Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen

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Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-05-12) 12 May 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Elfsborg
Number 11
Youth career
2006–2011 FC Barcelona
2011–2015 Gavà
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 HK 10 (5)
2016–2017 Valur 12 (1)
2017–2018 Breiðablik 22 (5)
2018–2021 Spezia 23 (2)
2019 → Ravenna (loan) 11 (1)
2020–2021 → OB (loan) 13 (1)
2021– Elfsborg 11 (3)
National team‡
2014–2015 Iceland U17 9 (1)
2015–2016 Iceland U19 8 (3)
2018–2021 Iceland U21 17 (7)
2021– Iceland 10 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 January 2022

Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen (born 12 May 1998) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a forward for Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg and the Iceland national team.

Club career[]

Sveinn Aron spent the first three years of his senior club career in Icelandic leagues, first 1. deild karla and then the top-level Úrvalsdeild karla.

On 26 July 2018, he signed with the Italian Serie B club Spezia.[1] He made his Serie B debut for Spezia on 29 September 2018 in a game against Carpi as a 59th-minute substitute for Andrey Galabinov.[2]

On 31 January 2019, he was loaned to Serie C club Ravenna.[3] On 13 September 2020, he was loaned out again, this time to Danish Superliga club Odense Boldklub for the 2020-21 season.[4][5]

On 14 August 2021, Sveinn Aron signed with IF Elfsborg in Sweden until the end of 2024.[6]

International career[]

Sveinn Aron represented Iceland at the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where he started in the first two group stage games, both of which Iceland lost (he scored the squad's only goal at the tournament in a 1–4 loss to Russia). Instead of playing in the closing game on 31 March, he was called up to the senior squad and made his debut for it on the same day in a World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein.[7]

Personal life[]

Sveinn Aron's father Eiður Guðjohnsen is the joint record goalscorer for the Iceland national football team and played for many notable clubs, such as Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur.[1] His grandfather Arnór Guðjohnsen also represented Iceland internationally for many years. His younger brothers Andri and are, as of September 2021, on the youth teams of Real Madrid. His uncle (son of Arnór and half-brother of Eiður) plays in Iceland for Fylkir on loan from the Championship club Swansea City.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 4 December 2020[8][9]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
HK 2016 1. deild karla 10 5 1 0 – 4 1 15 6
Valur 2016 Úrvalsdeild 6 0 1 0 – – 7 0
2017 Úrvalsdeild 6 1 2 0 3 0 6 1 17 2
Total 12 1 3 0 3 0 6 1 24 2
Breiðablik 2017 Úrvalsdeild 10 2 0 0 – – 10 2
2018 Úrvalsdeild 12 3 2 1 – 5 1 19 5
Total 22 5 2 1 0 0 5 1 29 7
Spezia 2018–19 Serie B 8 0 0 0 – – 8 0
Ravenna (loan) 2018–19 Lega Pro 11 1 0 0 – – 11 1
Spezia 2019–20 Serie B 15 2 1 1 – – 16 3
Total 23 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 24 3
OB (loan) 2020–21 Danish Superliga 5 1 0 0 – – 5 1
Career total 83 15 7 2 3 0 15 3 108 20

International[]

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 January 2022 Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey  South Korea 1–3 1–5 Friendly

Honours[]

Valur[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Mercato: Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen nuovo attaccante aquilotto" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 26 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 29 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Mercato: Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen in prestito al Ravenna" [Market: Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen on loan to Ravenna] (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 31 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Mercato: Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen in prestito all'Odense" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 13 September 2020.
  5. ^ "OB lejer islandsk landsholdsangriber" (Press release) (in Danish). Odense Boldklub. 13 September 2020.
  6. ^ "VÄLKOMMEN SVEINN ARON GUÐJOHNSEN" (in Swedish). IF Elfsborg. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Liechtenstein v Iceland game report". FIFA. 31 March 2021. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021.
  8. ^ "Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen".
  9. ^ "Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen".
  10. ^ "Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

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