Personal information | |||
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Full name | Þórður Guðjónsson | ||
Date of birth | 14 October 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Akranes, Iceland | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder, Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990 | KA Akureyri | 16 | (2) |
1991–1993 | ÍA Akranes | 53 | (36) |
1993–1997 | VfL Bochum | 73 | (10) |
1997–2000 | Genk | 92 | (27) |
2000–2002 | UD Las Palmas | 8 | (1) |
2000–2001 | → Derby County (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2001–2002 | → Preston North End (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2002–2005 | VfL Bochum | 44 | (3) |
2005–2006 | Stoke City | 2 | (0) |
2006–2008 | ÍA Akranes | 43 | (5) |
Total | 348 | (85) | |
National team | |||
1989 | Iceland U17 | 10 | (7) |
1989–1993 | Iceland U19 | 14 | (6) |
1992–1995 | Iceland U21 | 10 | (3) |
1993–2004 | Iceland | 58 | (13) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Þórður "Thordur" Gudjonsson (born 14 October 1973) is a retired Icelandic footballer.
Þórður was born in Akranes started his career with local teams KA Akureyri and ÍA Akranes, and moved to German team VfL Bochum in 1993. He spent four years at Bochum before moving to Belgium side Genk in 1997. He stayed at Genk for three seasons until in 2000 he moved to Spanish side UD Las Palmas, but saw limited playing action and was loaned out to English Premier League club Derby County. At Derby he played ten league matches for the club in 2000–01 and scored once in the league against West Ham United. In 2001–02, he played eight matches for Preston North End before making a return to Bochum in 2002. He remained at Bochum until January 2005 when he joined Stoke City. His brother Bjarni and father Gudjon had both played and managed Stoke City respectively. He managed just two substitute appearances towards the end of the 2004–05 season and after playing just once in the League Cup in 2005–06 he returned to Iceland with ÍA Akranes.