Guðjón Árni Antoníusson
Guðjón Árni Antoníusson (born 3 September 1983) is an Icelandic former footballer who is currently manager of Víðir. A defender, he began his playing career with Víðir before playing for Keflavík (twice) and FH.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Guðjón Árni Antoníusson | ||
| Date of birth | 3 September 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Garður, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Víðir (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000 | Víðir | 11 | (1) |
| 2001–2011 | Keflavík | 170 | (10) |
| 2012–2015 | FH | 33 | (6) |
| 2015–2017 | Keflavík | 32 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2009 | Iceland | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2017– | Víðir | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
Playing
Born in Garður, he started his career with his hometown club Víðir before joining Keflavík in 2001. After spending a year in the club's reserve team, Guðjón made his league debut for Keflavík in the 2–2 draw with Grindavík on 8 July 2002. Over the following ten seasons, he went on to make more than 200 appearances for the side in all competitions and was involved in both the 2004 and 2006 Icelandic Cup finals, both of which ended in wins for Keflavík. He also gained experience of playing in Europe as the team qualified for the UEFA Cup and the Intertoto Cup. On 22 March 2009, he made his international debut for Iceland in the 1–2 friendly defeat to the Faroe Islands.
Guðjón joined FH ahead of the 2012 season and played every league game as the club won its first Icelandic league title in three years. In 2015 he returned to Keflavík where he spent a further two seasons before retiring from injury in May 2017.[1]
Coaching
After retiring from football, Antoníusson took charge of 2. deild karla side Víðir in June 2017.[2] After a successful first season, in which the club finished third in the league, he signed a new one-year contract extension in September 2017.[3]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Víðir | 2000 | 2. deild karla | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1 |
| Keflavík | 2001 | Úrvalsdeild | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | 1. deild karla | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 1 | |
| 2004 | Úrvalsdeild | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2006 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2007 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 2008 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 25 | 4 | ||
| 2009 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 | ||
| 2010 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 1 | ||
| 2011 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 1 | ||
| FH | 2012 | Úrvalsdeild | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 208 | 17 | 28 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 251 | 21 | ||
References
- Einarsson, Magnús Már (2 May 2017). "Guðjón Árni leggur skóna á hilluna - Margir meiddir hjá Keflavík" [Guðjón Arni hung up his boots - Many injured in Keflavik] (in Icelandic). fótbolti.net. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- Breiðfjörð, Hafliði (19 June 2017). "Guðjón Árni tekur við Víði Garði (Staðfest)" [Guðjón Árni accepts Viding Garður (Confirmed)] (in Icelandic). fótbolti.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- Einarsson, Magnús Már (16 September 2017). "Guðjón Árni heldur áfram með Víði (Staðfest)" [Guðjón Árni continues with Víði (Confirmed)] (in Icelandic). fótbolti.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- Guðjón Árni Antoníusson profile at KSÍ.is (in Icelandic)
- Guðjón Antoníusson profile at worldfootball.net
External links
- Guðjón Árni Antoníusson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Guðjón Árni Antoníusson at KSÍ