Andri Rúnar Bjarnason (born 12 November 1990) is an Icelandic professional

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who plays as a forward for

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. In 2017, he tied the

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single season goal record with 19 goals. The following year, he debuted for the Iceland national team.

Career

Early career

Andri started his career with his hometown club Ungmennafélag Bolungarvíkur in 2005. The next nine seasons, he played for

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, a joint team of Boltafélag Ísafjarðar and Ungmennafélag Bolungarvíkur. In 2015, he moved to Pepsi deildin club

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. Between these moves Andri also attended college in the US and played with

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's soccer team where he was named USA South Rookie of the Year honors and to the All-South Atlantic Region Second Team.

Grindavík

In 2016, Andri joined Inkasso League's Grindavík on loan from

and helped the club achieve promotion to Úrvalsdeild karla. After the season he transferred to the club and in

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he took the Úrvalsdeild by storm, scoring 18 goals in his first 20 matches. On September 30, Andri tied the single season goal record in the Úrvalsdeild when he scored on the 88 minute in Grindavík's final game of the season.

Helsingborgs IF

On 4 November 2017, Andri signed for

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs Idrottsförening, commonly referred to as Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg or (especially locally) HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan, following releg ...

. On 10 November 2018 he scored twice in Helsingborg's 3–1 victory against Varberg in the last game of the season, helping the club finish first in the

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. He also finished first in goals scored during the season with 16 goals. On 14 June it was reported that Helsinborgs had sold Andri to

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1. FC Kaiserslautern

On 17 June 2019, Andri signed for

Esbjerg fB

After a disappointing season in Germany, it was confirmed on 10 August 2020, that Andri had joined newly relegated

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club

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on a deal until the summer 2022. On 13 December 2021, Andri's contract was terminated by mutual consent.

ÍBV

In December 2021, Andri returned to Iceland and signed with ÍBV. For the 2022 season, he netted 10 goals in 25 matches.

Valur

In February 2023, Andri signed with Valur.

Vestri

In October 2023, Andri signed with newly promoted Vestri.

Stjarnan

In November 2024,

announced the singing of Bjarnason.

International career

In January 2018, Andri was selected to the Icelandic national football team ahead of its two unofficial friendly matches in

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. He played his first game for the national team on 11 January, scoring one goal in Iceland's 6–0 victory against Indonesia Selection in

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Andri goal''.

Honours

Club

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Individual

top goal scorer:

* Úrvalsdeild karla top goal scorer:

* 2. deild karla top goal scorer: 2010

References

External links

*
North Carolina Wesleyan 2012 statistics
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