Eiður Guðjohnsen
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.
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Eiður Smári in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen | ||
| Date of birth | 15 September 1978 | ||
| 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) |
| 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) | |
| 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 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.