The story of father and son soldiers in football is often a topic that fans talk about, especially if the son can surpass the father and win widespread respect. Not long ago, a little boy who resembled Matteo, the second son of Messi's family, caused a sensation by several people on the court. Although it was eventually confirmed that this was an Ajax youth youngster and had nothing to do with Messi, the fans' desire to witness their son's father's business is urgent.
In Iceland, "family football" has reached the pinnacle of history. As a Barça celebrity, Gudjohnsen, who witnessed the glory of the Dream Three era, is not only the first person to score goals in the history of the Icelandic national team, but his father and two sons are members of the national team, and four of them can represent the motherland.
01. At the age of 17, he replaced his father as an international: he was a teammate with "aliens"
Going back 26 years, in April 1996, Iceland and Estonia witnessed a beautiful talk in the game. Gudjohnsen, who was only 17 at the time, replaced his 34-year-old father.
He is arguably the greatest talent in the history of Icelandic football, having already secured a starting position at Eredivisie giants Eindhoven before playing for the national team.
At that time, the frontal partner was none other than the legendary Brazilian striker Ronaldo, who had an alien reputation.
Although Gudjohnsen was sacked by the Eredivisie giants due to injury, he joined Bolton Wanderers at the age of 20 after returning to Iceland for a year of transition.
Contributing 18 goals and 10 assists in 2 seasons, Chelsea from London extended an olive branch to him, and traveled to London at the age of 21, with Gudjohnsen and Hasselbaink. Zora formed the Blues' forward trident.
In his first year in the blue jersey, Gudjohnsen delivered a 13-goal, seven-assists list, and the following year scored 23 goals, becoming a hot star in the Premier League.
"I don't think my talent is very good, and in order to succeed, I need to make up for it with hard work."
Iceland is a small country with a population of only 340,000, and his ability to step into the Dutch First Division has caused a sensation, and becoming a Premier League star has brought his reputation in the country to the peak, but Gudjohnsen has always remained calm.
02. The transfer to Barcelona ushered in the peak of his career: he wandered around after becoming addicted to gambling
Because of Abu's arrival, Chelsea's forward line has successively introduced big-name strikers such as Drogba, Crespo and Shevchenko, which has also allowed Gudjohnsen to transform and pair up with Essing in the back.
In the summer of 2006, Barca, who had just won the Champions League, extended an olive branch and let him leave Stamford Bridge, where they had been playing for six years.
Coming to the red and blue debut, Gudjohnsen used a dead end to help Barca win the game. After a trough at the end of his dream, he was a member of the Guardiola side in the 2008–09 season, helping Barca to win the treble.
Scoring 3 goals in 24 league appearances, Gudjohnsen, who can switch between midfield and forward, has good tactical value. However, because he became addicted to gambling, Barca gave him up and sold him to Monaco in Ligue 1.
In fact, in 2003, in the Premier League, he became obsessed with playing roulette, and he could lose 400,000 pounds in one night. After coming to Barcelona, the Icelandic genius who was overwhelmed owed 2 banks in Luxembourg and Iceland for 2 years, with a total of more than 6 million pounds in loans.
After leaving Barca, he traveled extensively to pay off his debts, from Monaco in France to Tottenham Hotspur and Stoke City in the Premier League, and then to the Greek, American and Belgian leagues. In the end, in order to make money, he came to the Chinese Super League in 2015.
14 games in the Chinese Super League, 1 goal and 1 assist, his performance is difficult to satisfy Shijiazhuang Yongchang, half a year later he returned to Northern Europe, joined the Norwegian league, and finally even went to the Indian league to pan for gold, just to plug the economic hole he had poked out.
03. 2 sons play for real Madrid youth training & future is expected to be 1 goal 5 internationals
Gudjohnsen, who replaced his father that year and became an Iceland international, retired in 2017, became an assistant coach for the Icelandic national team in 2020.
Unfortunately, because the team was killed 2-1 by the Hungarian in the final of the European qualifier play-offs, he and the team manager were dismissed from class, and after half a year of idleness, he just became the new manager of Icelandic team Hafnarfjörör.
The elder Gudjohnsen has a son at the age of 17, and the protagonist of this article also ushered in his eldest son at the age of 19, and now has three sons and a daughter (all three sons are players).
The eldest son, who is now 24 years old and relatively least talented, currently plays for Elfsborg in the Swedish league and is not even the main player of the team. However, so far this season, 10 league appearances have scored 3 goals, which is also considered to be a good efficiency. He has made 13 appearances for the Icelandic national team and scored 1 goal against South Korea.
The second son, Andre, is much better than his older brother, joining the Real Madrid academy four years ago and, although he has not yet made his first-team debut, has already scored 2 goals for the Icelandic national team in the World Preliminary Round.
In the two UEFA Nations League matches in 2022, he played as the starting center of Iceland, and at the age of 20, he is also considered to be the hope of the future.
The youngest son, Daniel Tristan, is now 16 years old and was once a member of Barca's youth. However, four years ago, he joined the Real Madrid youth training like his second brother.
In the future, this young man may also follow the footsteps of his grandfather, father, eldest brother and second brother and become an Icelandic international.
Conclusion:
For a small country with a population of only 340,000, it is also a very magical thing that a family of three generations and five people have become players.
Even if Daniel can't wear the Icelandic national team shirt like his grandfather, dad and brother in the future, the football DNA of the Goodjørchensen family is still enough to go down in history and become a topic of conversation among football-loving fans.
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