Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen
Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen (born 12 May 1998) is an Icelandic footballer who plays for Danish club OB on loan from Italian club Spezia, as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | OB (on loan from Spezia) | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| 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– | Spezia | 23 | (2) |
| 2019 | → Ravenna (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2020– | → OB (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Iceland U17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Iceland U19 | 8 | (3) |
| 2018– | Iceland U21 | 15 | (6) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 November 2020 | |||
Club career
He 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]
Personal life
His father Eiður Guðjohnsen is a record scorer for the Iceland national football team and played for many notable clubs, such as Chelsea, Barcelona and Tottenham .[1] His grandfather Arnór Guðjohnsen also represented Iceland internationally for many years. His younger brothers Andri and Daniel Tristan are, as of December 2020, on the youth teams of Real Madrid. His uncle Arnór Borg (Arnór's son, born in 2000) plays for Breiðablik in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild.
Career statistics
Club
| 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 | ||
References
- "Mercato: Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen nuovo attaccante aquilotto" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 26 July 2018.
- "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 29 September 2018.
- "Mercato: Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen in prestito al Ravenna" [Market: Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen on loan to Ravenna] (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 31 January 2019.
- "Mercato: Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen in prestito all'Odense" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 13 September 2020.
- "OB lejer islandsk landsholdsangriber" (Press release) (in Danish). Odense Boldklub. 13 September 2020.
- "Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen".
- "Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen".