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Career & Clubs
Starting his career at Víkingur in Iceland, Arnór also played for Valur and Stjarnan, Lokeren and Anderlecht in Belgium, Bordeaux in France, Häcken and Örebro in Sweden. 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. 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 2, 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. He played his last international in October 1997 against Liechtenstein.
Iceland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Arnór goal.
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- Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur (1978–1978)
- Club
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (1978–1983)
- Club
- R.S.C. Anderlecht (1983–1990)
- Club
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux (1990–1992)
- Club
- BK Häcken (1993–1993)
- Club
- Örebro SK (1994–1998)
- Club
- Valur (1998–1999)
- Club
- Stjarnan (2001–2001)
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- Iceland men's national football team (1979–1997)
- National team
- Iceland
Legacy
Anderlecht
Belgian First Division: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 Belgian Cup: 1987–88, 1988–89 Belgian Super Cup: 1985, 1987 UEFA Cup runner-up: 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1989–90 Bordeaux
Ligue 2: 1991–92 Individual
Belgian First Division top scorer: 1986–87 (19 goals) Man of the Season (Belgian First Division): 1986–87
Clubs
Played together with
Aaron BoupendzaFC Girondins de Bordeaux · 2016–2020
Aaron Leya IsekaR.S.C. Anderlecht · 2014
Abdou TraoréFC Girondins de Bordeaux · 2006–2008
Abdou TraoréFC Girondins de Bordeaux · 2008–2017
Abdoulay DiabyR.S.C. Anderlecht · 2021–2021
Abdul Majeed WarisBK Häcken · 2010–2012- Adam AnderssonBK Häcken
Adam LundqvistBK Häcken
Adam OunasFC Girondins de Bordeaux · 2015–2017- Adekanmi OlufadéK.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen · 2000–2001
Adri van TiggelenR.S.C. Anderlecht · 1986–1991
Agon MehmetiÖrebro SK
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Identifiers & aliases
Arnór Guðjohnsen is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker. 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. His younger son, also named Arnór, signed for Swansea City in July 2017, at the age of 16.
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