Arnór Borg Guðjohnsen (born 16 September 2000) is an Icelandic

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for Víkingur Reykjavík as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Club career

Guðjohnsen signed for Welsh club

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ho ...

from Breiðablik in July 2017. He became a regular player for their under-18 Academy side. He suffered an injury in April 2019, and was out of action for 7 months before returning to play in December 2019. In May 2020 he returned to Iceland to train, and signed for

Fylkir Íþróttafélagið Fylkir is a multi-sport club in Árbær, in the eastern part of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. It features departments in football, handball, volleyball, gymnastics and karate. Kit The Fylkir official home kit is combi ...

in June 2020, after being released by Swansea. In September 2021 it was announced that he would transfer to Víkingur Reykjavík for the 2022 season.

International career

In September 2018 he was called up by the Icelandic under-19 team.

Playing style

He has described

Gylfi Sigurðsson Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson (; transliterated as Gylfi Thor Sigurdsson; born 8 September 1989) is an Icelandic professional footballer who last played as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Everton. Gylfi began his professional caree ...

, a fellow Icelandic player who also played for Swansea City, as his idol. Like Sigurðsson he plays behind the strikers.

Personal life

His father Arnór and half-brother Eiður were both footballers, as are Eiður's son Sveinn Aron, and Andri.

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* 2000 births Living people

Arnór Borg Guðjohnsen Arnór Borg Guðjohnsen (born 16 September 2000) is an Icelandic footballer who plays for Víkingur Reykjavík as a midfielder. Club career Guðjohnsen signed for Welsh club Swansea City from Breiðablik in July 2017. He became a regular pl ...

Swansea City A.F.C. players

Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players Association football midfielders

Expatriate footballers in Wales

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