Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen (born 29 January 2002) is an Icelandic professional

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who plays as a centre forward for

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club

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, on loan from

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, and the Iceland national team.

Early life

Born in London, Andri is the son of the former Bolton Wanderers,

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and

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footballer

Eiður Guðjohnsen Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen (transliterated as Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen; born 15 September 1978) is an Icelandic professional football coach and former player who played as a forward. Eiður saw his greatest success in England and Spain with Chels ...

, the grandson of former Anderlecht star Arnór Guðjohnsen, and the younger brother of

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footballer Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen. He has a younger brother, Daniel.

Club career

Andri Guðjohnsen started playing football in FC Barcelona, but after three years in

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, he left to play for his local club,

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, before joining Barcelona's rivals

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in 2015. He moved to Real Madrid, another rival of Barcelona, from Espanyol in the summer of 2018. He had scored 20 goals for Espanyol youth teams the previous season, and Real was reported to have made the youngster's signing a top priority, also including Andri's younger brother Dani in the deal. 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

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's management. He also finished the season as the top scorer for Real Madrid Juvenil C (Under-17). In July 2020, Andri tore an

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in his knee and was expected to miss six months. 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. In the summer of 2022, Andri found himself out of favour in the Castilla side, leading him to leave and sign for

. On 18 August 2023, Guðjohnsen joined

side

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on a one-year loan deal with a purchase option.

International career

Andri has played with several Icelandic youth groups. One of his youth international career highs was when he scored a hat trick against

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, qualifying his team for Euro U17 2019. Andri was also eligible to represent

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(where he was born) and

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(where he was raised). On 25 January 2021, Andri was called up to the Icelandic senior national team for the first time. He made his debut on 2 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against

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, a 0–2 home loss. He substituted Albert Guðmundsson in the 79th minute. He scored his first goal on 5 September 2021 against

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, 2 minutes after being substituted on in the 82nd minute.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first.''

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gudjohnsen, Andri 2002 births Living people Footballers from Greater London Andri Gudjohnsen Andri Gudjohnsen Andri Gudjohnsen English people of Icelandic descent Men's association football forwards RCD Espanyol footballers FC Barcelona players Real Madrid Castilla footballers CF Gavà players IFK Norrköping players Lyngby Boldklub players Andri Gudjohnsen Andri Gudjohnsen Primera Federación players Andri Gudjohnsen Andri Gudjohnsen Andri Gudjohnsen Andri Gudjohnsen Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark