Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Elfsborg | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2011 | 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 | 62 | (14) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Iceland U17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Iceland U19 | 8 | (3) |
| 2018–2021 | Iceland U21 | 17 | (7) |
| 2021– | Iceland | 20 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 May 2023 | |||
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 Daniel are, as of September 2021, on the youth teams of Real Madrid. His uncle Arnór Borg (son of Arnór and half-brother of Eiður) plays in Iceland for Fylkir on loan from the Championship club Swansea City.
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 | ||
International
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 January 2022 | Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey |  South Korea | 1–3 | 1–5 | Friendly |
| 2 | 12 January 2023 | Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal |  Sweden | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
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.
- "VÄLKOMMEN SVEINN ARON GUÐJOHNSEN" (in Swedish). IF Elfsborg. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- "Liechtenstein v Iceland game report". FIFA. 31 March 2021. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021.
- "Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen".
- "Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen".
- "Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2021.