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Eiður Guðjohnsen

1978 - Today

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Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen (transliterated as Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen; born 15 September 1978) is an Icelandic professional football coach and former player who played as a forward. Eiður saw his greatest success in England and Spain with Chelsea and Barcelona respectively, where he won the UEFA Champions League and La Liga with the latter and the League Cup and Premiership twice with the former. Along with two spells at Bolton Wanderers fourteen years apart, he also played in Iceland, the Netherlands, France, Greece, Belgium, China, Norway and India in a club career lasting 23 years. He is regarded by many to be the greatest Icelandic footballer of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eiður Guðjohnsen is the 1,916th most popular soccer player (down from 1,845th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 43rd in 2019) and the most popular Icelander Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Eiður Guðjohnsen ranks 1,916 out of 21,273. Before him are Fernando Llorente, Ryuichi Sugiyama, Djamel Zidane, Joshua Kimmich, Albert Brülls, and Paulo César Carpegiani. After him are Ulrich Biesinger, Canário, Ignacio Eizaguirre, Víctor Morales, Mayumi Kaji, and Paulinho de Almeida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Eiður Guðjohnsen ranks 77. Before him are Geremi, Jamie Carragher, Rio Ferdinand, Dirk Nowitzki, Tom Ellis, and Stana Katic. After him are Anthony Mackie, Danai Gurira, Luis Fonsi, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ayumi Hamasaki, and Gwendoline Christie.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Eiður Guðjohnsen ranks 44 out of 190. Before him are Gunnar Hansen (1947), Erró (1932), Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885), Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), Ólafur Thors (1892), and Sturla Þórðarson (1214). After him are Jón Leifs (1899), Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913), Jón Ögmundsson (1052), Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (1988), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), and Vilhjálmur Einarsson (1934).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Iceland

Among soccer players born in Iceland, Eiður Guðjohnsen ranks 1. After him are Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (1955), Arnór Guðjohnsen (1961), Atli Eðvaldsson (1957), Alfreð Finnbogason (1989), Hannes Þór Halldórsson (1984), Ragnar Sigurðsson (1986), Theódór Elmar Bjarnason (1987), Birkir Bjarnason (1988), Birkir Már Sævarsson (1984), Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (1990), and Heimir Hallgrímsson (1967).

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