Eiður Guðjohnsen

Eiður Guðjohnsen embodies a romance I can't resist: a giant from a tiny nation. Out of Reykjavík, the 185 cm striker won the Champions League and La Liga at Barcelona and silverware at Chelsea, a journeyman's tale told at the very top of the game. To rise from a country with so few people to those stages demands a particular obsession. That he now coaches, passing it on, only deepens my regard. I'm a sucker for athletes who storm the world's biggest stages from improbable starting points, and Guðjohnsen remains a genuine source of Icelandic football pride.

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Name (English)

Eiður Guðjohnsen

Name (Japanese)

エイドゥル・グジョンセン

Reading

えいどぅる・ぐじょんせん

Born

September 15, 1978 (age 48)

Origin

Reykjavík, Iceland

Height

185 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/eidurgudjohnsen/
• Xhttps://x.com/Eidur22Official
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ei%C3%B0ur%20Gu%C3%B0johnsen
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187396

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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