Brynjar Gunnarsson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| KR | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | KR | 50 | (1) |
| 1998 | Vålerenga | 4 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Moss (loan) | 5 | (2) |
| 1999 | Örgryte IS | 24 | (1) |
| 1999–2003 | Stoke City | 131 | (15) |
| 2003–2004 | Nottingham Forest | 13 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Stoke City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Watford | 36 | (3) |
| 2005–2013 | Reading | 142 | (9) |
| 2013 | KR | 16 | (2) |
| 2015– | KFG | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 424 | (33) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993–1994 | Iceland U19 | 11 | (3) |
| 1995–1997 | Iceland U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 1997–2009 | Iceland | 74 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson (born 16 October 1975) is an Icelandic former footballer who last played for KR as a midfielder. Brynjar had previously played for Nottingham Forest, Stoke City, Watford and Reading in England as well as Vålerenga and Moss in Norway and Örgryte IS in Sweden.
Brynjar was born in Reykjavík and started his career with local club KR, playing three seasons with their senior squad. Brynjar moved to Norway in 1998 to play for Vålerenga and Moss FK before joining Swedish club Örgryte IS in 1999. After a season at the Gamla Ullevi English club Stoke City paid a club-record fee of £600,000 for Brynjar, with him becoming one of a number of Scandinavian players at Stoke following a take over by a group of Icelandic businessmen. He played 30 times for Stoke 1999–2000 as Stoke lost to Gillingham in the play-offs. He did play in the 2000 Football League Trophy Final as Stoke beat 2–1. In 2000–01 Brynjar missed just three matches as Stoke again failed in the play-offs this time to Walsall but Brynjar did win the player of the year. He struggled with injury in 2001–02 as Stoke gained promotion by beating Brentford 2–0 in the play-off final. He played in 45 games in 2002–03 as Stoke narrowly avoided relegation and at the end of the season he left for Nottingham Forest on a free transfer.
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