 Eiður Smári in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1978-09-15)15 September 1978 (age 47)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward /Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994 | Valur | 17 | (7) |
| 1995–1998 | PSV | 13 | (3) |
| 1998 | KR Reykjavík | 6 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Bolton Wanderers | 55 | (18) |
| 2000–2006 | Chelsea | 186 | (54) |
| 2006–2009 | Barcelona | 72 | (10) |
| 2009–2010 | Monaco | 9 | (0) |
| 2010 | →Tottenham Hotspur (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Stoke City | 4 | (0) |
| 2011 | →Fulham (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | AEK Athens | 10 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Cercle Brugge | 13 | (6) |
| 2013–2014 | Club Brugge | 46 | (7) |
| 2014–2015 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 14 | (1) |
| 2016 | Molde | 13 | (1) |
| 2016 | Pune City | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 500 | (114) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–1994 | Iceland U17 | 27 | (6) |
| 1994 | Iceland U19 | 9 | (2) |
| 1994–1998 | Iceland U21 | 11 | (5) |
| 1996–2016 | Iceland | 88 | (26) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Iceland U21 (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | FH | ||
| 2020–2021 | Iceland (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | FH | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen (transliterated asEidur Smari Gudjohnsen; born 15 September 1978) is an Icelandic professional football coach and formerplayer who played as aforward. Eiður saw his greatest success in England and Spain withChelsea andBarcelona respectively, where he won theUEFA Champions League andLa Liga with the latter and theLeague Cup andPremiership twice with the former. Along with two spells atBolton Wanderers fourteen years apart, he also played in Iceland, the Netherlands, France, Greece, Belgium, China, Norway and India in a club career lasting 23 years. He is regarded by many to be the greatest Icelandic footballer of all time.[2][3]
Eiður is the son ofArnór Guðjohnsen, who was also an Icelandic international footballer. He made his full international debut for Iceland as a substitute for his father in 1996, scoring 26 international goals in 88 caps between 1996 and 2016. He was the captain of the Iceland national team untilÓlafur Jóhannesson took over the role of manager. He was part of their squad that reached the quarter-finals ofUEFA Euro 2016, their first major tournament.
After spending the1994 season withValur in Reykjavík, Eiður played forPSV in the Netherlands from 1995, playing alongsideRonaldo.[4] Following a serious ankle injury, he returned home to play forKR Reykjavík.[4]
Eiður signed with English clubBolton Wanderers in 1998.[5] He made his debut in September 1998 in a match againstBirmingham City.[5] By March the following year, Eiður had become a regular member of the Bolton first team, and the following season, he scored 21 times in all competitions as the Trotters reached theDivision One play-offs and the semi-finals of both theFA Cup and theLeague Cup.[5]
On 19 June 2000, Eiður was signed byPremier League clubChelsea for a fee of £4.5 million.[6][4] He was the second striker signed by the Blues that pre-season, after Dutch internationalJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.[4]
Eiður made his debut on 13 August in the2000 FA Charity Shield atWembley, replacingGianfranco Zola for the final 17 minutes of a 2–0 win overManchester United.[7][8] He spent most of his first season inLondon being used as a substitute, but was still able to score 13 times.[6] In his second season, he formed a partnership with Hasselbaink which provided 52 goals for Chelsea in all competitions.[6][9]
Following the appointment ofJosé Mourinho as manager, Eiður eventually played in a more withdrawn role as he helped the club win two successive Premier League titles.[6] On 23 October 2004, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 home win overBlackburn Rovers.[10]
On 14 June 2006, Eiður was signed byLa Liga clubBarcelona in an £8 million transfer on a four-year contract, as a replacement forHenrik Larsson.[11][12]
He made his debut on 20 August in the second leg of the2006 Supercopa de España, as a half-time substitute in a 3–0 win at theCamp Nou againstEspanyol (4–0 aggregate).[13] Eight days later in his league debut away toCelta Vigo, he replacedLudovic Giuly with 16 minutes remaining and scored the winning goal in a 3–2 victory.[14]
He was part of theTreble-winning side in2008–09 as Barcelona wonLa Liga, theCopa del Rey and theUEFA Champions League.[5]
Eiður joinedLigue 1 clubMonaco, on 31 August 2009,[15] signing a two-year deal for a £1.8 million fee.[16]
On 28 January 2010,Tottenham Hotspur managerHarry Redknapp confirmed that Eiður had joined the club on loan for the remainder of the2009–10 season, despite undergoing amedical atWest Ham United. The striker was offered identical deals by both clubs; however, Eiður opted to join Spurs.[17] On 31 August 2010, Eiður signed forStoke City on a one-year deal[18] and made his debut for Stoke on 18 September in a 1–1 draw against West Ham.[19] After only making five substitute appearances for Stoke, Eiður left on the final day of the January transfer window to joinFulham on loan.[20] On 31 January 2011, Eiður signed on loan to Fulham until the end of the2010–11 season.[21] After an unsuccessful time at Stoke, he was released at the end of the2010–11 season.[22]
On 19 July 2011, Eiður signed a two-year deal with Greek clubAEK Athens, keeping him at the club until 2013,[23] despite further interest from English club West Ham as well as Welsh sideSwansea City.[24] He was greeted by over 2,500 AEK fans atAthens International Airport.[25]
Shortly after signing a new two-year contract with AEK, Eiður stated to the press after he was greeted by the AEK fans: "It was unbelievable, I have played and been in many countries but I have never seen anything like this before. It really made me feel welcomed. I was informed that I would have been greeted but this was not what I had in mind. I am a 100% sure I have made the right choice going to AEK. I have come for trophies and nothing else. The least thing I can do is help AEK achieve their expectations after the way I was greeted at the airport."[26]
On 15 October 2011, in the derby match againstOlympiakos, Eiður was injured in the 44th minute following a collision with opposition goalkeeperFranco Costanzo. The diagnosis was a fractured tibia and fibula which kept him out for the remainder of the season.[27]
Eiður traveled to the United States in September 2012 for a trial withMajor League Soccer clubSeattle Sounders.[28] He played one match for theirreserve team againstChivas USA's reserves and scored a goal.[29]
On 2 October 2012, Eiður signed with BelgianPro League sideCercle Brugge, signing a contract until the end of the season.[30] On 13 January 2013, after an impressive first half of the season with Cercle Brugge, Eiður signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with city rivalsClub Brugge for an estimated amount of €300,000.[31]
After leaving Club Brugge at the end of his contract, Eiður began training with former club Bolton Wanderers in November 2014.[32] On 5 December, he signed for Bolton for the remainder of the2014–15 season.[33]
He made his second debut for the club as a second-half substitute forDarren Pratley in a goalless draw withIpswich Town at theMacron Stadium on 13 December, the same opponents against whom Eiður had made the last appearance of his previous Bolton spell against in May 2000.[34]
On 4 April 2015, Bolton managerNeil Lennon said that the week had been one of the best of Eiður's career, as he had returned and scored forIceland after two years without a cap and six years without an international goal, equalised in stoppage time for Bolton againstBlackpool and became a father for the fourth time in that week.[35]
Eiður joinedChinese Super League clubShijiazhuang Ever Bright in July 2015 on an undisclosed contract.[36] In February the following year he signed for NorwegianTippeligaen sideMolde on a two-year contract.[37] He was released from his contract with Molde in August 2016,[38] In 2016, he signed forIndian Super League outfitPune City as a marquee foreigner but, after the sudden injury, he was ruled out of the entire season.[39][40] In September 2017, he retired from professional football.[41]
Eiður made his debut for theIceland under-17 national team in 1992 at the age of 14. He went on to score seven goals in 26 appearances for the team before progressing to the under-19 side in 1994. He netted twice in nine caps for the under-19s, before making his debut for theU-21 side later in the year. He represented the U-21s for four years, scoring a total of four goals in 11 caps.[42]
On 24 April 1996, 17-year-old Eiður and his 34-year-old father Arnór entered football history when playing in an international friendly for thesenior Iceland team againstEstonia inTallinn. Arnór started the match, and Eiður came on in the second half as a substitute for his father.[43] Both father and son have later expressed bitterness at the fact that they were not allowed to play together in that match. The then president of theFootball Association of Iceland,Eggert Magnússon, gave the coachLogi Ólafsson an express order to not play them together because he wanted it to occur on home turf, when Iceland playedMacedonia two months later in the first qualification round for the1998 FIFA World Cup.[43] As it happened, however, the two never got another chance because a month after the match in Estonia Eiður broke his leg playing for the Icelandic U-18 team against the Republic of Ireland. He had difficulty coming back because of undiagnosedtendinitis in that leg. When he had recovered and was again available for selection for the national team, his father had retired.[43]
On 2 September 2006, Eiður scored in a 3–0 away victory overNorthern Ireland inUEFA Euro 2008 qualifying, pulling him level withRíkharður Jónsson's record of 17 international goals (the latter had held the record since his third goal in 1948, and totalled 17 in 33 matches from 1947 to 1965). On 13 October 2007, his 48th cap, Eiður broke a six-match international drought with two goals in a 2–4 home qualifier defeat toLatvia to become Iceland's top scorer of all time. He said that the record was made less important by the day's defeat.[44]
Eiður announced his possible retirement from international football after Iceland's 2–0 defeat againstCroatia on 19 November 2013 in a play-off for a place at the2014 World Cup.[45]
On 28 March 2015, he made a goal-scoring return to the national team after 18 months away, opening a 3–0 win overKazakhstan at theAstana Arena inEuro 2016 qualifying.[46]
He was selected for Iceland'sEuro 2016squad at the age of 37. He appeared twice, both as a substitute. He came on late in their second group match againstHungary which ended 1–1.[47] Iceland then surprised everyone by progressing into the last 16, where they caused another shock after defeatingEngland 2–1. He came on and was given the captain's armband in the 82nd minute in their quarter-final match against tournament hostsFrance. They lost 5–2 and were eliminated, which was his last international match.[48]
In September 2001, Eiður, Chelsea teammatesJohn Terry,Frank Lampard andJody Morris, andLeicester City'sFrank Sinclair, were drunk and unruly in aHeathrow Airport hotel containing many Americans left stranded by theSeptember 11 attacks. The Chelsea quartet were each fined two weeks' wages, totalling around £100,000, which was donated to the 9/11 relief efforts.[49][50][51] In January 2003, Eiður admitted to agambling problem, confessing to having lost £400,000 incasinos over a five-month period.[52] Eiður's half-brother, namedArnór like their father, signed forSwansea City in July 2017, at the age of 16.[53] Eiður has three sons, all of whom play football at different levels. His eldest,Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen (born 1998) is a professional with norwegianEliteserien sideSarpsborg 08.[54] Middle sonAndri Guðjohnsen (born 2002) plays for EFL Championship sideBlackburn Rovers. His youngest,Daníel Guðjohnsen (born 2006) plays as striker forMalmö.[55]
In January 2019, Eiður was hired as the assistant manager for theIceland national under-21 football team under newly appointed managerArnar Viðarsson.[56]
On 16 July 2020, Eiður took over as manager ofFH, along withLogi Ólafsson.[57]
After initially signing a contract extension with FH for the 2021 season, Eiður left the team in December 2020, and took over as an assistant manager of theIceland men's national team.[58][59]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Valur | 1994 | Úrvalsdeild | 17 | 7 | — | — | — | 17 | 7 | |||||
| PSV | 1995–96 | Eredivisie | 13 | 3 | — | 2[c] | 0 | — | 15 | 3 | ||||
| 1996–97 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 13 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 3 | ||||||
| KR | 1998 | Úrvalsdeild | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| Bolton Wanderers | 1998–99 | First Division | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[d] | 0 | 18 | 5 | |
| 1999–2000 | First Division | 41 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | — | 1[d] | 1 | 55 | 21 | ||
| Total | 55 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | 73 | 26 | |||
| Chelsea | 2000–01 | Premier League | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 37 | 13 |
| 2001–02 | Premier League | 32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3[c] | 3 | — | 47 | 23 | ||
| 2002–03 | Premier League | 35 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | — | 44 | 10 | ||
| 2003–04 | Premier League | 26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10[f] | 3 | — | 41 | 13 | ||
| 2004–05 | Premier League | 37 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11[f] | 2 | — | 57 | 16 | ||
| 2005–06 | Premier League | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6[f] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 37 | 3 | |
| Total | 186 | 54 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 263 | 78 | ||
| Barcelona | 2006–07 | La Liga | 25 | 5 | 6 | 3 | — | 8[f] | 3 | 4[g] | 1 | 43 | 12 | |
| 2007–08 | La Liga | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 8[f] | 0 | — | 37 | 3 | |||
| 2008–09 | La Liga | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 5[f] | 0 | — | 34 | 4 | |||
| 2009–10 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 72 | 10 | 17 | 5 | — | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 114 | 19 | |||
| Monaco | 2009–10 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2009–10 | Premier League | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||
| Stoke City | 2010–11 | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Fulham | 2010–11 | Premier League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| AEK Athens | 2011–12 | Super League Greece | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[h] | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Cercle Brugge | 2012–13 | Belgian Pro League | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 14 | 7 | |||
| Club Brugge | 2012–13 | Belgian Pro League | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 3 | ||
| 2013–14 | Belgian Pro League | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[h] | 0 | — | 31 | 4 | |||
| Total | 46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 49 | 7 | ||||
| Bolton Wanderers | 2014–15 | Championship | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 6 | ||
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 2015 | Chinese Super League | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| Molde | 2016 | Tippeligaen | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| Pune City | 2016 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 500 | 114 | 56 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 63 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 656 | 158 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 7 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 7 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 88 | 26 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 September 1999 | Laugardalsvöllur,Reykjavík, Iceland |  Andorra | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualification |
| 2 | 25 April 2001 | Ta' Qali National Stadium,Ta' Qali, Malta |  Malta | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 2 June 2001 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | Malta | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 21 August 2002 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | Andorra | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 16 October 2002 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland |  Lithuania | 2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification |
| 6 | 3–0 | |||||
| 7 | 29 March 2003 | Hampden Park,Glasgow, Scotland |  Scotland | 1–1 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification |
| 8 | 11 June 2003 | Darius and Girėnas Stadium,Kaunas, Lithuania | Lithuania | 2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification |
| 9 | 20 August 2003 | Tórsvøllur,Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |  Faroe Islands | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification |
| 10 | 18 August 2004 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland |  Italy | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 11 | 4 September 2004 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland |  Bulgaria | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 12 | 8 September 2004 | Ferenc Szusza Stadium,Budapest, Hungary |  Hungary | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 13 | 13 October 2004 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland |  Sweden | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 14 | 4 June 2005 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | Hungary | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 15 | 8 June 2005 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | Malta | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 16 | 3 September 2005 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland |  Croatia | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 17 | 2 September 2006 | Windsor Park,Belfast, Northern Ireland |  Northern Ireland | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
| 18 | 13 October 2007 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland |  Latvia | 1–0 | 2–4 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
| 19 | 2–4 | |||||
| 20 | 26 March 2008 | Tehelné pole,Bratislava, Slovakia |  Slovakia | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 21 | 6 September 2008 | Ullevaal Stadion,Oslo, Norway |  Norway | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 22 | 10 September 2008 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | Scotland | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 23 | 11 February 2009 | La Manga Stadium,La Manga, Spain |  Liechtenstein | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 24 | 5 September 2009 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | Norway | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 25 | 28 March 2015 | Astana Arena,Astana, Kazakhstan |  Kazakhstan | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualification |
| 26 | 6 June 2016 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | Liechtenstein | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
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