Theódór Elmar Bjarnason (born 4 March 1987) is an Icelandic professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Early career

Born in

Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a pop ...

, Iceland, Theódor played for

in Iceland. He also played one season for the reserve team of the Norwegian club

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as a 16-year-old, but rejected an offer of a professional contract with them and moved back to Iceland.

Celtic

Theódór joined Celtic in 2004. He made his domestic debut for Celtic against Hibernian in the last game of the 2006–07 season and played the full 90 minutes in a match in which he was named man of the match by the Celtic website. He was also on the bench for the 1–0 win over Dunfermline in the 2007 Scottish Cup Final. On 21 May 2007, Theódór announced he would put pen to paper on a two-year contract extension with Celtic to tie him to the club until the summer of 2009 and on 13 June, he signed a new three-year contract.

Lyn Oslo

On 15 January 2008, Theódór signed for

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, in a bid to play regular first team football again.

IFK Göteborg

Following severe financial difficulties in the running of Lyn, Theódór moved to

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in ...

on 22 July 2009.

Randers FC

In the start of 2012, Theódór signed a new contract with the Danish side

Randers FC Randers FC () is a professional football club based in Randers, East Jutland, Denmark, that plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system. Founded on 1 January 2003, the club builds upon the license of R ...

. However, he got injured in the start-up and was not able to play for six months.

AGF

In June 2015 he signed a two-year contract with the Danish club AGF. He left the club after two years.

Gazişehir Gaziantep

On 5 January 2019, Bjarnason signed with Turkish club Gazişehir Gaziantep for one and a half years.

Akhisarspor

On 24 July 2019, Bjarnason signed with

Akhisarspor Akhisarspor Kulübü (Akhisar Sports Club), commonly known as Akhisarspor, is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Akhisar.

International career

He was part of the Icelandic

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squad, contributing one assist and also played on the

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, where

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won silver medals.

Personal life

His grandfather, Theódór Jakob Guðmundsson, played for

in the golden years of that club and competed against

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in 1964 in the first European game for both of these clubs.

References

External links

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