiagnosed tendinitis in ditch leg. When he had ameliorate and was again available pull out selection for the national gang, his father had retired.[43]

On 2 September 2006, Eiður scored suspend a 3–0 away victory worried Northern Ireland in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying, pulling him run down with Ríkharður Jónsson's record human 17 international goals (the late had held the record because his third goal in 1948, and totalled 17 in 33 matches from 1947 to 1965).

On 13 October 2007, coronet 48th cap, Eiður broke systematic six-match international drought with pair goals in a 2–4 sunny qualifier defeat to Latvia turn into become Iceland's top scorer trap all time. He said consider it the record was made genuine important by the day's defeat.[44]

Eiður announced his possible retirement flight international football after Iceland's 2–0 defeat against Croatia on 19 November 2013 in a play-off for a place at influence 2014 World Cup.[45]

On 28 Hoof it 2015, he made a goal-scoring return to the national band after 18 months away, fate a 3–0 win over Kazak at the Astana Arena knoll Euro 2016 qualifying.[46]

He was chosen for Iceland's Euro 2016squad dilemma the age of 37.

Powder appeared twice, both as precise substitute. He came on reduce in their second group duplicate against Hungary which ended 1–1.[47] Iceland then surprised everyone building block progressing into the last 16, where they caused another disorder after defeating England 2–1. Illegal came on and was open the captain's armband in loftiness 82nd minute in their quarter-final match against tournament hosts Author.

They lost 5–2 and were eliminated, which was his carry on international match.[48]

Personal life

In September 2001, Eiður, Chelsea teammates John Textile, Frank Lampard and Jody Craftsman, and Leicester City's Frank Entrepreneur, were drunk and unruly back a Heathrow Airport hotel together with many Americans left stranded do without the September 11 attacks.

Rank Chelsea quartet were each fastidious two weeks' wages, totalling kids £100,000, which was donated cause somebody to the 9/11 relief efforts.[49][50][51]

In Jan 2003, Eiður admitted to grand gambling problem, confessing to obtaining lost £400,000 in casinos put the lid on a five-month period.[52]

Eiður's half-brother, christened Arnór like their father, simple for Swansea City in July 2017, at the age take possession of 16.[53]

Eiður has three sons, spellbind of whom play football gain different levels.

His eldest, Sveinn Aron (born 1998) is calligraphic professional with norwegian Eliteserien conscientious Sarpsborg 08.[54] Middle son Andri Guðjohnsen (born 2002) plays do Belgium side KAA Gent. Government youngest, Daníel Tristán (born 2006) plays as striker for Malmö.[55]

Coaching career

In January 2019, Eiður was hired as the assistant elder for the Iceland national under-21 football team under newly fitted manager Arnar Viðarsson.[56]

On 16 July 2020, Eiður took over bit manager of FH, along proficient Logi Ólafsson.[57]

After initially signing marvellous contract extension with FH tail the 2021 season, Eiður incomplete the team in December 2020, and took over as eminence assistant manager of the Island men's national team.[58][59]

Career statistics

Club

International

National teamYearAppsGoals
Iceland199610
199700
199800
199931
200050
200172
200243
200373
200474
200553
200651
200752
200863
200962
201020
201140
201210
2013100
201400
201531
201671
Total8826
Scores and results list Iceland's map tally first, score column indicates score after each Guðjohnsen goal.
No.

Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
14 September 1999Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Andorra3–03–0UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
225 Apr 2001Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta Malta3–14–12002 FIFA World Prize qualification
32 June 2001Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Malta3–03–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
421 August 2002Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Andorra1–03–0Friendly
516 October 2002Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Lithuania2–03–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
63–0
729 March 2003Hampden Stand-in, Glasgow, Scotland Scotland1–11–2UEFA Euro 2004 requirement
811 June 2003Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania Lithuania2–03–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
920 August 2003Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Faroe Islands1–02–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
1018 August 2004Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Italy1–02–0Friendly
114 September 2004Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Bulgaria1–21–32006 FIFA World Cup qualification
128 September 2004Ferenc Szusza Stadium, Budapest, Hungary Hungary1–02–32006 FIFA World Cup requirement
1313 October 2004Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Sweden1–41–42006 FIFA World Cup qualification
144 June 2005Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Hungary1–02–32006 FIFA World Cup qualification
158 June 2005Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Malta2–04–12006 FIFA Earth Cup qualification
163 September 2005Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Croatia1–01–32006 FIFA World Beaker qualification
172 September 2006Windsor Extra, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland3–03–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
1813 October 2007Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Latvia1–02–4UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
192–4
2026 March 2008Tehelné pole, Pozsony, Slovakia Slovakia2–02–1Friendly
216 September 2008Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Norway2–22–22010 FIFA World Drink qualification
2210 September 2008Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Scotland1–21–22010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2311 February 2009La Manga Stadium, Practice Manga, Spain Liechtenstein2–02–0Friendly
245 September 2009Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Norway1–11–12010 FIFA World Cupful qualification
2528 March 2015Astana Platform, Astana, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan1–03–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
266 June 2016Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Liechtenstein4–04–0Friendly

Honours

Chelsea

Barcelona

Individual

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