Daníel Tristan Guðjohnsen (born 1 March 2006) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a

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for

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club

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. On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper ''

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'' as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide.

Club career

Daníel grew up in

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and played junior football for the youth teams of

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and

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

. In August 2022, he signed with

club

. In February 2023, he was selected to the main squad of Malmö ahead of its training matches against

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and AGF. In April 2023, he was officially signed as part of the main squad. On 1 December 2024, Daníel scored a hat-trick in a 5–2 win over

Torslanda IK Torslanda IK is a local sports club in Torslanda, Gothenburg, Sweden. History Torslanda IK was founded in 1944 by Anders Tullock, Bengt Tullock and Erik Danielsson. In the 1950s the sports club created sections for football, table tennis, han ...

in the second round of the

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International career

Daníel has played for the Iceland junior teams since 2021. On 25 October 2022, he scored two goals in Iceland U17 3–0 win against North Macedonia U17.

Personal life

He is the youngest son of former footballer

Eiður Guðjohnsen Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen (transliterated as Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen; born 15 September 1978) is an Icelandic professional football coach and former player who played as a forward. Eiður saw his greatest success in England and Spain with Chels ...

and brother of

Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen (born 12 May 1998) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a forward for Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg and the Iceland national team. Club career Sveinn Aron spent the first three years of his senior club career in Icelan ...

and

Andri Guðjohnsen Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen (born 29 January 2002) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Danish Superliga club Lyngby, on loan from IFK Norrköping, and the Iceland national team. Early life Born in London ...

. His grandfather is former Icelandic international

Arnór Guðjohnsen Arnór Guðjohnsen (born 30 April 1961) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a striker. He spent seven years with Belgian club Anderlecht and was the top scorer in the 1986–87 season. He is the father of striker Eiður Guðjohnsen ...

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Malmö FF *

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References

External links

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Football Association of Iceland The Football Association of Iceland ( is, Knattspyrnusamband Íslands, KSÍ) is the governing body of football in Iceland. It was founded on 26 March 1947, joined FIFA the same year, and UEFA in 1954. It organises the football league, Úrvalsd ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gudjohnsen, Daníel 2006 births Living people Footballers from London Daníel Tristan Guðjohnsen Daníel Tristan Guðjohnsen English people of Icelandic descent Allsvenskan players Malmö FF players Men's association football forwards Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Daníel Tristan Daníel Tristan Guðjohnsen Daníel Tristan Guðjohnsen Daníel Tristan Guðjohnsen 21st-century Icelandic sportsmen