Arnór Guðjohnsen

Footballer

Birthday July 30, 1961

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Reykjavík, Iceland

Age 62 years old

Nationality Iceland

Height 1.78 m

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1961

Arnór Guðjohnsen (born 30 April 1961) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker.

1984

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

Arnór is the father and agent of striker Eiður Guðjohnsen.

1986

He spent seven years with Belgian club Anderlecht and was the top scorer in the 1986–87 season.

He is the father of striker Eiður Guðjohnsen and the grandfather of striker Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen.

1996

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 17 at the time.

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 scheduled to appear alongside one another, Eiður broke his ankle in an Under-18 tournament.

He missed the next two seasons, in which time Arnór retired from football.

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

Arnór played 73 games for the Icelandic national team and scored 14 goals, four of them in a game against Turkey.

1997

He played his last international in October 1997 against Liechtenstein.

Anderlecht '''

Bordeaux

Individual

2017

His younger son, also named Arnór, signed for Swansea City in July 2017, at the age of 16.

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.