Andri Guðjohnsen

Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen (born 29 January 2002) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Danish club Lyngby, on loan from IFK Norrköping and the Iceland national team.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Andri.
Andri Guðjohnsen
Personal information
Full name Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen
Date of birth (2002-01-29) 29 January 2002
Place of birth London, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Lyngby
(on loan from IFK Norrköping)
Number 22
Youth career
2010–2013 Barcelona
2013–2015 Gavà
2015–2018 Espanyol
2018–2021 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Real Madrid B 19 (4)
2022– IFK Norrköping 29 (1)
2023– → Lyngby (loan) 5 (3)
Total 53 (8)
International career‡
2017 Iceland U16 7 (2)
2017–2019 Iceland U17 12 (8)
2017–2018 Iceland U18 3 (0)
2018–2019 Iceland U19 10 (4)
2023– Iceland U-21 2 (0)
2021– Iceland 16 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Biography

Born in London,[2][3][4] Andri is the son of the former Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea and Barcelona footballer Eiður Guðjohnsen,[5] the grandson of former Anderlecht star Arnór Guðjohnsen, and the younger brother of IF Elfsborg footballer Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen.[6] He has a younger brother Daniel.

Club career

Andri Guðjohnsen started playing football in FC Barcelona, but after three years in La Masia, he left to play for his local club, Gavà, before joining Barcelona's rivals Espanyol in 2015.[3]

He moved to Real Madrid, another rival of Barcelona, from Espanyol in the summer of 2018.[7] He had scored 20 goals for Espanyol youth teams the previous season,[8] and Real was reported to have made the youngster's signing a top priority, also including Andri's younger brother Dani in the deal.[3] His first season in Madrid was successful, as his performances earned him a place in the U19 squad at only 16 years old, where he scored several goals, under Raúl's management.[3][9] He also finished the season as the top scorer for Real Madrid Juvenil C (Under-17).[10]

In July 2020, Andri tore an anterior cruciate ligament in his knee and was expected to miss six months.[11] In July 2021, Andri was promoted to the Castilla side, and in September 2021, he was included in Real Madrid's Champions League squad for the first time.[12][13] In the summer of 2022, Andri found himself out of favour in the Castilla side, leading him to leave and sign for IFK Norrköping.

On 18 August 2023, Guðjohnsen joined Danish Superliga side Lyngby Boldklub on a one-year loan deal with a purchase option.[14]

International career

Andri has played with several Icelandic youth groups.[15] One of his youth international career highs was when he scored a hat trick against Germany, qualifying his team for Euro U17 2019.[4] Andri was also eligible to represent England (where he was born) and Spain (where he was raised).

On 25 January 2021, Andri was called up to the Icelandic senior national team for the first time.[16] He made his debut on 2 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Romania, a 0–2 home loss. He substituted Albert Guðmundsson in the 79th minute.[17] He scored his first goal on 5 September 2021 against North Macedonia, 2 minutes after being substituted on in the 82nd minute.

Career statistics

International

International goals

Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first.[18]
No.CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 September 2021Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland North Macedonia2–22–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.411 October 2021 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Liechtenstein4–04–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.138 January 2023Estadio da Nora, Albufeira, Portugal Estonia1–11–1Friendly
4.1526 March 2023 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein6–07–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

References
  1. "Gudjohnsen | delantero Real Madrid Castilla | Real Madrid CF".
  2. "Andri | delantero Juvenil B". Real Madrid C.F. (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. Piñero, Alberto (25 July 2019). "Who is Andri Gudjohnsen? Ex-Barcelona star's son making waves at Real Madrid". Goal. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. "Andri Gudjohnsen: talento islandese classe 2002". World Football Scouting (in Italian). 4 December 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. Hörður Snævar Jónsson (4 December 2019). "Telja hann geta fetað í fótspor Eiðs Smára". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  6. "Gudjohnsen, i figli di Eidur tra Real e Spezia". Sky Sport (in Italian). 7 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  7. Sunderland, Tom (8 August 2018). "Real Madrid Sign Andri Lucas Gudjohnsen, Son of Ex-Barcelona Star Eidur". Bleacher Report.
  8. "Andri Lucas Gudjhonsen, son of Eidur, signs for Real Madrid". as. 7 August 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  9. "Andri Lucas varð meist-ari og hreppti gullskó-inn". Íslendingavaktin (in Icelandic). 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  10. Castañeda, Angela (4 June 2019). "Andri, el hijo de Gudjohnsen, da un recital con el Juvenil C: el futuro del Real Madrid". El Español (in European Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  11. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (30 July 2020). "Einn efnilegasti leikmaður Íslands með slitið krossband". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  12. "Real Madrid's UEFA Champions League 2021/22's Full Squad". 90min.com. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  13. "Andri Gudjohnsen - Real Madrid - UCL". UEFA.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  14. Lyngby Boldklub henter Andri Gudjohnsen, lyngby-boldklub.dk, 18 August 2023
  15. Arnar Geir Halldórsson (10 October 2019). "Einn Íslendingur á lista yfir efnilegustu knattspyrnumenn heims". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  16. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (25 August 2021). "Arnar Þór segir Andra Lucas einn af okkar efnilegustu leikmönnum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  17. "Iceland v Romania game report". FIFA. 2 September 2021.
  18. "Gudjohnsen, Andri". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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