Guðmundur Þórarinsson

Guðmundur "Gudi" Þórarinsson (born 15 April 1992) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left-midfielder for Super League Greece club OFI Crete. He is also a well known singer in his homeland Iceland.[1]

Guðmundur Þórarinsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-04-15) 15 April 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Selfoss, Iceland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back, left-midfielder
Team information
Current team
OFI Crete
Number 22
Youth career
2008 Selfoss
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Selfoss 36 (5)
2011–2012 ÍBV 43 (2)
2013–2014 Sarpsborg 08 59 (7)
2015–2016 Nordsjælland 35 (1)
2016–2017 Rosenborg 24 (1)
2017–2019 IFK Norrköping 84 (4)
2020–2021 New York City 43 (2)
2022 AaB 6 (0)
2022– OFI Crete 39 (2)
International career
2008 Iceland U17 5 (0)
2009–2010 Iceland U19 13 (3)
2011–2014 Iceland U21 14 (0)
2014– Iceland 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024

Club career edit

On 28 January 2020, Guðmundur joined Major League Soccer side New York City on a free transfer from Swedish first division club IFK Norrköping.[2] Following the 2021 season, New York City opted to decline their contract option on Guðmundur.[3]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of match played on 3 March 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Selfoss 2008[5] 1. deild karla 2 0 0 0 2 0
2009[5] 18 4 0 0 18 4
2010 Úrvalsdeild 16 1 0 0 16 1
Total 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 5
IBV 2011 Úrvalsdeild 22 0 4 0 2[b] 0 28 0
2012 21 2 3 0 2[b] 0 26 2
Total 43 2 7 0 4 0 0 0 54 2
Sarpsborg 08 2013 Tippeligaen 30 3 0 0 2[c] 0 30 3
2014 29 4 3 1 32 5
Total 59 7 3 1 0 0 2 0 64 8
Nordsjælland 2014–15 Danish Superliga 15 0 0 0 15 0
2015–16 20 1 0 0 20 1
Total 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 1
Rosenborg 2016 Tippeligaen 24 1 2 0 2[d] 0 28 1
Norrköping 2017 Allsvenskan 27 2 1 0 4[b] 0 32 2
2018 29 2 3 0 32 2
2019 28 0 3 0 6[b] 0 37 0
Total 84 4 7 0 10 0 0 0 101 4
New York City 2020 MLS 19 0 1[e] 0 1[f] 0 21 0
2021 24 2 1[g] 0 3[f] 0 28 2
Total 43 2 2 0 4 0 49 2
AaB 2021–22 Danish Superliga 6 0 0 0 6 0
OFI Crete 2022-23 Super League Greece 27 0 1 0 28 0
2023-24 24 2 3 0 27 2
Total 51 2 4 0 55 2
Career totals 381 24 23 1 18 0 6 0 428 25
  1. ^ Includes Icelandic Men's Football Cup, Norwegian Football Cup, Danish Cup, Svenska Cupen, Greek Football Cup
  2. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Tippeligaen Playoffs
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions Cup
  6. ^ a b Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
  7. ^ Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup

International edit

As of match played 26 March 2024[5]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iceland 2014 1 0
2015 1 0
2016 1 0
2019 2 0
2021 7 0
2022 0 0
2023 1 0
2024 2 0
Total 15 0

Honours edit

Selfoss

Rosenborg

New York City

Music career edit

Guðmundur is known as a good singer, and is the brother of Icelandic singer Ingó Veðurguð.[10][11][12] In 2018 he entered the yearly edition of Söngvakeppnin, a preliminary competition to choose Iceland's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.[13][14] He is also part of a New York-based band named Maybe Jesse.[15]

References edit

  1. ^ "New York City FC signs Icelandic defender Gudmundur Thorarinsson | MLSsoccer.com".
  2. ^ "New York City FC Signs Defender Gudmundur Thórarinsson". nycfc.com. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  3. ^ FC, New York City. "New York City FC Announces Roster Moves For 2022". New York City FC.
  4. ^ Guðmundur Þórarinsson at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  5. ^ a b c Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Guðmundur Þórarinsson". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Úrslit - staða | Mótalisti | Mótamál | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". Ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  7. ^ Chris Thomas Skogli (24 September 2016). "Nyheter | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Spillerprofiler | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  9. ^ "2021 MLS Cup". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Norðmenn hafa ekki fattað tónlistarhæfileika Gumma Tóta - Vísir". visir.is.
  11. ^ "Litli bróðir sló í gegn". mbl.is.
  12. ^ "Guðmundur tók lagið á dönsku og heillaði nýju samherjana upp úr skónum - Vísir". visir.is.
  13. ^ "Iceland: Here are the songs & artists for Söngvakeppnin 2018". Eurovisionworld. 19 January 2018.
  14. ^ "Fótbolti.net". fotbolti.net.
  15. ^ "Maybe Jesse (@officialmaybejesse) - Instagram".

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