Andri Guðjohnsen

Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen (born 29 January 2002) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Spanish club Real Madrid CF.[1]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Andri.
Andri Guðjohnsen
Personal information
Full name Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen
Date of birth (2002-01-29) 29 January 2002
Place of birth London, England
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Years Team
2010–2013 Barcelona
2013–2015 Gavà
2015–2018 Espanyol
2018– Real Madrid
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Iceland U16 7 (2)
2017–2019 Iceland U17 12 (8)
2017–2018 Iceland U18 4 (0)
2018– Iceland U19 10 (4)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Biography

Born in London,[2][3][4] Andri is the son of the former FC Barcelona star Eiður Guðjohnsen,[5] the grandson of former Anderlecht star Arnór Guðjohnsen, and the younger brother of Spezia Calcio footballer Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen.[6]

Club career

Andri Guðjohnsen started playing football in FC Barcelona, but after three years in La Masia, he left to play for his local club, Gavà, before joining Barcelona's rivals Espanyol in 2015.[3]

He moved to Real Madrid, another rival of Barcelona, from Espanyol in the summer of 2018.[7] He had scored 20 goals for Espanyol youth teams the previous season,[8] and Real was reported to have made the youngster's signing a top priority, also including Andri's younger brother Dani in the deal.[3]

His first season in Madrid was successful, as his performances earned him a place in the U19 squad at only 16 years old, where he scored several goals, under Raúl's management.[3][9] He also finished the season as the top scorer for Real Madrid Juvenil C (Under-17).[10]

In July 2020, Andri tore a Anterior cruciate ligament in his knee and was expected to miss six months.[11]

International career

Andri Guðjohnsen has played with several Icelandic youth groups. 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 3 June 2020.
  2. "Andri | delantero Juvenil B". Real Madrid C.F. (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. Piñero, Alberto (25 July 2019). "Who is Andri Gudjohnsen? Ex-Barcelona star's son making waves at Real Madrid". Goal. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. "Andri Gudjohnsen: talento islandese classe 2002". World Football Scouting (in Italian). 4 December 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. Hörður Snævar Jónsson (4 December 2019). "Telja hann geta fetað í fótspor Eiðs Smára". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  6. "Gudjohnsen, i figli di Eidur tra Real e Spezia". Sky Sport (in Italian). 7 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  7. Sunderland, Tom (8 August 2018). "Real Madrid Sign Andri Lucas Gudjohnsen, Son of Ex-Barcelona Star Eidur". Bleacher Report.
  8. "Andri Lucas Gudjhonsen, son of Eidur, signs for Real Madrid". as. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  9. "Andri Lucas varð meist-ari og hreppti gullskó-inn". Íslendingavaktin (in Icelandic). 9 December 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  10. Castañeda, Angela (4 June 2019). "Andri, el hijo de Gudjohnsen, da un recital con el Juvenil C: el futuro del Real Madrid". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  11. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (30 July 2020). "Einn efnilegasti leikmaður Íslands með slitið krossband". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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