Eiður Guðjohnsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Eiður Guðjohnsen

Icelandic footballer

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1978

Place of Birth: Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Iceland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Eiður Guðjohnsen

  • Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen (transliterated as Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen; born 15 September 1978) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a forward.
  • He is currently the assistant manager of the Iceland national under-21 football team. Eiður is the son of Arnór Guðjohnsen, who was also an Icelandic international footballer.
  • He played for English Premier League club Chelsea and Barcelona of Spain, and had two spells at Bolton Wanderers fourteen years apart.
  • He also had spells in Iceland, the Netherlands, France, Greece, Belgium, China and Norway in a club career lasting 22 years. He made his full international debut for Iceland as a substitute for his father in 1996, and is the nation's joint top scorer of all time with 26 international goals in 88 caps between 1996 and 2016.
  • He was the captain of the Iceland national team until manager Ólafur Jóhannesson took over the team.
  • He was part of their squad that reached the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 2016, their first major tournament.

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