Bjarki Gunnlaugsson

Icelandic footballer

Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
Personal information
Full name	Bjarki Bergmann Gunnlaugsson
Date of birth	(1973-03-03) 3 March 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Akranes, Iceland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1990	IA Akranes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1992	IA Akranes	43	(11)
1992–1994	Feyenoord	0	(0)
1994–1995	1. FC Nürnberg	27	(5)
1995	IA Akranes	7	(3)
1995–1997	SV Waldhof Mannheim	39	(9)
1997–1998	Molde FK	18	(6)
1998	SK Brann	7	(1)
1999	KR Reykjavík	16	(11)
1999–2002	Preston North End	45	(2)
2002	Deiglan	1	(0)
2002	IA Akranes	7	(7)
2003–2005	KR Reykjavík	25	(1)
2006	IA Akranes	11	(2)
2007–2008	FH Hafnarfjörður	13	(0)
2008–2009	IA Akranes	13	(0)
2009	Valur	1	(0)
2010–2013	FH Hafnarfjörður	40	(0)
Total		313	(58)
International career
1993–2000	Iceland	27	(7)
Managerial career
2006	ÍA
2008–2009	ÍA
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bjarki Bergmann Gunnlaugsson (born 3 March 1973 in Akranes) is a retired Icelandic professional footballer^[1] who last played for FH.

Club career

After a period in English football at Preston North End FC, Bjarki joined up with his twin brother Arnar and they played together at KR Reykjavík when they came back home. The played with the team for several years, then joined their childhood club, ÍA Akranes, in 2006. They became the managers of the club, when the team manager, Ólafur Þórðarson, left the club because of a horrible start in the division. The brothers saved the club from relegation, but the chairman of the club hired manager Guðjón Þórðarson to control the club. Then the brothers left ÍA Akranes to join the Icelandic champions, FH Hafnarfjörður.

In July 2008, the brothers left FH amicably when Guðjón Þórðarson had been fired from ÍA, and again took the reins of their old club as player-managers.

In June 2010, it was announced that Bjarki had joined his former club and Icelandic champions FH Hafnarfjörður on free transfer. He signed a one-year contract. This transfer meant that for the first time the Gunnlaugsson twins were on opposing sides in the same league, as Arnar currently played for Fram Reykjavik.

International career

Bjarki made his debut for Iceland in an October 1993 friendly match against Tunisia, coming on as a substitute for Arnar Grétarsson. He has been capped 27 times for Iceland, scoring seven goals. He scored in his last international match, a February 2000 friendly match against the Faroe Islands.