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'''Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen''' (born 15 September 1978 in ]), ] to '''Eidur Gudjohnsen''', is an ]ic ]er who currently plays as a ] or an ] for ]. He previously played with the ] ] club ] and ] of ], having made his name with ]. He was the captain of the ] until manager ] took over the team. So far in his professional football career, Guðjohnsen has scored 160 goals in all competitions with his clubs and the national team. He is the son of ], a former professional footballer. He is often considered to be one of the greatest Icelandic footballers having won titles in the ], Spain and England as well as the ]. '''Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen''' (<!---{{IPA-is}}--->] as '''Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen'''; born 15 September 1978) is an Icelandic professional football coach and former ] who played as a ]. Eiður saw his greatest success in England and Spain with ] and ] respectively, where he won the ] and ] with the latter and the ] and ] twice with the former. Along with two spells at ] 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 the greatest Icelandic footballer of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Best Soccer Players from Iceland |url=https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-soccer-players-from-iceland/ranker-soccer |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Ranker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Roach |first=Andrew |date=2020-11-25 |title=5 best Icelandic footballers in Premier League history |url=https://www.colossusbets.com/blog/icelandic-footballers/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Colossus Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>

Eiður is the son of ], 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 ] took over the role of manager. He was part of their squad that reached the quarter-finals of ], their first major tournament.


==Club career== ==Club career==
===Early career=== ===Early career===
After spending the ] with ] in Reykjavík, Eiður played for ] in the Netherlands from 1995, playing alongside ].<ref name=signs>{{cite news |title=Gudjohnsen signs for Blues |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/797974.stm |access-date=10 October 2017 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=19 June 2000}}</ref> Following a serious ankle injury, he returned home to play for ].<ref name=signs/>
On 24 April 1996, Guðjohnsen and his father Arnór entered football history when playing in an international friendly for ] against ] in ]. Arnór started the match, and Guðjohnsen came on in the second half as a substitute for his father.


===Bolton Wanderers===
Both father and son have later expressed bitterness at the fact that they were not allowed to play together in the match. The president of the Icelandic FA, ] (later of ]) gave the coach, ], an express order to not play them together because he wanted it to happen on home turf, when Iceland played ] two months later in the first qualification round for the ].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/sports/soccer/05soccer.html?_r=2&ref=sports&oref=slogin&oref=slogin | work=The New York Times | title=A Pillar of Strength on a Team in Transition | first=Jack | last=Bell | date=5 August 2008 | accessdate=3 April 2010}}</ref>
Eiður signed with English club ] in 1998.<ref name="bwfc">{{cite web |author1=@OfficialBWFC |title=Euro Whites: Eidur Gudjohnsen |url=http://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/euro-whites-eidur-gudjohnsen-3127082.aspx |publisher=Bolton Wanderers F.C. |access-date=14 June 2016 |date=14 June 2016 |archive-date=14 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614090208/http://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/euro-whites-eidur-gudjohnsen-3127082.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> He made his debut in September 1998 in a match against ].<ref name="bwfc"/> By March the following year, Eiður had become a regular member of the Bolton first team, and the following season, he scored 21 times in all competitions as the Trotters reached the ] and the semi-finals of both the ] and the ].<ref name="bwfc"/>


===Chelsea===
As it happened they never got another chance because a month after the game in Estonia the younger Guðjohnsen broke his ankle, playing for the Icelandic U18 team against ]. He had difficulty coming back because of undiagnosed ] in that ankle.
] and ].]]


On 19 June 2000, Eiður was signed by ] club ] for a fee of £4.5&nbsp;million.<ref name="chelsea">{{cite web |title=Former Key Players: Eidur Gudjohnsen |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/the-club/history/style/former-players/style/eidur-gudjohnsen.html |publisher=Chelsea F.C. |access-date=14 June 2016 |date=25 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=signs/> He was the second striker signed by the Blues that pre-season, after Dutch international ].<ref name=signs/>
Guðjohnsen had then been with ] in the ] for two years and much had been expected of him, as well as another young hopeful, the Brazilian ]. During Guðjohnsen's injury struggles, PSV finally released him. At the same time, Ronaldo went on to Barcelona, the club where Guðjohnsen would end up ten years later.


Eiður made his debut on 13 August in the ] at ], replacing ] for the final 17 minutes of a 2–0 win over ].<ref>{{cite news |title=The One-2-One FA Charity Shield |url=http://www.espnfc.com/england/news/2000/0813/20000813charityshieldlive.html |access-date=10 October 2017 |publisher=ESPN |date=13 August 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FA Charity Shield: 2000 |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/the-club/history/style/trophy-cabinet/community-shield/fa-community-shield--2000.html |publisher=Chelsea F.C. |access-date=10 October 2017}}</ref> He spent most of his first season in ] being used as a substitute, but was still able to score 13 times.<ref name="chelsea"/> In his second season, he formed a partnership with Hasselbaink which provided 52 goals for Chelsea in all competitions.<ref name="chelsea"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.talkchelsea.net/history/remembering-a-chelsea-great-eidur-gudjohnsen/|title=Remembering a Chelsea Great: Eidur Gudjohnsen|first=Guest|last=Post|date=3 March 2018|website=Talk Chelsea}}</ref>
After a spell in ] with ], Guðjohnsen signed with ] in 1998.


Following the appointment of ] as manager, Eiður eventually played in a more withdrawn role as he helped the club win two successive Premier League titles.<ref name="chelsea"/> On 23 October 2004, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 home win over ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Chelsea 4–0 Blackburn |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3727538.stm |access-date=10 October 2017 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 October 2004}}</ref>
He has later said that the help he got from former Iceland international, Bolton's defensive stalwart ], was incredible.


===Bolton Wanderers=== ===Barcelona===
] in 2008]]
Guðjohnsen was unveiled to the Bolton supporters prior to their pre-season friendly with the Scottish club ] in a game which was arranged as a testimonial for long serving defender ], now a first team coach at Bolton. Guðjohnsen had impressed on the clubs summer tour of ] and was given a contract by the then Bolton manager ].


On 14 June 2006, Eiður was signed by ] club ] in an £8&nbsp;million transfer on a four-year contract, as a replacement for ].<ref>{{ cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/5075394.stm | title=Gudjohnsen completes Barça move | publisher=BBC | date=14 June 2006}}</ref><ref>, '']'', 14 June 2006</ref>
Overweight and unfit, it was going to take time for Guðjohnsen to return to the level he needed to be and a brief substitute appearance against ] in September 1998 meant that the Icelander had taken a step further on the road to recovery.


He made his debut on 20 August in the second leg of the ], as a half-time substitute in a 3–0 win at the ] against ] (4–0 aggregate).<ref>{{cite news |title=Barcelona goleó al Espanyol y se coronó en la Supercopa de España |url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2006/08/20/228773/barcelona-goleo-al-espanyol-y-se-corono-en-la-supercopa-de-espana.html |access-date=10 October 2017 |publisher=Emol |date=20 August 2006 |language=es}}</ref> Eight days later in his league debut away to ], he replaced ] with 16 minutes remaining and scored the winning goal in a 3–2 victory.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gudjohnsen rescata al Barça en Vigo |url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/2006/08/27/futbol/1156693069.html |access-date=10 October 2017 |work=El Mundo |date=28 August 2006 |language=es}}</ref>
By early 1999, Todd decided to put Guðjohnsen into the senior team full time to help freshen up a Bolton forward line which was decimated by the sale of ] to ] and ] to ].


He was part of the ]-winning side in ] as Barcelona won ], the ] and the ].<ref name="bwfc"/>
Guðjohnsen's return to the team saw him score in a 3–3 draw against struggling ] at the County Ground and again in the next game against ] at the ]. By the end of the season he had scored five goals in all competitions.


===Monaco and return to England===
He helped Bolton to the play off finals against Watford in 1999 but they lost the game 2–0 with the goals coming from ] and ].
Eiður joined ] club ], on 31 August 2009,<ref>{{cite news |title=Gudjohnsen joins Monaco from Barcelona |url=http://espnfc.com/news/story?id=672581&cc=5739 |access-date=4 January 2014 |publisher=ESPN |date=31 August 2009}}</ref> signing a two-year deal for a £1.8&nbsp;million fee.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eidur Gudjohnsen signs for Monaco in £1.8m deal |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/eidur-gudjohnsen-signs-for-monaco-in-18m-deal-6792879.html |access-date=4 January 2014 |work=]|location=London |date=31 August 2009}}</ref>


], 21 February 2010]]
Starting in all but seven of Bolton's games in the ], Guðjohnsen partnered a number of players in the Trotters forward line including ], ] and ].


On 28 January 2010, ] manager ] confirmed that Eiður had joined the club on loan for the remainder of the ], despite undergoing a ] at ]. The striker was offered identical deals by both clubs; however, Eiður opted to join Spurs.<ref name="Tottenham signing">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8483991.stm |title=Tottenham complete Eidur Gudjohnsen loan capture |access-date=28 January 2010 |publisher=BBC News|date=29 January 2010}}</ref> On 31 August 2010, Eiður signed for ] on a one-year deal<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~2141141,00.html |title=Gudjohnsen Deal A Major Coup |access-date=31 August 2010 |publisher=Stoke City F.C. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902180239/http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10310~2141141%2C00.html |archive-date=2 September 2010}}</ref> and made his debut for Stoke on 18 September in a 1–1 draw against West Ham.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9000603.stm |title=Stoke 1&nbsp;– 1 West Ham |publisher=BBC Sport |date=18 September 2010}}</ref> After only making five substitute appearances for Stoke, Eiður left on the final day of the January transfer window to join ] on loan.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~2281485,00.html |title=Gudjohnsen Moves on To Fulham |publisher=Stoke City F.C. |date=31 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407091735/http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10310~2281485%2C00.html |archive-date=7 April 2011}}</ref> On 31 January 2011, Eiður signed on loan to Fulham until the end of the ].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11681_6715397,00.html |title=Eidur down for Cottage |access-date=31 January 2011 |publisher=Sky Sports}}</ref> After an unsuccessful time at Stoke, he was released at the end of the ].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~2369538,00.html |title=Potters Announce Retained List |publisher=Stoke City F.C. |date=31 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603155410/http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10310~2369538%2C00.html |archive-date=3 June 2011}}</ref>
He scored 21 goals in the English First Division 1999–2000 season for the Trotters and helped them to the semi-finals of both the ] and ], including scoring the only goal in a tense FA Cup quarter-final game against Charlton Athletic.


===AEK Athens===
New chairman ] announced that it would take at least £10 million to prize Guðjohnsen away from Bolton.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}} After helping the Wanderers to the League Cup and FA Cup Semi Finals, it was now his main aim to get the club into the Premiership.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}} He was injured against ] in the first leg of the Play Off Semi Finals and missed the controversial second leg which saw twelve Bolton players booked and ] and ] sent off by match official ]. Speculation increased about his future despite his willingness to stay with Bolton.
On 19 July 2011, Eiður signed a two-year deal with Greek club ], keeping him at the club until 2013,<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722105103/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=1355&n_id=6956 |date=22 July 2011 }}. Aekfc.gr (19 July 2011). Retrieved 16 April 2012.</ref> despite further interest from English club West Ham as well as Welsh side ].<ref>. Goal.com (18 July 2011). Retrieved 16 April 2012.</ref> He was greeted by over 2,500 AEK fans at ].<ref>. Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. Retrieved 16 April 2012.</ref>


Shortly after signing a new two-year contract with AEK, Eiður stated to the press after he was greeted by the AEK fans: "It was unbelievable, I have played and been in many countries but I have never seen anything like this before. It really made me feel welcomed. I was informed that I would have been greeted but this was not what I had in mind. I am a 100% sure I have made the right choice going to AEK. I have come for trophies and nothing else. The least thing I can do is help AEK achieve their expectations after the way I was greeted at the airport."<ref>. Aek365.gr (19 July 2011). Retrieved 16 April 2012.</ref>
===Chelsea===
In the 2000 close season, during a period of financial troubles at Bolton, he was signed by ] for a fee of £4 million by ] (who was sacked in September of that year to be succeeded by ]). He formed a deadly partnership with Dutch striker ] during the ], scoring 23 goals himself and helping Hasselbaink to a tally of 27.


On 15 October 2011, in the derby match against ], Eiður was injured in the 44th minute following a collision with opposition goalkeeper ]. The diagnosis was a fractured tibia and fibula which kept him out for the remainder of the season.<ref>. Neoskosmos.com (23 October 2011). Retrieved 16 April 2012.</ref>
Early in 2003, he admitted to a ], confessing to having lost £400,000 in ]s over a five-month period.<ref>, '']'', January 12, 2003</ref>


===Move to Belgium===
His dribbling and close-control, combined with his deadly finishing, saw him score some remarkable goals during his time at ]. His overhead kick against ] in the ] for Chelsea is perhaps his finest strike to date. Other notable goals came against ] at ] in ], ranked ten in the ] ] Goals of the Season against ] in 2005, and his first professional hat-trick against ] in October 2004, he also made around 60 assists during his time with Chelsea. His touch and vision saw Chelsea manager ] deploy Guðjohnsen into a deeper midfield role, to which he took readily. He ended up as a utility player: he performed as a central-midfielder; as a right or left winger; as a holding-defensive midfielder or as a striker.


Eiður traveled to the United States in September 2012 for a trial with ] club ].<ref>{{cite news |last=Mayers |first=Joshua |date=5 September 2012 |title=Eidur Gudjohnsen's tryout with Sounders came 'out of the blue' |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sounders/eidur-gudjohnsens-tryout-with-sounders-came-out-of-the-blue/ |work=] |accessdate=3 November 2022}}</ref> He played one match for their ] against ]'s reserves and scored a goal.<ref>{{cite press release |date=9 September 2012 |title=Sounders' reserves defeat Chivas USA 4-2 |url=https://www.soundersfc.com/news/sounders-reserves-defeat-chivas-usa-4-2 |publisher=] |accessdate=3 November 2022}}</ref>
After the arrival of ] as the owner of ] in 2003, and the subsequent influx of expensive and high-profile players including ], ] and ], his first team place seemed under threat. Despite this, he played regularly throughout the ] and ] seasons, playing a significant role in the ] title triumph in 2005, scoring a total of 12 league goals. Eiður also scored in Chelsea 4–2 win over Barcelona in the 2004–05 Champions League quarter-final.


On 2 October 2012, Eiður signed with Belgian ] side ], signing a contract until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news |first=Gerrit |last=van Leeuwen |title=Former Chelsea striker Eidur Gudjohnsen to join Cercle Brugge in Belgium |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/8131469/Former-Chelsea-striker-Eidur-Gudjohnsen-to-join-Cercle-Brugge-in-Belgium |website=Sky Sports |publisher=British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) |date=1 October 2012 |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref> On 13 January 2013, after an impressive first half of the season with Cercle Brugge, Eiður signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with city rivals ] for an estimated amount of €300,000.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eidur Gudjohnsen voor 1,5 jaar naar Club |url=http://clubbrugge.be/nl/nieuws/13081/eidur-gudjohnsen-voor-1-5-jaar-naar-club |language=nl}}</ref>
With Chelsea making several big-name signings in the 2006 close season, notably strikers ] and ] and midfielder ], there was growing speculation concerning Guðjohnsen's opportunities for playing time in the ] and his future at Chelsea. Despite being linked with ] and ], amongst others, on 14 June 2006, it was announced that he had joined ] on a three year contract, with the option of an additional year. Overall, with 263 appearances for Chelsea, Guðjohnsen is Chelsea's fourth highest overseas appearance-maker.


===FC Barcelona=== ===Return to Bolton===
After leaving Club Brugge at the end of his contract, Eiður began training with former club Bolton Wanderers in November 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eidur Gudjohnsen trains at Bolton: Exclusive photos |url=http://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/eidur-gudjohnsen-trains-at-bolton-exclusive-photos-10.11.14-2074834.aspx |website=bwfc.co.uk/ |publisher=] |access-date=11 November 2014 |date=10 November 2014 |archive-date=11 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111114735/http://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/eidur-gudjohnsen-trains-at-bolton-exclusive-photos-10.11.14-2074834.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 5 December, he signed for Bolton for the remainder of the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30279298 |title=Eidur Gudjohnsen: Bolton Wanderers sign striker |publisher=BBC Sport |date=5 December 2014 |access-date=5 December 2014}}</ref>
].]]
Guðjohnsen was signed by FC Barcelona to replace ], who had decided to finish his career at his home town club of ] in ].<ref>, '']'', June 14, 2006</ref><ref>, '']'', June 14, 2006</ref> The fee was claimed to be €12 million with an additional €3 million depending on appearances and performances. Gudjohnnsen was also the first ever player from Iceland to play for the club.


He made his second debut for the club as a second-half substitute for ] in a goalless draw with ] at the ] on 13 December, the same opponents against whom Eiður had made the last appearance of his previous Bolton spell against in May 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bolton 0 Ipswich 0 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30356700 |website=bbc.co.uk/ |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=13 December 2014 |date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
On 28 August 2006, Guðjohnsen made his ] debut in a match against ]. With three minutes remaining in the match, he scored the game-winning goal, leading Barcelona to a 3–2 win. When a Celta defender tried to block Guðjohnsen's first attempt at a shot, he flicked the ball in the air and volleyed it past the keeper. Guðjohnsen scored against Chelsea in the Champions League in October 2006, and recorded a brace against ] in mid-November. He scored one of the goals against ], 2–0, to take Barcelona to the final sixteen of the Champions League. Guðjohnsen also gained fame in the ] when he scored an impressive goal against Mexican champions ] in front of nearly 100,000 at the ]. On 6 December 2006, Guðjohnsen scored in a 4–0 win against ] in the ] semi finals.


On 4 April 2015, Bolton manager ] said that the week had been one of the best of Eiður's career, as he had returned and scored for ] after two years without a cap and six years without an international goal, equalised in stoppage time for Bolton against ] and became a father for the fourth time in that week.<ref name = "best week">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32186145 |title=Eidur Gudjohnsen: Bolton striker has 'one of best weeks of career' |date=4 April 2015 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>
On 6 March 2007, Guðjohnsen scored for Barcelona as they fought to overturn their disadvantage in a ] match against ] at ]. Despite winning the match, Barcelona were knocked out of the Champions League on ]. He ended the 2006–07 season with 12 goals in all competitions. Only three of the biggest Barcelona stars, ], ] and ], scored more goals. Guðjohnsen was, in fact, the club's top scorer in the ], albeit with only 3 goals.


===Later career===
Although Guðjohnsen played reasonably well in his first season with Barcelona, he did not seem to have fulfilled the expectations of either ] or the Barcelona fans. During the summer of 2007 he was widely expected to be moving on and was linked with moves back to the ] with ],
Eiður joined ] club ] in July 2015 on an undisclosed contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=中超妖队宣布签约传奇级巨星 巴萨三冠功勋加盟 |url=http://sports.163.com/15/0705/18/ATPHDAET00051C89.html |website=网易体育 |access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref> In February the following year he signed for Norwegian ] side ] on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eidur Gudjohnsen klar for Molde FK |url=http://www.moldefk.no/news/article/gmz1ppg3bog617okpxh2qa7us/title/eidur-gudjohnsen-klar-for-molde-fk |website=moldefk.no |publisher=Molde FK |access-date=12 February 2016 |language=no |date=12 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216003846/http://www.moldefk.no/news/article/gmz1ppg3bog617okpxh2qa7us/title/eidur-gudjohnsen-klar-for-molde-fk |archive-date=16 February 2016}}</ref> He was released from his contract with Molde in August 2016,<ref>{{cite web |title=Gudjohnsen ferdig i Molde |url=http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/fotball/gudjohnsen-ferdig-i-molde/3423248439.html |website=nettavisen.no |publisher=Nettavisen |access-date=3 August 2016 |language=no |date=3 August 2016}}</ref> In 2016, he signed for ] outfit ] as a marquee foreigner but, after the sudden injury, he was ruled out of the entire season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-india/news/7083/isl/2016/08/24/26811922/indian-super-league-eidur-gudjohnsen-signs-for-fc-pune-city|title=Indian Super League – Eidur Gudjohnsen signs for FC Pune City as marquee|access-date=7 January 2021|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018195512/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/7083/isl/2016/08/24/26811922/indian-super-league-eidur-gudjohnsen-signs-for-fc-pune-city|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.in/football/story/_/id/17380793/fc-pune-city-sign-eidur-gudjohnsen|title=FC Pune City sign Eidur Gudjohnsen|access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref> In September 2017, he retired from professional football.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sæmundsson |first1=Ingvi Þór |title=Eiður Smári hættur |url=http://www.visir.is/g/2017170908777/eidur-smari-haettur |access-date=9 September 2017 |work=] |date=8 September 2017 |language=is}}</ref>
] and ] reportedly interested. Barcelona did, however, not take any concrete steps to off-load him. Because of injury, nothing happened and, in autumn, Guðjohnsen took his place on the Barcelona bench. He claimed he was determined to fight his way back into the team but as Barcelona had by now acquired the services of ] and given first-team places to young strikers ] and ], he faced a formidable task.


==International career==
Guðjohnsen made his first appearance of the season on 23 October against ] in the Champions League, playing as a centre midfielder and he scored his first goal of the 2007–08 season from the penalty spot in the 89th minute in Barcelona's 3–0 ] victory over ] on 13 November. Guðjohnsen scored his first La Liga goal, of the season in Barça's highest win (3–0) at ] against ] since the 1997–98 season and on 20 February 2007, he made his 50th appearance in a UEFA Champions League match. During Barcelona's troubled season, Guðjohnsen did manage to become a regular member of Rijkaard's team, playing in altogether 34 games, but only starting 18 times and often being replaced. Only on four occasions did he play the full 90 minutes. Guðjohnsen saved his best performance for the last La Liga match, against relegated ], when his fluid midfield play drew rave reviews, although he did not score.
Eiður made his debut for the ] in 1992 at the age of 14. He went on to score seven goals in 26 appearances for the team before progressing to the under-19 side in 1994. He netted twice in nine caps for the under-19s, before making his debut for the ] later in the year. He represented the U-21s for four years, scoring a total of four goals in 11 caps.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ksi.is/media/landslid/akarla/Landslidsmenn-Islands-karla-desember-2009.xls |title=Landsliðsmenn Íslands karla |publisher=] |date=December 2009 |access-date=10 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193740/http://www.ksi.is/media/landslid/akarla/Landslidsmenn-Islands-karla-desember-2009.xls |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>


On 24 April 1996, 17-year-old Eiður and his 34-year-old father Arnór entered football history when playing in an international friendly for the ] against ] in ]. Arnór started the match, and Eiður came on in the second half as a substitute for his father.<ref name="father and son international">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/sports/soccer/05soccer.html?_r=2&ref=sports&oref=slogin&oref=slogin |work=The New York Times |title=A Pillar of Strength on a Team in Transition |first=Jack |last=Bell |date=5 August 2008 |access-date=3 April 2010}}</ref> Both father and son have later expressed bitterness at the fact that they were not allowed to play together in that match. The then president of the ], ], gave the coach ] an express order to not play them together because he wanted it to occur on home turf, when Iceland played ] two months later in the first qualification round for the ].<ref name="father and son international"/> As it happened, however, the two never got another chance because a month after the match in Estonia Eiður broke his leg playing for the Icelandic U-18 team against the Republic of Ireland. He had difficulty coming back because of undiagnosed ] in that leg. When he had recovered and was again available for selection for the national team, his father had retired.<ref name="father and son international"/>
As FC Barcelona's new coach, ], was widely thought to plan to off-load Guðjohnsen, together with a host of other players, most people thought this would have been his last game for Barça. Interest from several Premier League clubs duly materialized in the next few weeks, notably from ] and ].


On 2 September 2006, Eiður scored in a 3–0 away victory over ] in ], pulling him level with ]'s record of 17 international goals (the latter had held the record since his third goal in 1948, and totalled 17 in 33 matches from 1947 to 1965). On 13 October 2007, his 48th cap, Eiður broke a six-match international drought with two goals in a 2–4 home qualifier defeat to ] to become Iceland's top scorer of all time. He said that the record was made less important by the day's defeat.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stefánsson |first1=Stefán |title=Gudjohnsen unmoved by Icelandic record |url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=603074.html |access-date=23 July 2015 |publisher=UEFA |date=15 October 2007}}</ref>
At the end of July, Guardiola seemed to have changed his opinion and Guðjohnsen played a considerable role in FC Barcelona's pre-season matches, even scoring two goals against ]. Guðjohnsen declared that Guardiola had expressed more faith in him and he was likely to stay in Spain next season.<ref>http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/futbol/temporada08-09/08/n080801102661.html</ref> On 21 September, Guðjohnsen played his first game of the new season, coming on as a substitute in the 71st minute in Barcelona's thrashing of ], 6–1. He did not score but played well and was involved in the last two goals, both scored by ]. Three days later, on September 24, he again came off the bench in the 70th minute, this time against ], when he replaced ] and managed to score the winning goal in a 3–2 win, 9 minutes later after coming on. Shortly after, on the 27th of September, Guðjohnsen got his first start of the season, against ]. After this he has had his best season in Barcelona although not scoring as much as in the first. Guðjohnsen has competed with Seydou Keita for playing time and has made frequent appearances with a fair amount of starts. He made his 100th appearance in a Barca shirt that season. Guðjohnsen became the first Icelander to win the Champions League trophy as Barcelona won the ] against defending champions, ], at the ] in Rome.


Eiður announced his possible retirement from international football after Iceland's 2–0 defeat against ] on 19 November 2013 in a play-off for a place at the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldsoccertalk.com/2013/11/19/eidur-gudjohnsen-breaks-into-tears-after-missing-out-on-world-cup-in-final-game-for-iceland-video/ |title=Eidur Gudjohnsen Breaks into Tears After Missing Out on World Cup in Final Game For Iceland |publisher=World Soccer Talk |date=19 November 2013 |access-date=21 November 2013 |first=Alex |last=Muller}}</ref>
===Monaco===
During the summer of 2009, Guardiola stated that Gudjohnsen was not part of his plans for next season and Gudjohnsen was linked with moves to clubs such as ], ], ], ] and ], eventually joining ] club ] on a two year deal. He was loaned out to Premiership side ] in the winter of 2010, after an unimpressive first half of the season.


On 28 March 2015, he made a goal-scoring return to the national team after 18 months away, opening a 3–0 win over ] at the ] in ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gudjohnsen propels Iceland to Kazakhstan win |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/qualifiers/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013927/postmatch/report/index.html#iceland+kazakhstan |access-date=23 July 2015 |publisher=UEFA |date=28 March 2015}}</ref>
===Tottenham Hotspur===
On 28 January 2010, ] manager ] confirmed that Guðjohnsen had joined the club on loan for the remainder of 2009–10 season, despite undergoing a ] at ]. The striker was offered an identical deal by both clubs; however, Guðjohnsen opted to join Spurs.<ref name="Tottenham signing">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8483991.stm|title=Tottenham complete Eidur Gudjohnsen loan capture|accessdate=28 January 2010|work=BBC News | date=29 January 2010}}</ref> West Ham's new co-owner ] was outraged at hearing of Redknapp's interest in Guðjohnsen, and was quoted as saying "We thought we had a deal and the player had even had a medical. We then heard that Tottenham were trying to speak to the player. I can't say I am happy about it."
He got his Spurs career off to a solid start with two goals in a friendly match against ] on 3 February.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1248168/Eidur-Gudjohnsen-shows-hes-ice-cool-goal-scoring-touch-Tottenham-shirt.html | location=London | work=Daily Mail | title=Eidur Gudjohnsen shows he's still ice-cool in front of goal after scoring with first touch in Tottenham shirt}}</ref>. On the 10 February 2010, Guðjohnsen made his full Spurs debut alongside Jermain Defoe as a striker in a 1–0 away defeat to ]. He scored his first goal for Tottenham against Stoke City on 20 March 2010 also making way for the second goal which led to the victory ending in favour of ].<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8572648.stm
|title=Stoke 1–2 Tottenham
|work=]
|date=20 March 2010 |accessdate=20 March 2010}}</ref>


He was selected for Iceland's ] ] at the age of 37. He appeared twice, both as a substitute. He came on late in their second group match against ] which ended 1–1.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36505834 |title=Iceland 1–1 Hungary |date=18 June 2016 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> Iceland then surprised everyone by progressing into the last 16, where they caused another shock after defeating ] 2–1. He came on and was given the captain's armband in the 82nd minute in their quarter-final match against tournament hosts ]. They lost 5–2 and were eliminated, which was his last international match.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36632457 |title=France 5–2 Iceland |date=3 July 2016 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>
==International career==
Guðjohnsen made his debut for the ] in 1992 at the age of 14. He went on to score seven goals in 26 appearances for the team before progressing to the under-19 side in 1994. He netted twice in nine caps for the under-19s, before making his debut for the ] later in the year. He represented the under-21s for four years, scoring a total of four goals in 11 caps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksi.is/media/landslid/akarla/Landslidsmenn-Islands-karla-desember-2009.xls|title=Landsliðsmenn Íslands karla|publisher=]|date=December 2009|accessdate=10 July 2010}}</ref>


==Personal life==
Guðjohnsen joined the ] in 1996 and since then has been capped 61 times and scored 24 times, becoming the highest goalscorer for Iceland. He surpassed ]'s Icelandic record of 17 international goals on 13 October 2007 by scoring twice in a 2–4 home loss to ].
In September 2001, Eiður, Chelsea teammates ], ] and ], and ]'s ], were drunk and unruly in a ] hotel containing many Americans left stranded by the ]. The Chelsea quartet were each fined two weeks' wages, totalling around £100,000, which was donated to the 9/11 relief efforts.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chelsea stars fined for binge |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1558855.stm |access-date=17 December 2021 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 September 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sinclair fined for Heathrow drinking binge |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/sep/24/newsstory.sport2?CMP=gu_com |access-date=17 December 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=24 September 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chelsea stars fined after hotel binge |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/chelsea-stars-fined-after-hotel-3176997 |access-date=17 December 2021 |work=Coventry Telegraph |date=23 September 2001}}</ref>


In January 2003, Eiður admitted to a ], confessing to having lost £400,000 in ]s over a five-month period.<ref>, '']'', 12 January 2003</ref>
== Personal life ==
He has three children, Sveinn Aron, Andri Lucas and Daniel Tristan with his wife, Ragnhildur. Two of his children, Andri and Sveinn, currently play for the Barcelona academy.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}


Eiður's half-brother, named ] like their father, signed for ] in July 2017, at the age of 16.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arnor Gudjohnsen: Eidur Gudjohnsen's half-brother happy to join Swansea City |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39270168 |access-date=15 October 2017 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 July 2017}}</ref>
==Statistics==

===All-time club performance===
Eiður has one daughter and three sons, all of the sons play football at different levels. His eldest, ] (born 1998) is a professional with norwegian ] side ].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.acspezia.com/news/mercato-sveinn-aron-gudjohnsen-nuovo-attaccante-aquilotto.18597.html |title=Mercato: Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen nuovo attaccante aquilotto |work=Spezia Calcio – Sito ufficiale|access-date=2018-08-07}}</ref> Middle son ] (born 2002) plays for Belgium side ]. His youngest, ] (born 2006) plays as striker for ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Eidur Gudjohnsen's son leaves Barça and signs for Real Madrid|url=https://www.sport-english.com/en/news/eidur-gudjohnsens-son-leaves-barca-and-signs-for-real-madrid-6890067//|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621115905/https://www.sport-english.com/en/news/eidur-gudjohnsens-son-leaves-barca-and-signs-for-real-madrid-6890067//|url-status=dead}}</ref>
As of May 10, 2010<ref></ref><ref></ref>

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==Coaching career==
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In January 2019, Eiður was hired as the assistant manager for the ] under newly appointed manager ].<ref>, ruv.is, 4 January 2019</ref>

On 16 July 2020, Eiður took over as manager of ], along with ].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Sindri Sverrisson |title=Eiður: Sá þetta ekki gerast í náinni framtíð |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20201992083d/eidur-sa-thetta-ekki-gerast-i-nainni-framtid |access-date=16 July 2020 |work=] |date=16 July 2020 |language=is}}</ref>

After initially signing a contract extension with FH for the 2021 season, Eiður left the team in December 2020, and took over as an assistant manager of the ].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Magnús Már Einarsson |title=FH fékk bætur frá KSÍ vegna Eiðs Smára |url=https://fotbolti.net/news/22-12-2020/fh-fekk-baetur-fra-ksi-vegna-eids-smara |access-date=23 December 2020 |work=] |date=22 December 2020 |language=is}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson |title=Arnar Þór ráðinn þjálfari A-landsliðsins og Eiður Smári aðstoðar |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20202052696d |access-date=23 December 2020 |work=] |date=22 December 2020 |language=is}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/Appearances/Gp-Gz.htm#582 |title=Eidur Gudjohnsen Chelsea career |publisher=Bounder Friardale.co.uk |access-date=4 September 2012}}</ref>
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|]||]||]||17||7||||||||||17||7
!rowspan="2"|Season
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!colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes ], ]}}
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|- |-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|]||rowspan="2"|]||rowspan="2"|]||13||3||||||||||13||3
|- |-
|]
|]||0||0||||||||||0||0
|]
{{Football player statistics 2|ISL|NY}}
|]
|17||7|| || ||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||17||7
|- |-
|rowspan="3"|]
|]||]||]||6||0||||||||||6||0
|]
{{Football player statistics 2|ENG|NY}}
|]
|13||3||||||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=UC}}||0||colspan="2"|—||15||3
|- |-
|]
|]||rowspan="2"|]||rowspan="2"|]||14||5||4||0||||||18||5
|Eredivisie
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|- |-
!colspan="2"|Total
|]||41||13||11||8||||||52||21
!13!!3!!!!!!colspan="2"|—!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!15!!3
|- |-
|]
|]||rowspan="6"|]||rowspan="6"|]||30||10||5||3||2||0||37||13
|]
|Úrvalsdeild
|6||0||||||||||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||0
|- |-
|rowspan="3"|]
|]||29||14||11||6||3||3||43||23
|]
|]
|14||5||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||3{{efn|name=FLPO|Appearances in ]}}||0||18||5
|- |-
|]
|]||35||10||7||0||2||0||44||10
|First Division
|41||13||5||4||8||3||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|name=FLPO}}||1||55||21
|- |-
!colspan="2"|Total
|]||25||6||5||4||10||3||43||13
!55!!18!!5!!4!!9!!3!!colspan="2"|—!!4!!1!!73!!26
|- |-
|rowspan="7"|]
|]||37||12||9||2||11||2||59||16
|]
|]
|30||10||3||3||1||0||2{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in ]}}||0||1{{efn|name=FACS|Appearance in ]}}||0||37||13
|- |-
|]
|]||26||2||5||1||6||0||37||3
|Premier League
{{Football player statistics 2|ESP|NY}}
|32||14||7||3||5||3||3{{efn|name=UC}}||3||colspan="2"|—||47||23
|- |-
|]
|]||rowspan="3"|]||rowspan="3"|]||25||5||9||3||9||4||43||12
|Premier League
|35||10||5||0||2||0||2{{efn|name=UC}}||0||colspan="2"|—||44||10
|- |-
|]
|]||23||2||6||1||8||0||37||3
|Premier League
|26||6||4||2||1||2||10{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in ]}}||3||colspan="2"|—||41||13
|- |-
|]
|]||24||3||5||1||4||0||33||4
|Premier League
|37||12||3||1||6||1||11{{efn|name=UCL}}||2||colspan="2"|—||57||16
|- |-
|]
{{Football player statistics 2|FRA|NY}}
|Premier League
|26||2||3||1||1||0||6{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=FACS}}||0||37||3
|- |-
!colspan="2"|Total
|]||rowspan="1"|]||rowspan="1"|]||9||0||2||0||||||11||0
!186!!54!!25!!10!!16!!6!!34!!8!!2!!0!!263!!78
{{Football player statistics 2|ENG|NY}}
|- |-
|rowspan="5"|]
|]||rowspan="1"|]||rowspan="1"|]||13||1||2||1||0||0||15||2
|]
|]
|25||5||6||3||colspan="2"|—||8{{efn|name=UCL}}||3||4{{efn|One appearance in ], one appearance in ], two appearances and one goal in ]}}||1||43||12
|- |-
|]
{{Football player statistics 3|5|ISL}}23||7||||||||||23||7
|La Liga
{{Football player statistics 4|NED}}13||3||||||||||13||3
|23||2||6||1||colspan="2"|—||8{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||37||3
{{Football player statistics 4|ENG}}250||72||58||25||34||8||349||106
|-
{{Football player statistics 4|ESP}}72||10||20||5||21||4||113||19
|]
{{Football player statistics 4|FRA}}9||0||2||0||||||11||0
|La Liga
{{Football player statistics 5}}369||93||80||30||56||12||509||135
|24||3||5||1||colspan="2"|—||5{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||34||4
|-
|]
|La Liga
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!72!!10!!17!!5!!colspan="2"|—!!21!!3!!4!!1!!114!!19
|-
|]
|]
|]
|9||0||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||0
|-
|]
|]
|Premier League
|11||1||3||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||2
|-
|]
|]
|Premier League
|4||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0
|-
|]
|]
|Premier League
|10||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||10||0
|-
|]
|]
|]
|10||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||4{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in ]}}||0||colspan="2"|—||14||1
|-
|]
|]
|]
|13||6||1||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||7
|-
|rowspan="3"|]
|]
|Belgian Pro League
|18||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||colspan="2"|—||18||3
|-
|]
|Belgian Pro League
|28||4||1||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=UEL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||31||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!46!!7!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!49!!7
|-
|Bolton Wanderers
|]
|]
|21||5||3||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||24||6
|-
|]
|]
|]
|14||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||1
|-
|]
|]
|]
|13||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||1
|-
|]
|]
|]
|0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!500!!114!!56!!22!!27!!9!!63!!11!!10!!2!!656!!158
|} |}
Gudjohnsen is currently strongly linked with a move to Fulham fc.


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==Honours==
===Club===
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===International===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
*]: ]
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|3056|name=Guðjohnsen, Eiður|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>
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|-
|rowspan="21"|]
|1996||1||0
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|1997||0||0
|-
|1998||0||0
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|1999||3||1
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|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
|-
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| style="text-align:center"|4 || 21 August 2002 || Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland || {{fb|AND}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || ]
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| style="text-align:center"|5 || rowspan="2"|16 October 2002 || rowspan="2"|Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland || rowspan="2"|{{fb|LTU|1988}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|]
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| style="text-align:center"|6 || style="text-align:center"|3–0
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| style="text-align:center"|7 || 29 March 2003 || ], ], Scotland || {{fb|SCO}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|8 || 11 June 2003 || ], ], Lithuania || {{fb|LTU|1988}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|9 || 20 August 2003 || ], ], Faroe Islands || {{fb|FRO}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|10 || 18 August 2004 || Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland || {{fb|ITA|2003}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || Friendly
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| style="text-align:center"|11 || 4 September 2004 || Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland || {{fb|BUL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || ]
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| style="text-align:center"|12 || 8 September 2004 || ], ], Hungary || {{fb|HUN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|13 || 13 October 2004 || Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland || {{fb|SWE}} || style="text-align:center"|1–4 || style="text-align:center"|1–4 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|14 || 4 June 2005 || Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland || {{fb|HUN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|15 || 8 June 2005 || Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland || {{fb|MLT}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|16 || 3 September 2005 || Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland || {{fb|CRO}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|17 || 2 September 2006 || ], ], Northern Ireland || {{fb|NIR}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || ]
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| style="text-align:center"|18 || rowspan="2"|13 October 2007 || rowspan="2"|Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland || rowspan="2"|{{fb|LVA}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–4 || rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|19 || style="text-align:center"|2–4
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| style="text-align:center"|20 || 26 March 2008 || ], ], Slovakia || {{fb|SVK}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || Friendly
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| style="text-align:center"|21 || 6 September 2008 || ], ], Norway || {{fb|NOR}} || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || ]
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| style="text-align:center"|22 || 10 September 2008 || Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland || {{fb|SCO}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|23 || 11 February 2009 || ], ], Spain || {{fb|LIE}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || Friendly
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| style="text-align:center"|24 || 5 September 2009 || Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland || {{fb|NOR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|25 || 28 March 2015 || ], ], Kazakhstan || {{fb|KAZ}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || ]
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| style="text-align:center"|26 || 6 June 2016 || Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland || {{fb|LIE}} || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || Friendly
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==Honours==
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Icelandic footballer This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Eiður.

Eiður Guðjohnsen
Eiður Smári in 2018
Personal information
Full name Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen
Date of birth (1978-09-15) 15 September 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
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)
2010Tottenham Hotspur (loan) 11 (1)
2010–2011 Stoke City 4 (0)
2011Fulham (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)
International career
1992–1994 Iceland U17 27 (6)
1994 Iceland U19 9 (2)
1994–1998 Iceland U21 11 (5)
1996–2016 Iceland 88 (26)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Iceland U21 (assistant)
2020 FH
2020–2021 Iceland (assistant)
2022 FH
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 the greatest Icelandic footballer 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.

Club career

Early career

After spending the 1994 season with Valur in Reykjavík, Eiður played for PSV in the Netherlands from 1995, playing alongside Ronaldo. Following a serious ankle injury, he returned home to play for KR Reykjavík.

Bolton Wanderers

Eiður signed with English club Bolton Wanderers in 1998. He made his debut in September 1998 in a match against Birmingham City. By March the following year, Eiður had become a regular member of the Bolton first team, and the following season, he scored 21 times in all competitions as the Trotters reached the Division One play-offs and the semi-finals of both the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Chelsea

Eiður celebrates winning the 2004–05 Premiership with Frank Lampard and John Terry.

On 19 June 2000, Eiður was signed by Premier League club Chelsea for a fee of £4.5 million. He was the second striker signed by the Blues that pre-season, after Dutch international Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

Eiður made his debut on 13 August in the 2000 FA Charity Shield at Wembley, replacing Gianfranco Zola for the final 17 minutes of a 2–0 win over Manchester United. He spent most of his first season in London being used as a substitute, but was still able to score 13 times. In his second season, he formed a partnership with Hasselbaink which provided 52 goals for Chelsea in all competitions.

Following the appointment of José Mourinho as manager, Eiður eventually played in a more withdrawn role as he helped the club win two successive Premier League titles. On 23 October 2004, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 home win over Blackburn Rovers.

Barcelona

Eiður playing for Barcelona in 2008

On 14 June 2006, Eiður was signed by La Liga club Barcelona in an £8 million transfer on a four-year contract, as a replacement for Henrik Larsson.

He made his debut on 20 August in the second leg of the 2006 Supercopa de España, as a half-time substitute in a 3–0 win at the Camp Nou against Espanyol (4–0 aggregate). Eight days later in his league debut away to Celta Vigo, he replaced Ludovic Giuly with 16 minutes remaining and scored the winning goal in a 3–2 victory.

He was part of the Treble-winning side in 2008–09 as Barcelona won La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League.

Monaco and return to England

Eiður joined Ligue 1 club Monaco, on 31 August 2009, signing a two-year deal for a £1.8 million fee.

Gudjohnsen (furthest left) warming up for Tottenham before an away match at Wigan Athletic, 21 February 2010

On 28 January 2010, Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp confirmed that Eiður had joined the club on loan for the remainder of the 2009–10 season, despite undergoing a medical at West Ham United. The striker was offered identical deals by both clubs; however, Eiður opted to join Spurs. On 31 August 2010, Eiður signed for Stoke City on a one-year deal and made his debut for Stoke on 18 September in a 1–1 draw against West Ham. After only making five substitute appearances for Stoke, Eiður left on the final day of the January transfer window to join Fulham on loan. On 31 January 2011, Eiður signed on loan to Fulham until the end of the 2010–11 season. After an unsuccessful time at Stoke, he was released at the end of the 2010–11 season.

AEK Athens

On 19 July 2011, Eiður signed a two-year deal with Greek club AEK Athens, keeping him at the club until 2013, despite further interest from English club West Ham as well as Welsh side Swansea City. He was greeted by over 2,500 AEK fans at Athens International Airport.

Shortly after signing a new two-year contract with AEK, Eiður stated to the press after he was greeted by the AEK fans: "It was unbelievable, I have played and been in many countries but I have never seen anything like this before. It really made me feel welcomed. I was informed that I would have been greeted but this was not what I had in mind. I am a 100% sure I have made the right choice going to AEK. I have come for trophies and nothing else. The least thing I can do is help AEK achieve their expectations after the way I was greeted at the airport."

On 15 October 2011, in the derby match against Olympiakos, Eiður was injured in the 44th minute following a collision with opposition goalkeeper Franco Costanzo. The diagnosis was a fractured tibia and fibula which kept him out for the remainder of the season.

Move to Belgium

Eiður traveled to the United States in September 2012 for a trial with Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders. He played one match for their reserve team against Chivas USA's reserves and scored a goal.

On 2 October 2012, Eiður signed with Belgian Pro League side Cercle Brugge, signing a contract until the end of the season. On 13 January 2013, after an impressive first half of the season with Cercle Brugge, Eiður signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with city rivals Club Brugge for an estimated amount of €300,000.

Return to Bolton

After leaving Club Brugge at the end of his contract, Eiður began training with former club Bolton Wanderers in November 2014. On 5 December, he signed for Bolton for the remainder of the 2014–15 season.

He made his second debut for the club as a second-half substitute for Darren Pratley in a goalless draw with Ipswich Town at the Macron Stadium on 13 December, the same opponents against whom Eiður had made the last appearance of his previous Bolton spell against in May 2000.

On 4 April 2015, Bolton manager Neil Lennon said that the week had been one of the best of Eiður's career, as he had returned and scored for Iceland after two years without a cap and six years without an international goal, equalised in stoppage time for Bolton against Blackpool and became a father for the fourth time in that week.

Later career

Eiður joined Chinese Super League club Shijiazhuang Ever Bright in July 2015 on an undisclosed contract. In February the following year he signed for Norwegian Tippeligaen side Molde on a two-year contract. He was released from his contract with Molde in August 2016, In 2016, he signed for Indian Super League outfit Pune City as a marquee foreigner but, after the sudden injury, he was ruled out of the entire season. In September 2017, he retired from professional football.

International career

Eiður made his debut for the Iceland under-17 national team in 1992 at the age of 14. He went on to score seven goals in 26 appearances for the team before progressing to the under-19 side in 1994. He netted twice in nine caps for the under-19s, before making his debut for the U-21 side later in the year. He represented the U-21s for four years, scoring a total of four goals in 11 caps.

On 24 April 1996, 17-year-old Eiður and his 34-year-old father Arnór entered football history when playing in an international friendly for the senior Iceland team against Estonia in Tallinn. Arnór started the match, and Eiður came on in the second half as a substitute for his father. Both father and son have later expressed bitterness at the fact that they were not allowed to play together in that match. The then president of the Football Association of Iceland, Eggert Magnússon, gave the coach Logi Ólafsson an express order to not play them together because he wanted it to occur on home turf, when Iceland played Macedonia two months later in the first qualification round for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. As it happened, however, the two never got another chance because a month after the match in Estonia Eiður broke his leg playing for the Icelandic U-18 team against the Republic of Ireland. He had difficulty coming back because of undiagnosed tendinitis in that leg. When he had recovered and was again available for selection for the national team, his father had retired.

On 2 September 2006, Eiður scored in a 3–0 away victory over Northern Ireland in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying, pulling him level with Ríkharður Jónsson's record of 17 international goals (the latter had held the record since his third goal in 1948, and totalled 17 in 33 matches from 1947 to 1965). On 13 October 2007, his 48th cap, Eiður broke a six-match international drought with two goals in a 2–4 home qualifier defeat to Latvia to become Iceland's top scorer of all time. He said that the record was made less important by the day's defeat.

Eiður announced his possible retirement from international football after Iceland's 2–0 defeat against Croatia on 19 November 2013 in a play-off for a place at the 2014 World Cup.

On 28 March 2015, he made a goal-scoring return to the national team after 18 months away, opening a 3–0 win over Kazakhstan at the Astana Arena in Euro 2016 qualifying.

He was selected for Iceland's Euro 2016 squad at the age of 37. He appeared twice, both as a substitute. He came on late in their second group match against Hungary which ended 1–1. Iceland then surprised everyone by progressing into the last 16, where they caused another shock after defeating England 2–1. He came on and was given the captain's armband in the 82nd minute in their quarter-final match against tournament hosts France. They lost 5–2 and were eliminated, which was his last international match.

Personal life

In September 2001, Eiður, Chelsea teammates John Terry, Frank Lampard and Jody Morris, and Leicester City's Frank Sinclair, were drunk and unruly in a Heathrow Airport hotel containing many Americans left stranded by the September 11 attacks. The Chelsea quartet were each fined two weeks' wages, totalling around £100,000, which was donated to the 9/11 relief efforts.

In January 2003, Eiður admitted to a gambling problem, confessing to having lost £400,000 in casinos over a five-month period.

Eiður's half-brother, named Arnór like their father, signed for Swansea City in July 2017, at the age of 16.

Eiður has one daughter and three sons, all of the sons play football at different levels. His eldest, Sveinn Aron (born 1998) is a professional with norwegian Eliteserien side Sarpsborg 08. Middle son Andri Guðjohnsen (born 2002) plays for Belgium side KAA Gent. His youngest, Daníel Tristán (born 2006) plays as striker for Malmö.

Coaching career

In January 2019, Eiður was hired as the assistant manager for the Iceland national under-21 football team under newly appointed manager Arnar Viðarsson.

On 16 July 2020, Eiður took over as manager of FH, along with Logi Ólafsson.

After initially signing a contract extension with FH for the 2021 season, Eiður left the team in December 2020, and took over as an assistant manager of the Iceland men's national team.

Career statistics

Club

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 0 15 3
1996–97 Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 13 3 2 0 15 3
KR 1998 Úrvalsdeild 6 0 6 0
Bolton Wanderers 1998–99 First Division 14 5 0 0 1 0 3 0 18 5
1999–2000 First Division 41 13 5 4 8 3 1 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 0 1 0 37 13
2001–02 Premier League 32 14 7 3 5 3 3 3 47 23
2002–03 Premier League 35 10 5 0 2 0 2 0 44 10
2003–04 Premier League 26 6 4 2 1 2 10 3 41 13
2004–05 Premier League 37 12 3 1 6 1 11 2 57 16
2005–06 Premier League 26 2 3 1 1 0 6 0 1 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 3 4 1 43 12
2007–08 La Liga 23 2 6 1 8 0 37 3
2008–09 La Liga 24 3 5 1 5 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
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 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 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. Includes FA Cup, Copa del Rey, Coupe de France, Belgian Cup
  2. Includes Football League Cup, Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in Football League play-offs
  5. ^ Appearance in FA Community Shield
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Supercopa de España, two appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup
  8. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
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 list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Guðjohnsen goal.
List of international goals scored by Eiður Guðjohnsen
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

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  2. "The Best Soccer Players from Iceland". Ranker. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
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