Andri Guðjohnsen

Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen (born 29 January 2002) is an Icelandic football player who plays for La Liga side Real Madrid CF.[1]

Andri Guðjohnsen
Personal information
Full name Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen
Date of birth (2002-01-29) January 29, 2002
Place of birth London, England
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Years Team
2010-2013 FC Barcelona
2013-2015 CF Gavà
2015-2018 RCD Espanyol
2018- Real Madrid CF
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017-2019 Iceland U17 19 (10)
2017-2018 Iceland U18 3 (0)
2018- Iceland U19 10 (4)

Biography

Born in London[2][3][4], Andri is the son of the former Barça star Eiður Guðjohnsen, and the younger brother of Spezia Calcio footballer Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen.[5]

Club Career

Andri Guðjohnsen started playing football in FC Barcelona, but after tree years in La Masia, he left to play for the local club of Gava, before joining Espanyol Barcelona in 2015.[3]

He moved to Real Madrid in the summer 2018 from Espanyol.[6] He had scored 20 goals for Espanyol youth teams the previous season,[7] and the Real is reported to have made of the youngster's signing a top priority, also including in the deal Andri's younger brother Dani.[3]

His first season in Madrid was successful, as his performance earned him a place in the U19 squad at only 16 years old, where he scored several goals, under Raúl's management.[3][8]

International career

Andri Guðjohnsen has been a leader of the several Icelandic youth selection he played with. One of his youth international career highs was when he scored a hat trick against Germany, qualifying his team for Euro U17 2019.[4]

References
  1. Andri Guðjohnsen at Soccerway. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  2. "Andri | delantero Juvenil B". Real Madrid C.F. (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  3. Piñero, Alberto (25 July 2019). "Who is Andri Gudjohnsen? Ex-Barcelona star's son making waves at Real Madrid". Goal. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  4. "Andri Gudjohnsen: talento islandese classe 2002". World Football Scouting (in Italian). 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  5. "Gudjohnsen, i figli di Eidur tra Real e Spezia". Sky Sport (in Italian). 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  6. Sunderland, Tom (August 8, 2018). "Real Madrid Sign Andri Lucas Gudjohnsen, Son of Ex-Barcelona Star Eidur". Bleacher Report.
  7. "Andri Lucas Gudjhonsen, son of Eidur, signs for Real Madrid". as. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  8. "Andri Lucas varð meist-ari og hreppti gullskó-inn". Íslendingavaktin (in Icelandic). 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
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