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

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who plays as a

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for

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club Gent and the Iceland national team.

Early life

Born in London, Andri is the son of the former

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, Chelsea 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

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Arnór Guðjohnsen Arnór Guðjohnsen (born 30 April 1961) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent seven years with Belgian club Anderlecht and was the top scorer in the 1986–87 season. He is the father of striker Ei ...

, and the younger brother of

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

Club career

Andri Guðjohnsen started playing football in 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 Espanyol in 2015. He moved to

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, 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 Raúl'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

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. On 18 August 2023, Guðjohnsen joined

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side

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on a one-year loan deal with a purchase option. On 17 April 2024,

announced that they had redeemed the buyout clause on Guðjohnsen, and he signed a three-year contract. Less than two months later, Lyngby announced they had sold Gudjohnson to Belgian club Gent, in what is reputed to be the biggest ever sale for the club.

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. He was part of the Iceland squad that won the 2022 Baltic Cup.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Iceland * Baltic Cup:

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