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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Arnór.

Arnór Guðjohnsen

Arnór (left) with his son Eiður
Personal information
Full name	Arnór Guðjohnsen
Date of birth	(1961-04-30) 30 April 1961
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
0000–1978	Víkingur
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978	Víkingur	12	(7)
1978–1983	SK Lokeren	138	(26)
1983–1990	Anderlecht	139	(40)
1990–1992	Bordeaux	52	(8)
1993	BK Häcken	24	(4)
1994–1998	Örebro SK	100	(24)
1998–2000	Valur	41	(22)
2001	Stjarnan	18	(5)
Total		524	(136)
International career
1978	Iceland U19	2	(0)
1978	Iceland U21	1	(0)
1979–1997	Iceland	73	(14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arnór Guðjohnsen (born 30 April 1961) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a striker. He is most famous for his seven-year stint with Belgian club Anderlecht and was the top scorer in the 1986–87 season. He is the father of striker Eiður Guðjohnsen.

Club career

Starting his career at Víkingur in Iceland, Arnór also played for Valur & Stjarnan, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen & R.S.C. Anderlecht in Belgium, FC Girondins de Bordeaux in France, BK Häcken & Örebro SK in Sweden.

Arnór took the final penalty of the 1984 UEFA Cup Final shootout which was saved by Tottenham's Tony Parks.

International career

He is the father and agent of striker Eiður Guðjohnsen. Arnór and Eiður are the only father and son to play for a national football team during the same game, in a match on 24 April 1996 in which Iceland beat Estonia 3–0 in Tallinn. Arnór was 34 and Eiður was just 17 when it happened. Eiður came on as a second-half substitute for his father, so they never actually played together.

At 25 he had been asked his biggest wish, to which he replied "to play international football alongside Eiður". However, shortly before a match in Reykjavik in which father and son were finally scheduled to appear alongside one another, young Eiður broke his ankle in an Under-18 tournament. He duly missed the next two seasons, in which time Arnór retired from football.

"It remains my biggest regret that we didn't get to play together, and I know it's Eiður's too" said Arnór.

Arnór played 73 games for the Icelandic national team and scored 14 goals, four of them in a game against Turkey. He played his last international in October 1997 against Liechtenstein.

International goals

Iceland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Arnór goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 June 1982	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	9	England	1–0	1–1	Friendly
2	25 May 1986		19	Republic of Ireland	1–1	1–2	Iceland Triangular Tournament
3	24 September 1986		22	Soviet Union	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
4	30 May 1990		31	Albania	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
5	8 August 1990	Ovara Vølli í Gundadali, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	32	Faroe Islands	3–2	3–2	Friendly
6	17 July 1991	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	39	Turkey	2–1	5–1
7					3–1
8					4–1
9					5–1
10	20 May 1993	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	47	Luxembourg	1–0	1–1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	16 June 1993	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	49	Hungary	2–0	2–0
12	11 February 1996	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	64	Malta	4–0	4–1	1996 Rothmans International Tournament
13	1 June 1996	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	66	Macedonia	1–1	1–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
14	11 October 1997		73	Liechtenstein	3–0	4–0

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals listed by year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iceland
	1979	2	0
	1980	3	0
	1981	3	0
	1982	4	1
	1983	3	0
	1984	2	0
	1985	1	0
	1986	5	2
	1987	2	0
	1988	3	0
	1989	2	0
	1990	5	2
	1991	7	4
	1992	3	0
	1993	6	2
	1994	5	0
	1995	5	0
	1996	7	2
	1997	5	1
Total		73	14

External links

• Arnór Guðjohnsen at National-Football-Teams.com