Guðmundur Þórarinsson

Guðmundur "Gudi" Þórarinsson (born 15 April 1992) is an Icelandic footballer who plays for New York City as a midfielder. He is also a well known singer in his homeland Iceland.[1]

Guðmundur Þórarinsson

Personal information
Date of birth	15 April 1992
Place of birth	Selfoss, Iceland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Club information
Current team	New York City
Number	20
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	FC Nordsjælland	35	(1)
2016–2017	Rosenborg	24	(1)
2017–2019	IFK Norrköping	84	(4)
2020–	New York City	12	(0)
National team^‡
2008	Iceland U17	5	(0)
2009–2010	Iceland U19	13	(3)
2011–2014	Iceland U21	14	(0)
2014–	Iceland	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:40, 11 November 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 January 2019

Club career

On January 28, 2020, Þórarinsson joined Major League Soccer side New York City FC on a free transfer from Swedish first division club IFK Norrköping.[2]

Career statistics

As of match played on 28 January 2020[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Selfoss	2009	1. deild karla	18	4	0	0	—				18	4
	2010	Úrvalsdeild	16	1	0	0	—				16	1
	Total		34	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	5
IBV	2011	Úrvalsdeild	22	0	4	0	—		2	0	28	0
	2012		21	2	3	0	—		2	0	26	2
	Total		43	2	7	0	0	0	4	0	54	2
Sarpsborg 08	2013	Tippeligaen	30	3	0	0	—		2	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	0	28	1
Norrköping	2017	Allsvenskan	27	2	1	0	—		4	0	32	2
	2018		29	2	3	0	—				32	2
	2019		28	0	3	0	—		6	0	37	0
	Total		84	4	7	0	0	0	10	0	101	2
Career totals			279	20	19	1	0	0	18	0	314	21

Honours

Club

Selfoss

• 1. deild (1): 2009 [4]

Rosenborg

• Norwegian League (1): 2016 [5][6]
• Norwegian Football Cup (1): 2016

Music career

Guðmundur is known as a good singer, and is the brother of Icelandic singer Ingó Veðurguð.[7][8][9] In 2018 he entered the yearly edition of Söngvakeppnin, a preliminary competition to choose Iceland's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.[10][11]

References

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. Guðmundur Þórarinsson at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
4. "Úrslit - staða | Mótalisti | Mótamál | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". Ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 October 2016.
5. Chris Thomas Skogli (24 September 2016). "Nyheter | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
6. "Spillerprofiler | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
7. "Norðmenn hafa ekki fattað tónlistarhæfileika Gumma Tóta - Vísir". visir.is.
8. "Litli bróðir sló í gegn". www.mbl.is.
9. "Guðmundur tók lagið á dönsku og heillaði nýju samherjana upp úr skónum - Vísir". visir.is.
10. "Iceland: Here are the songs & artists for Söngvakeppnin 2018". Eurovisionworld. 19 January 2018.
11. "Fótbolti.net". fotbolti.net.

External links

• Guðmundur Þórarinsson on FC Nordsjælland (in Danish)
• Guðmundur Þórarinsson at Soccerway