Eiður Guðjohnsen

Eiður Guðjohnsen
Eiður Smári in 2018
Personal information
Full name Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen[1]
Date of birth (1978-09-15) 15 September 1978 (age 46)[1]
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position(s) Forward / Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Valur 17 (7)
1995–1998 PSV 13 (3)
1998 KR Reykjavík 6 (0)
1998–2000 Bolton Wanderers 55 (18)
2000–2006 Chelsea 186 (54)
2006–2009 Barcelona 72 (10)
2009–2010 Monaco 9 (0)
2010 → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) 11 (1)
2010–2011 Stoke City 4 (0)
2011 → Fulham (loan) 10 (0)
2011–2012 AEK Athens 10 (1)
2012–2013 Cercle Brugge 13 (6)
2013–2014 Club Brugge 46 (7)
2014–2015 Bolton Wanderers 21 (5)
2015–2016 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 14 (1)
2016 Molde 13 (1)
2016 Pune City 0 (0)
Total 500 (114)
National team
1992–1994 Iceland U17 27 (6)
1994 Iceland U19 9 (2)
1994–1998 Iceland U21 11 (5)
1996–2016 Iceland 88 (26)
Teams managed
2019–2020 Iceland U21 (assistant)
2020 FH
2020–2021 Iceland (assistant)
2022 FH
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Eiður Guðjohnsen (born 15 September 1978) is an Icelandic football player who played for the Iceland national team.

Career statistics

Club

[2][3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Valur 1994 Úrvalsdeild 17 7 — — — 17 7
PSV 1995–96 Eredivisie 13 3 — 2[a] 0 — 15 3
1996–97 Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 13 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 3
KR 1998 Úrvalsdeild 6 0 — — 6 0
Bolton Wanderers 1998–99 First Division 14 5 0 0 1 0 — 3[b] 0 18 5
1999–2000 First Division 41 13 5 4 8 3 — 1[b] 1 55 21
Total 55 18 5 4 9 3 — 4 1 73 26
Chelsea 2000–01 Premier League 30 10 3 3 1 0 2[a] 0 1[c] 0 37 13
2001–02 Premier League 32 14 7 3 5 3 3[a] 3 — 47 23
2002–03 Premier League 35 10 5 0 2 0 2[a] 0 — 44 10
2003–04 Premier League 26 6 4 2 1 2 10[d] 3 — 41 13
2004–05 Premier League 37 12 3 1 6 1 11[d] 2 — 57 16
2005–06 Premier League 26 2 3 1 1 0 6[d] 0 1[c] 0 37 3
Total 186 54 25 10 16 6 34 8 2 0 263 78
Barcelona 2006–07 La Liga 25 5 6 3 — 8[d] 3 4[e] 1 43 12
2007–08 La Liga 23 2 6 1 — 8[d] 0 — 37 3
2008–09 La Liga 24 3 5 1 — 5[d] 0 — 34 4
2009–10 La Liga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 72 10 17 5 — 21 3 4 1 114 19
AS Monaco 2009–10 Ligue 1 9 0 1 0 1 0 — — 11 0
Tottenham Hotspur 2009–10 Premier League 11 1 3 1 0 0 — — 14 2
Stoke City 2010–11 Premier League 4 0 0 0 1 0 — — 5 0
Fulham 2010–11 Premier League 10 0 0 0 0 0 — — 10 0
AEK Athens 2011–12 Super League Greece 10 1 0 0 — 4[f] 0 — 14 1
Cercle Brugge 2012–13 Belgian Pro League 13 6 1 1 — — — 14 7
Club Brugge 2012–13 Belgian Pro League 18 3 0 0 — 0 0 — 18 3
2013–14 Belgian Pro League 28 4 1 0 — 2[f] 0 — 31 4
Total 46 7 1 0 — 2 0 — 49 7
Bolton Wanderers 2014–15 Championship 21 5 3 1 0 0 — — 24 6
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 2015 Chinese Super League 14 1 0 0 — — — 14 1
Molde 2016 Tippeligaen 13 1 0 0 — — — 13 1
Pune City 2016 Indian Super League 0 0 — — — — 0 0
Career total 500 114 56 22 27 9 63 11 10 2 656 158
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Appearances in Football League play-offs
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearance in FA Community Shield
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Supercopa de España, two appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[4]

National team Year Apps Goals
Iceland 1996 1 0
1997 0 0
1998 0 0
1999 3 1
2000 5 0
2001 7 2
2002 4 3
2003 7 3
2004 7 4
2005 5 3
2006 5 1
2007 5 2
2008 6 3
2009 6 2
2010 2 0
2011 4 0
2012 1 0
2013 10 0
2014 0 0
2015 3 1
2016 7 1
Total 88 26
Scores and results show Iceland's goal tally first[5]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 4 September 1999 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Andorra
3–0
3–0
 UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
2. 25 April 2001 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta  Malta
3–1
4–1
 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 2 June 2001 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Malta
3–0
3–0
 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
4. 21 August 2002 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Andorra
1–0
3–0
 Friendly
5. 16 October 2002 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Lithuania
2–0
3–0
 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
6.
3–0
7. 29 March 2003 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  Scotland
1–1
1–2
 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
8. 11 June 2003 Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania  Lithuania
2–0
3–0
 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
9. 20 August 2003 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Faroe Islands
1–0
2–1
 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
10. 18 August 2004 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Italy
1–0
2–0
 Friendly
11. 4 September 2004 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Bulgaria
1–2
1–3
 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
12. 8 September 2004 Ferenc Szusza Stadium, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary
1–0
2–3
 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
13. 13 October 2004 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Sweden
1–4
1–4
 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
14. 4 June 2005 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Hungary
1–0
2–3
 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
15. 8 June 2005 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Malta
2–0
4–1
 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
16. 3 September 2005 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Croatia
1–0
1–3
 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
17. 2 September 2006 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland
3–0
3–0
 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
18. 13 October 2007 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Latvia
1–0
2–4
 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
19.
2–4
20. 26 March 2008 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia  Slovakia
2–0
2–1
 Friendly
21. 6 September 2008 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Norway
2–2
2–2
 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
22. 10 September 2008 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Scotland
1–2
1–2
 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
23. 11 February 2009 La Manga Stadium, La Manga, Spain  Liechtenstein
2–0
2–0
 Friendly
24. 5 September 2009 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Norway
1–1
1–1
 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
25. 28 March 2015 Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan
1–0
3–0
 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
26. 6 June 2016 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Liechtenstein
4–0
4–0
 Friendly

Honours

Chelsea

Barcelona

Individual

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ↑ "Eidur Gudjohnsen". Football Database.eu. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Eidur Gudjohnsen Chelsea career". Bounder Friardale.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  4. ↑ Guðjohnsen, Eiður at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ↑ "E. GUÐJOHNSEN". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Eidur Gudjohnsen: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Player of the year - Iceland". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2023-03-02.