Bjarni Guðjónsson

Football player infobox
playername = Bjarni Guðjónsson


fullname = Bjarni Eggerts Guðjónsson
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|2|26
cityofbirth = Akranes
countryofbirth = Iceland
height = height|meters=1.74
currentclub = KR Reykjavík
clubnumber = 18
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1995-1997
1997-1998
1998-2000
2000-2003
2003-2004
2004
2004-2006
2006-2008
2008-present
clubs = ÍA
Newcastle United
Racing Genk
Stoke City
VfL Bochum
Coventry City
Plymouth Argyle
ÍA
KR Reykjavík
caps(goals) = 025 (15)
000 0(0)
027 0(0)
132 (12)
004 0(1)
027 0(3)
025 0(0)
045 (12)
0- (-)
nationalyears = 1997-2000
1997-
nationalteam = Iceland U21
Iceland
nationalcaps(goals) = 020 0(5)
020 0(1)
pcupdate = 12:00, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 12:00, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Bjarni Eggerts Guðjónsson (born February 26, 1979 in Akranes) is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays for KR Reykjavík. His position is midfielder. He has two brothers who have also played professional football, Þórður and Jóhannes. They played all three together at Genk. He is also the son of former footballer and now manager Guðjón Þórðarson.

Club career

Guðjónsson began his career at his hometown club ÍA, before moving to Newcastle United in 1997 for £500,000. He failed to break into the first team at the club and left a year later for Belgian club Genk before returning to England in 2000 with Stoke City in a £250,000 signing. He was a first team regular for Stoke until 2003, when he was signed on a free by VfL Bochum. He struggled to cement a place in the first team at Bochum and was loaned out to Coventry City in 2004. Coventry signed him on a free later that year, although he once again proved to be little more than a fringe player and was released by the club in late 2004. He was signed on a free by Plymouth Argyle who he stayed for 2 years, until he joined his IA Akranes again in 2006. In his second spell at IA Akranes he stayed for 2 years, until he was sold to KR Reykjavik, following managerial changes at IA Akranes.

International career

He made his debut for Iceland as a substitute for Helgi Sigurðsson in a friendly match against Slovakia in April 1997 and has been capped 19 more times since, scoring once against Liechtenstein in a World Cup qualifier in 1997, as well as captaining his side in a 2008 fixture.

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