Guðjón Pétur Lýðsson (born 28 December 1987) is an

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who plays for

Haukar Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar (, ) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Association football, Football, Haukar Handball, Handball, Basketball, Haukar RC, Rugby union, Karate, Skiing & Chess. Club history The clu ...

as a midfielder.

Club career

Guðjón Pétur Lýðsson was an important factor in the team of

that promoted to

Úrvalsdeild The Besta deild karla () is a professional association football league in Iceland and the highest level of the Icelandic football league system. The competition was founded in 1912 as the Icelandic Championship. Because of the harsh winters in I ...

. After the club was relegated, he was sold to Valur and in the end of the season he went on loan to

Helsingborg Helsingborg (, , ), is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania County, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, ninth ...

, where he played couple of matches and won the Swedish league

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. After his time at

, he went back to play for Valur. In 2013, he was sold to Breiðablik, where he was a key player in the squad. After the 2015 season he rejoined Valur. In 2017 they won the Icelandic League. On 12 November 2018, Guðjón Pétur signed a 3-year contract with

Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar (, ), commonly abbreviated to KA, is an Icelandic multi-sport club based in Akureyri in the north of Iceland. The club was founded in 1928. The football team currently plays in Besta deild karla and have won the top ...

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* 1987 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Gudjon Petur Lydsson Gudjon Petur Lydsson Gudjon Petur Lydsson Gudjon Petur Lydsson Gudjon Petur Lydsson Helsingborgs IF players Gudjon Petur Lydsson Gudjon Petur Lydsson Gudjon Petur Lydsson Gudjon Petur Lydsson Allsvenskan players Gudjon Petur Lydsson Gudjon Petur Lydsson Gudjon Petur Lydsson Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Gudjon Petur Lydsson 21st-century Icelandic sportsmen {{Iceland-footy-bio-stub