Guðjón Þórðarson
footballer; football manager
Guðjón Þórðarson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkvʏðjoun ˈθourðar̥sɔn]; born 14 September 1955), known in the United Kingdom as Gudjon Thordarson, is an Icelandic football manager and former player. He has previously been manager of Iceland, Icelandic clubs ÍA, KA, KR, Keflavík, BÍ/Bolungarvík and Grindavík, English clubs Notts County, Stoke City, Barnsley and Crewe Alexandra, Norwegian club Start and Faroese club NSÍ Runavík.
Guðjón has three sons who have also played professional football, namely: Bjarni, Joey and Þórður Guðjónsson. His grandson Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson is a current professional player.
Playing career
Guðjón played 212 league matches for his hometown club, ÍA Akranes. In his career, Gudjon won five league titles and five cup titles. He also played 22 European games for ÍA Akranes. Guðjón played in his only international match in 1985.
Managerial career
In Iceland
Guðjón's last season as a player was 1986 and his first coaching job was at ÍA Akranes in the 1987 season. Guðjón then left off to Akureyri to become manager of KA Akureyri in 1988.
The public source identifies “Guðjón Þórðarson” as footballer; football manager. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Guðjón, Þórðarson and footballer.
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