Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Akranes, Iceland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Fylkir | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1997 | ÍA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997 | KA | 5 | (0) |
| 1998 | ÍA | 8 | (1) |
| 1998–2000 | Racing Genk | 5 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → MVV (loan) | 19 | (5) |
| 2000–2001 | RKC Waalwijk | 35 | (6) |
| 2001–2004 | Betis | 12 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Aston Villa (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Leicester City | 77 | (10) |
| 2006–2007 | AZ | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Burnley | 88 | (7) |
| 2010–2012 | Huddersfield Town | 45 | (2) |
| 2012–2014 | ÍA | 41 | (8) |
| 2014 | Fram Reykjavík | 18 | (2) |
| 2015– | Fylkir | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998 | Iceland U-19 | 7 | (1) |
| 1999–2001 | Iceland U-21 | 10 | (3) |
| 2001–2007 | Iceland | 34 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 September 2013. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 May 2011 |
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Jóhannes Karl "Joey" Guðjónsson (born 25 May 1980) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fylkir. He earned 34 caps for the Iceland national team between 2001 and 2007.
His previous clubs include Real Betis, Aston Villa, Wolves, Leicester City, AZ Alkmaar and Burnley. He has played in five top-flight league across Europe.
Jóhannes Karl began his professional career in the Icelandic Premier Division with ÍA Akranes at the age of 17. It was not long before he moved abroad, and in 1998, he was transferred to top-flight Belgian outfit, Racing Genk. He made eight appearances for ÍA Akranes, scoring once.
He only played a handful of matches for Racing Genk and the following season he was loaned out to newly promoted Eredivisie side MVV Maastricht. Again, he only spent one season with the club and then moved to another Dutch club, RKC Waalwijk in a permanent deal, where he had another season-long stay, making 35 appearances and scoring 6 goals for the Dutch side.
In 2001, he moved to La Liga side Real Betis, his fourth new club in four years, signing for a fee of £0.5 million from RKC Waalwijk. In his first year Jóhannes Karl started five matches and made six substitute appearances in his first season.
Jóhannes Karl found his chances limited in the following season after only making one appearances for Betis in the 2002–03 season, prompting a loan move to Premier League side Aston Villa. He made his debut for Villa in their 5–2 away win at Middlesbrough on 28 January 2003, scoring his first goal for the club. He scored twice in eleven appearances with his other goal coming against and Leeds.
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