Patrik Gunnarsson

Breiðablik

A goalkeeper, Patrik progressed through the Breiðablik academy in his native Iceland to make two appearances for the club's U19 team in the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League, while aged 15. He appeared again in the 2017–18 edition of the tournament. Patrik was unused substitute for the first team on three occasions during the 2017 season and in May 2017, he signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract. Patrik signed a new three-year contract in November 2017 and joined 1. deild karla club ÍR on loan for the duration of the 2018 season. He made 10 appearances before the loan was terminated on 8 June 2018, the same day on which he departed the club permanently.

Brentford

2018–19 season

On 8 June 2018, Patrik moved to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on a two-year contract, with the option of a further year, effective 1 July 2018. Injuries to second and third-choice goalkeepers Luke Daniels and Ellery Balcombe saw Patrik win his maiden calls into the first team squad in early-March 2019 and he made his debut as a 75th-minute substitute for Dan Bentley in a 2–1 victory over Middlesbrough on 9 March. He made 31 appearances for the B team during the 2018–19 season and was a part of the squad which won the 2018–19 Middlesex Senior Cup.

2019–20 season and loan to Southend United

In June 2019, Patrik signed a new four-year contract, with the option of a further year and was a part of the first team squad during the majority of the…

Patrik has been capped by Iceland at U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 level. In March 2021, Patrik was named in Iceland's 2021 UEFA European U21 Championship finals squad and played in two of the three group stage matches before the team's elimination. Patrik received his first call-up to the senior team for two friendly matches in January 2020 and remained an unused substitute in both. After featuring as an unused substitute during a 5–1 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A defeat to Belgium in September 2020, Patrik was an unused substitute during six 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in 2021. He remained an unused substitute during two 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B matches, before making his senior international debut with a start in a 1–0 friendly victory over San Marino on 9 June 2022. Patrik's second cap came in the 2022 Baltic Cup Final, where his penalty save in the shoot-out versus Latvia saw Iceland win the tournament. Patrik's third cap came in the following match, a 1–1 friendly draw versus Estonia on 1 January 2023 and he remained a regular inclusion in matchday squads until March 2023.

Club

As of match played 13 September 2026

International

As of match played 9 September 2024

Patrik is the son of retired goalkeeper Gunnar Sigurðsson. He is a Breiðablik and Manchester United supporter. He has a daughter. In May 2022, a scandal erupted In Norway, when a video published by Stavanger Aftenblad showed Patrik reducing the size of his goal, by literally moving the goalposts 15–20 centimetres inwards, after the referee's inspection, but prior to kick-off, in home matches during the early months of the 2022 season.