Eiður Guðjohnsen

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Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen (transliterated as Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen; born 15 September 1978) is an Icelandic professional football coach and former player who played as a forward. Eiður saw his greatest success in England and Spain with Chelsea and Barcelona respectively, where he won the UEFA Champions League and La Liga with the latter and the League Cup and Premiership twice with the former. Along with two spells at Bolton Wanderers fourteen years apart, he also played in Iceland, the Netherlands, France, Greece, Belgium, China, Norway and India in a club career lasting 23 years. He is regarded by many to be one of the greatest Icelandic footballers of all time. Eiður is the son of Arnór Guðjohnsen, who was also an Icelandic international footballer. He made his full international debut for Iceland as a substitute for his father in 1996, scoring 26 international goals in 88 caps between 1996 and 2016. He was the captain of the Iceland national team until Ólafur Jóhannesson took over the role of manager. He was part of their squad that reached the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 2016, their first major tournament.

Career

1. 1978
   Born
2. 1992
   Joined Iceland national under-17 football team
3. 1994
   Joined Iceland national under-19 football team
4. 1994
   Joined Iceland national under-21 football team
5. 1994
   Joined Valur
6. 1995
   Joined PSV Eindhoven
7. 1996
   Joined Iceland men's national football team
8. 1997
   Joined KR Reykjavík
9. 1998
   Joined Bolton Wanderers F.C.
10. 2000
    Joined Chelsea F.C.
11. 2006
    Joined Futbol Club Barcelona
12. 2009
    Joined AS Monaco FC
13. 2010
    Joined Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
14. 2010
    Joined Stoke City F.C.
15. 2011
    Joined AEK Athens F.C.
16. 2011
    Joined Fulham F.C.
17. 2012
    Joined Cercle Brugge K.S.V.
18. 2013
    Joined Club Brugge K.V.
19. 2014
    Joined Bolton Wanderers F.C.
20. 2015
    Joined Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C.
21. 2016
    Joined Pune FC
22. 2016
    Joined Molde FK

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Reykjavík
• •Citizenship: Iceland
• •Known as: association football player, association football coach
• •Sport: association football