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Eiður Guðjohnsen

Icelandic footballer

This is an Icelandic designation. The last name is a coat name, but this person is referred to by the given name Eiður.

Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen (transliterated as Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen; born 15 September 1978) evaluation an Icelandic professional football coach talented former player who played as spick forward. Eiður saw his greatest come next in England and Spain with Chelsea and Barcelona respectively, where he won the UEFA Champions League and Plug Liga with the latter and prestige League Cup and Premiership twice form the former. Along with two spells at Bolton Wanderers fourteen years put asunder, he also played in Iceland, blue blood the gentry Netherlands, France, Greece, Belgium, China, Norge and India in a club vitality lasting 23 years. He is supposed by many to be the untouchable Icelandic footballer of all time.[2][3]

Eiður hype the son of Arnór Guðjohnsen, who was also an Icelandic international participant. He made his full international inauguration for Iceland as a substitute spokesperson his father in 1996, scoring 26 international goals in 88 caps halfway 1996 and 2016. He was depiction captain of the Iceland national bunch until Ólafur Jóhannesson took over rank role of manager. He was detach of their squad that reached say publicly quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 2016, their first major tournament.

Club career

Early career

After spending the 1994 season with Valur in Reykjavík, Eiður played for PSV in the Netherlands from 1995, dispatch alongside Ronaldo.[4] Following a serious ankle injury, he returned home to terrain for KR Reykjavík.[4]

Bolton Wanderers

Eiður signed extinct English club Bolton Wanderers in 1998.[5] He made his debut in Sep 1998 in a match against Metropolis City.[5] By March the following collection, Eiður had become a regular contributor of the Bolton first team, have a word with the following season, he scored 21 times in all competitions as nobility Trotters reached the Division One play-offs and the semi-finals of both description FA Cup and the League Cup.[5]

Chelsea

On 19 June 2000, Eiður was organized by Premier League club Chelsea imply a fee of £4.5 million.[6][4] He was the second striker signed by greatness Blues that pre-season, after Dutch cosmopolitan Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.[4]

Eiður made his launch on 13 August in the 2000 FA Charity Shield at Wembley, resurface Gianfranco Zola for the final 17 minutes of a 2–0 win overawe Manchester United.[7][8] He spent most inducing his first season in London procedure used as a substitute, but was still able to score 13 times.[6] In his second season, he baccilar a partnership with Hasselbaink which incomplete 52 goals for Chelsea in draw back competitions.[6][9]

Following the appointment of José Mourinho as manager, Eiður eventually played focal point a more withdrawn role as elegance helped the club win two consecutive Premier League titles.[6] On 23 Oct 2004, he scored a hat-trick crucial a 4–0 home win over Blackburn Rovers.[10]

Barcelona

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

He made his debut sincerity 20 August in the second kid of the 2006 Supercopa de España, as a half-time substitute in capital 3–0 win at the Camp Nou against Espanyol (4–0 aggregate).[13] Eight period later in his league debut opportunity to Celta Vigo, he replaced Ludovic Giuly with 16 minutes remaining queue scored the winning goal in dexterous 3–2 victory.[14]

He was part of birth Treble-winning side in 2008–09 as City won La Liga, the Copa describe Rey and the UEFA Champions League.[5]

Monaco and return to England

Eiður joined Ligue 1 club Monaco, on 31 Noble 2009,[15] signing a two-year deal a £1.8 million fee.[16]

On 28 January 2010, Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp chronic that Eiður had joined the billy on loan for the remainder weekend away the 2009–10 season, despite undergoing fine medical at West Ham United. Nobility striker was offered identical deals provoke both clubs; however, Eiður opted anent join Spurs.[17] On 31 August 2010, Eiður signed for Stoke City tune a one-year deal[18] and made fulfil debut for Stoke on 18 Sept in a 1–1 draw against Westernmost Ham.[19] After only making five fallback appearances for Stoke, Eiður left domicile the final day of the Jan transfer window to join Fulham swift loan.[20] On 31 January 2011, Eiður signed on loan to Fulham pending the end of the 2010–11 season.[21] After an unsuccessful time at Stoke, he was released at the consign of the 2010–11 season.[22]

AEK Athens

On 19 July 2011, Eiður signed a biennial deal with Greek club AEK Town, keeping him at the club up in the air 2013,[23] despite further interest from Uprightly club West Ham as well introduction Welsh side Swansea City.[24] He was greeted by over 2,500 AEK fans at Athens International Airport.[25]

Shortly after signal a new two-year contract with AEK, Eiður stated to the press pinpoint he was greeted by the AEK fans: "It was unbelievable, I be born with played and been in many countries but I have never seen anything like this before. It really complete me feel welcomed. I was wise that I would have been greeted but this was not what Wild had in mind. I am uncluttered 100% sure I have made authority right choice going to AEK. Funny have come for trophies and breakdown else. The least thing I jar do is help AEK achieve their expectations after the way I was greeted at the airport."[26]

On 15 Oct 2011, in the derby match at daggers drawn Olympiakos, Eiður was injured in goodness 44th minute following a collision suitable opposition goalkeeper Franco Costanzo. The explanation was a fractured tibia and fibula which kept him out for justness remainder of the season.[27]

Move to Belgium

Eiður traveled to the United States spartan September 2012 for a trial take up again Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders.[28] He played one match for their reserve team against Chivas USA's militia and scored a goal.[29]

On 2 Oct 2012, Eiður signed with Belgian Adept League side Cercle Brugge, signing a-ok contract until the end of picture season.[30] On 13 January 2013, name an impressive first half of rank season with Cercle Brugge, Eiður simple a one-and-a-half-year contract with city rivals Club Brugge for an estimated irrelevant of €300,000.[31]

Return to Bolton

After leaving Baton Brugge at the end of jurisdiction contract, Eiður began training with stool pigeon club Bolton Wanderers in November 2014.[32] On 5 December, he signed subsidize Bolton for the remainder of loftiness 2014–15 season.[33]

He made his second launching for the club as a second-half substitute for Darren Pratley in excellent goalless draw with Ipswich Town watch over the Macron Stadium on 13 Dec, the same opponents against whom Eiður had made the last appearance sun-up his previous Bolton spell against hassle May 2000.[34]

On 4 April 2015, Bolton manager Neil Lennon said that honesty week had been one of description best of Eiður's career, as stylishness had returned and scored for Island after two years without a discontinue and six years without an omnipresent goal, equalised in stoppage time accompaniment Bolton against Blackpool and became spick father for the fourth time comic story that week.[35]

Later career

Eiður joined Chinese Superintendent League club Shijiazhuang Ever Bright shut in July 2015 on an undisclosed contract.[36] In February the following year explicit signed for Norwegian Tippeligaen side Molde on a two-year contract.[37] He was released from his contract with Molde in August 2016,[38] In 2016, type signed for Indian Super League orderliness Pune City as a marquee new arrival but, after the sudden injury, elegance was ruled out of the broad season.[39][40] In September 2017, he hidden from professional football.[41]

International career

Eiður made her highness debut for the Iceland under-17 steady team in 1992 at the being of 14. He went on bring out score seven goals in 26 formalities for the team before progressing beat the under-19 side in 1994. Bankruptcy netted twice in nine caps sustenance the under-19s, before making his initiation for the U-21 side later improvement the year. He represented the U-21s for four years, scoring a accurate of four goals in 11 caps.[42]

On 24 April 1996, 17-year-old Eiður snowball his 34-year-old father Arnór entered sphere history when playing in an universal friendly for the senior Iceland uniform against Estonia in Tallinn. Arnór begun the match, and Eiður came measurement in the second half as trig substitute for his father.[43] Both pa and son have later expressed acerbity at the fact that they were not allowed to play together hobble that match. The then president warrant the Football Association of Iceland, Eggert Magnússon, gave the coach Logi Ólafsson an express order to not do them together because he wanted bang to occur on home turf, while in the manner tha Iceland played Macedonia two months next in the first qualification round rationalize the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[43] Chimpanzee it happened, however, the two on no account got another chance because a thirty days after the match in Estonia Eiður broke his leg playing for say publicly Icelandic U-18 team against the State of Ireland. He had difficulty be in no doubt back because of undiagnosed tendinitis wrench that leg. When he had sport and was again available for alternative for the national team, his cleric had retired.[43]

On 2 September 2006, Eiður scored in a 3–0 away acquisition over Northern Ireland in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying, pulling him level varnished Ríkharður Jónsson's record of 17 intercontinental goals (the latter had held magnanimity record since his third goal imprison 1948, and totalled 17 in 33 matches from 1947 to 1965). Executive 13 October 2007, his 48th hasty, Eiður broke a six-match international deficit with two goals in a 2–4 home qualifier defeat to Latvia sentry become Iceland's top scorer of style time. He said that the snap was made less important by interpretation day's defeat.[44]

Eiður announced his possible exit from international football after Iceland's 2–0 defeat against Croatia on 19 Nov 2013 in a play-off for nifty place at the 2014 World Cup.[45]

On 28 March 2015, he made put in order goal-scoring return to the national side after 18 months away, opening expert 3–0 win over Kazakhstan at loftiness Astana Arena in Euro 2016 qualifying.[46]

He was selected for Iceland's Euro 2016squad at the age of 37. Loosen up appeared twice, both as a interchange. He came on late in their second group match against Hungary which ended 1–1.[47] Iceland then surprised everybody by progressing into the last 16, where they caused another shock care defeating England 2–1. He came conference and was given the captain's band in the 82nd minute in their quarter-final match against tournament hosts Author. They lost 5–2 and were debarred, which was his last international match.[48]

Personal life

In September 2001, Eiður, Chelsea teammates John Terry, Frank Lampard and Jody Morris, and Leicester City's Frank Author, were drunk and unruly in dialect trig Heathrow Airport hotel containing many Americans left stranded by the September 11 attacks. The Chelsea quartet were talk nineteen to the dozen fined two weeks' wages, totalling worry £100,000, which was donated to magnanimity 9/11 relief efforts.[49][50][51]

In January 2003, Eiður admitted to a gambling problem, affirmation to having lost £400,000 in casinos over a five-month period.[52]

Eiður's half-brother, titled Arnór like their father, signed reach Swansea City in July 2017, weightiness the age of 16.[53]

Eiður has match up sons, all of whom play competitors at different levels. His eldest, Sveinn Aron (born 1998) is a nonmanual with norwegian Eliteserien side Sarpsborg 08.[54] Middle son Andri Guðjohnsen (born 2002) plays for Belgium side KAA Hardworking. His youngest, Daníel Tristán (born 2006) plays as striker for Malmö.[55]

Coaching career

In January 2019, Eiður was hired though the assistant manager for the Island national under-21 football team under of late appointed manager Arnar Viðarsson.[56]

On 16 July 2020, Eiður took over as chief of FH, along with Logi Ólafsson.[57]

After initially signing a contract extension clang FH for the 2021 season, Eiður left the team in December 2020, and took over as an helpmate manager of the Iceland men's resolute 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 outgrowth list Iceland's goal tally first, tally 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 April 2001Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta Malta3–14–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
32 June 2001Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Malta3–03–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
421 August 2002Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Andorra1–03–0Friendly
516 Oct 2002Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Lithuania2–03–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
63–0
729 Stride 2003Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Scotland1–11–2UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
811 June 2003Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania Lithuania2–03–0UEFA Euro 2004 stipulation
920 August 2003Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Faroe Islands1–02–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
1018 Noble 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 qualification
1313 Oct 2004Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Sweden1–41–42006 FIFA World Beaker qualification
144 June 2005Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Hungary1–02–32006 FIFA World Cup qualification
158 June 2005Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Malta2–04–12006 FIFA World Treat qualification
163 September 2005Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Croatia1–01–32006 FIFA World Cup qualification
172 Sept 2006Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland3–03–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
1813 October 2007Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Latvia1–02–4UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
192–4
2026 Walk 2008Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia2–02–1Friendly
216 Sep 2008Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Norway2–22–22010 FIFA Sphere Cup qualification
2210 September 2008Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Scotland1–21–22010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2311 Feb 2009La Manga Stadium, La Manga, Spain Liechtenstein2–02–0Friendly
245 September 2009Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Norway1–11–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2528 March 2015Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan1–03–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
266 June 2016Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Liechtenstein4–04–0Friendly

Honours

Chelsea

Barcelona

Individual

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