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Guðjón Árni Antoníusson
Personal information
Full name	Guðjón Árni Antoníusson
Date of birth	3 September 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Garður, Iceland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Víðir (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000	Víðir
2001–2011	Keflavík
2012–2015	FH
2015–2017	Keflavík
International career
2009	Iceland
Managerial career
2017–	Víðir
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Guðjón Árni Antoníusson (born 3 September 1983) is an Icelandic former footballer who is currently manager of Víðir. A defender, he began his playing career with Víðir before playing for Keflavík (twice) and FH.

Career

Playing

Born in Garður, he started his career with his hometown club Víðir before joining Keflavík in 2001. After spending a year in the club's reserve team, Guðjón made his league debut for Keflavík in the 2–2 draw with Grindavík on 8 July 2002. Over the following ten seasons, he went on to make more than 200 appearances for the side in all competitions and was involved in both the 2004 and 2006 Icelandic Cup finals, both of which ended in wins for Keflavík. He also gained experience of playing in Europe as the team qualified for the UEFA Cup and the Intertoto Cup. On 22 March 2009, he made his international debut for Iceland in the 1–2 friendly defeat to the Faroe Islands.

Guðjón joined FH ahead of the 2012 season and played every league game as the club won its first Icelandic league title in three years. In 2015 he returned to Keflavík where he spent a further two seasons before retiring from injury in May 2017.^[1]

Coaching

After retiring from football, Antoníusson took charge of 2. deild karla side Víðir in June 2017.^[2] After a successful first season, in which the club finished third in the league, he signed a new one-year contract extension in September 2017.^[3]

Career statistics

As of 28 September 2013^[4]^[5]

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Víðir	2000	2. deild karla	11	1	0	0	–	–	11	1
Keflavík	2001	Úrvalsdeild	0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
	2002	Úrvalsdeild	2	0	1	0	–	–	3	0
	2003	1. deild karla	15	1	1	0	–	–	16	1
	2004	Úrvalsdeild	17	0	5	0	–	–	22	0
	2005		17	1	2	0	3	0	22	1
	2006		18	0	4	1	4	0	26	1
	2007		18	2	2	0	2	0	22	2
	2008		22	2	3	2	–	–	25	4
	2009		20	2	4	1	2	0	26	3
	2010		21	1	2	0	–	–	23	1
	2011		20	1	2	0	–	–	22	1
FH	2012	Úrvalsdeild	22	6	1	0	4	0	27	6
FH	2013	Úrvalsdeild	5	0	1	0	–	–	6	0
Total			208	17	28	4	15	0	251	21

Honours

Keflavík

Icelandic Cup: 2004, 2006

FH

Úrvalsdeild: 2012

References

^ Einarsson, Magnús Már (2 May 2017). "Guðjón Árni leggur skóna á hilluna - Margir meiddir hjá Keflavík" [Guðjón Arni hung up his boots - Many injured in Keflavik] (in Icelandic). fótbolti.net. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
^ Breiðfjörð, Hafliði (19 June 2017). "Guðjón Árni tekur við Víði Garði (Staðfest)" [Guðjón Árni accepts Viding Garður (Confirmed)] (in Icelandic). fótbolti.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
^ Einarsson, Magnús Már (16 September 2017). "Guðjón Árni heldur áfram með Víði (Staðfest)" [Guðjón Árni continues with Víði (Confirmed)] (in Icelandic). fótbolti.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
^ Guðjón Árni Antoníusson profile at KSÍ.is (in Icelandic)
^ Guðjón Antoníusson profile at worldfootball.net