Theódór Elmar Bjarnason (born 4 March 1987) is an Icelandic professional

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who plays as a

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for KR Reykjavík.

Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Iceland, Theódor played for KR Reykjavík in Iceland. He also played one season for the reserve team of the Norwegian club

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as a 16-year-old, but rejected an offer of a professional contract with them and moved back to Iceland.

Celtic

Theódór joined

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in 2004. He made his domestic debut for Celtic against Hibernian in the last game of the 2006–07 season and played the full 90 minutes in a match in which he was named man of the match by the Celtic website. He was also on the bench for the 1–0 win over

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in the 2007 Scottish Cup Final. On 21 May 2007, Theódór announced he would put pen to paper on a two-year contract extension with Celtic to tie him to the club until the summer of 2009 and on 13 June, he signed a new three-year contract.

Lyn Oslo

On 15 January 2008, Theódór signed for

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, in a bid to play regular first team football again.

IFK Göteborg

Following severe financial difficulties in the running of Lyn, Theódór moved to

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on 22 July 2009.

Randers FC

In the start of 2012, Theódór signed a new contract with the Danish side

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. However, he got injured in the start-up and was not able to play for six months.

AGF

In June 2015 he signed a two-year contract with the Danish club AGF. He left the club after two years.

Gazişehir Gaziantep

On 5 January 2019, Bjarnason signed with Turkish club Gazişehir Gaziantep for one and a half years.

Akhisarspor

On 24 July 2019, Bjarnason signed with Akhisarspor.

International career

He was part of the Icelandic

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squad, contributing one assist and also played on the 2017 China Cup, where

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won silver medals.

International goals

Personal life

His grandfather, Theódór Jakob Guðmundsson, played for KR Reykjavík in the golden years of that club and competed against

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in 1964 in the first European game for both of these clubs.

References

External links

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Theodor Elmar Bjarnasson career stats
at lynfotball.net * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bjarnason, Theodor Elmar 1987 births Living people Theodor Elmar Bjarnason Men's association football midfielders Theodor Elmar Bjarnason Theodor Elmar Bjarnason Theodor Elmar Bjarnason Theodor Elmar Bjarnason Celtic F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Lyn Fotball players IFK Göteborg players Theodor Elmar Bjarnason Randers FC players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Elazığspor footballers Gaziantep F.K. footballers Akhisarspor footballers PAS Lamia 1964 players Allsvenskan players Eliteserien players Danish Superliga players TFF 1. Lig players Super League Greece players Theodor Elmar Bjarnason Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Greece UEFA Euro 2016 players 21st-century Icelandic sportsmen