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Also known as Eidur Gudjohnsen

Icelandic footballer

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Eiður Guðjohnsen is an Icelandic professional footballer who played as a striker for various top clubs throughout his career. He is notable as one of Iceland's most prominent footballers on the international stage, having represented his country in major competitions.

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Iceland

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Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Retired Soccer
Position
Forward
Nationality
Iceland

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Iceland
Place of birth
Reykjavík
Languages spoken
Icelandic
Participant in
UEFA Euro 2016
Member of team
Molde FK
Position played
forward
Country for sport
Iceland
Mass
82
Image
Eiður Guðjohnsen 2018.jpg
Height
187
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Eiður Guðjohnsen
date of birth
1978-09-15
start of work period
1994-00-00
number of matches played/races/starts
2
total goals in career
1
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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