Þórður "Thordur" Gudjonsson (born 14 October 1973) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or striker.
Club career Þórður was born in Akranes started his career with local teams KA Akureyri and ÍA Akranes, and moved to German team VfL Bochum in 1993. He spent four years at Bochum before moving to Belgium side Genk in 1997. He stayed at Genk for three seasons until in 2000 he moved to Spanish side Las Palmas, but saw limited playing action and was loaned out to English Premier League club Derby County in March 2001. At Derby he played ten league matches for the club in 2000–01 and scored once in the league against West Ham United. In 2001–02, he played eight matches for Preston North End before making a return to Bochum in 2002. He remained at Bochum until January 2005 when he joined Stoke City. His brother Bjarni and father Gudjon had both played and managed Stoke City respectively. He managed just two substitute appearances towards the end of the 2004–05 season and after playing just once in the League Cup in 2005–06 he returned to Iceland with ÍA Akranes.
International career Þórður made his debut for Iceland in a September 1993 World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg. He went on to earn 58 caps, scoring 13 goals for the national team.
Personal life Þórður's father Gudjon and brothers, Bjarni, Joey and their half brother Bjorn Sigurdarson have all been involved with professional football.
He retired in 2008 to take up politics.
Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsKA Akureyri1990Úrvalsdeild162——162ÍA Akranes19911. deild karla1711——17111992Úrvalsdeild186——1861993Úrvalsdeild1819——1819Total5336——5336VfL Bochum1993–942. Bundesliga163——1631994–95Bundesliga163——1631995–962. Bundesliga283——2831996–97Bundesliga131——131Total7310——7310Genk1997–98Belgian First Division339——3391998–99Belgian First Division289——2891999–2000Belgian First Division319——319Total9227——9227Las Palmas2000–01La Liga81——81Derby County2000–01Premier League1010000101Preston North End2001–02First Division70100080VfL Bochum2002–03Bundesliga293——2932003–04Bundesliga120——1202004–05Bundesliga30——30Total443——443Stoke City2004–05Championship200000202005–06Championship00001010Total20001030ÍA Akranes2006Úrvalsdeild131——1312007Úrvalsdeild114——1142008Úrvalsdeild190——190Total435——435Career total34885101035086
International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsIceland199320199411199691199771199873199993200051200121200210200361200491Total5813
Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Guðjónsson goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Þórður GuðjónssonNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1Akureyrarvöllur, Akureyri, Iceland4–04–0Friendly2Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic1–01–2Friendly3Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland1–04–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification4Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus2–32–3Friendly5Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 1–14–1Friendly62–17National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta1–02–1Friendly8Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands1–01–0Friendly9Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 1–03–0UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying10Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 1–01–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification11National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta 4–14–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification 12Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania1–03–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying13Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania1–11–2Friendly
Honours Genk Belgian First Division: 1998–99 Belgian Cup: 1997–98, 1999–2000
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