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Aron Gunnarsson
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Icelandic professional footballer
Key facts
- 2005
- Iceland U17
- 2008
- Iceland
- 2024
- Þór Akureyri
- Full name
- Aron Einar Malmquist Gunnarsson
- Date of birth
- ( 1989-04-22 ) 22 April 1989 (age 37)
- Place of birth
- Akureyri , Iceland
- Height
- 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
- Position
- Midfielder
- Current team
- Al-Gharafa
- 2004 2005
- Þór Akureyri
- Years
- Team
- 2005 2006
- Þór Akureyri
- 2006 2008
- AZ
- 2008 2011
- Coventry City
- 2011 2019
- Cardiff City
- 2019 2024
- Al-Arabi
- 2007 2011
- Iceland U21
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aron
- Family name
- Gunnarsson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iceland
- Place of birth
- Akureyri
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Icelandic
- Participant in
- 2018 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Al-Gharafa SC
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Iceland
- Mass
- 70
- Image
- Aron Einar Malmquist Gunnarsson.jpg
- Height
- 181
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- name in native language
- Aron Gunnarsson
- Commons category
- Aron Gunnarsson
- date of birth
- 1989-04-22
- sport number
- 24
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Aron Einar Malmquist Gunnarsson (born 22 April 1989) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for Qatar Stars League club Al-Gharafa and the Iceland national team. He plays as a central midfielder, usually in a defensive capacity.
He began his career at Þór Akureyri, and played one match for Dutch club AZ before joining England's Coventry City in 2008. After 133 matches and seven goals in three seasons for them, he transferred to Cardiff City, where he was a runner-up in the 2012 Football League Cup final and played in the 2013–14 Premier League.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aron Gunnarsson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.