Jón Guðni Fjóluson (born 10 April 1989) is an Icelandic professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Fram

Jón started playing football at the Ægir Þorlákshöfn youth academy. In 2007, aged 18, he joined

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in the Úrvalsdeild, Iceland's first tier. In 2010, he had trials with both

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and

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Beerschot

On 6 June 2011, Jón moved to Beerschot in the

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. Following the 2011–12 season, after being given limited playing time, he was allowed to leave on a free transfer.

GIF Sundsvall

On 24 August 2012, Jón signed a three and half year-contract with

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, competing with

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and Stefan Ålander for one of the two centre-back positions. The club was relegated from Sweden's first tier the same year, through a play-off loss against

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. In 2013, Sundsvall finished third in

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, as Jón only made ten league appearances due to injuries, but lost once again to Halmstads BK in the promotion play-offs. In 2014, Jón established himself as a key player for GIF Sundsvall, being named Player of the Year by the Medelpad Football Association, as the club won a promotion through finishing second in the Superettan table. In 2015, Jón made 29 league appearances in Allsvenskan, scoring once, as the club finished 12th in the table.

IFK Norrköping

On 1 December 2015, Jón moved to

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their ...

on a free transfer, signing a three year-deal. He became the club's first new signing after winning the

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. In 2016, Jón began the season as a starter, making 16 appearances as the club finished 3rd in the table, before getting injured in September and being ruled out for the rest of the season. In 2017, IFK Norrköping reached the final of

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, the main domestic cup, but lost 1–4 against

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. During the summer transfer window, Fjoluson reportedly attracted interest from Turkish club

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, but IFK Norrköping declined an offer of 5 million Swedish kronor. IFK Norrköping finished 6th in the Allsvenskan table and Jón ended the season by playing all 30 league games. In January 2018, Belgian club

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put in a new offer worth 5 million Swedish kronor for Jón, but it was once again declined by IFK Norrköping. He continued as a starter, making 13 Allsvenskan appearances before leaving in the summer transfer window with six months left on his contract.

Krasnodar

On 10 August 2018, Jón transferred to

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in the

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, signing a three year-deal. He saw his playing time limited at Krasnodar, and on 22 July 2020, manager Murad Musayev announced that he would leave the club by mutual consent.

Brann

On 22 September 2020, Jón joined

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in the

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, on a deal until the end of the year. He made 11 league appearances for the side and helped the club out of the relegation battle; SK Brann eventually finished 10th in the table.

Hammarby IF

On 16 January 2021, Jón signed a three-year contract with

, thus returning to the Swedish Allsvenskan. On 30 May 2021, he won the

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, the main domestic cup, with the club through a 5–4 win on penalties (0–0 after full-time) against

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in the final. He featured in all six games as the side reached the play-off round of the

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, after eliminating

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(4–1 on aggregate) and

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(6–4 on aggregate), where the club was knocked out by

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(4–4 on aggregate) after a penalty shoot-out, although Jón scored a brace in the second leg at home. On 3 October, in a 1–3 away loss against his former club IFK Norrköping, Jón suffered a cruciate ligament injury, expected to keep him sideline until the summer of 2022. On 22 July 2022, it was announced that Jón would not return to the field until 2023, due to a setback in his rehabilitation.

International career

Jón played at the China Cup 2017, where

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won silver medals

Career statistics

Club

International goals

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

Honours

Club

Hammarby IF *

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References

External links

Jón Guðni Fjóluson on Melar Sport homepage

Official homepage of Jón Gudni Fjoluson on Facebook
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fjoluson, Jon Gudni 1989 births Living people Jon Gudni Fjoluson Association football defenders Jon Gudni Fjoluson Jon Gudni Fjoluson Jon Gudni Fjoluson Jon Gudni Fjoluson Beerschot A.C. players Belgian Pro League players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Jon Gudni Fjoluson Expatriate footballers in Sweden Jon Gudni Fjoluson GIF Sundsvall players IFK Norrköping players FC Krasnodar players SK Brann players Hammarby Fotboll players Jon Gudni Fjoluson Allsvenskan players Superettan players Russian Premier League players Eliteserien players Expatriate footballers in Russia