Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Sveinn.

Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen (born 12 May 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a forward for Norwegian club Sarpsborg and the Iceland national team.

Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-05-12) 12 May 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Sarpsborg
Number	19
Youth career
2006–2011	Barcelona
2011–2015	Gavà
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	HK	10	(5)
2016–2017	Valur	12	(1)
2017–2018	Breiðablik	22	(5)
2018–2021	Spezia	23	(2)
2019	→ Ravenna (loan)	11	(1)
2020–2021	→ OB (loan)	13	(1)
2021–2024	Elfsborg	70	(14)
2024	Hansa Rostock	14	(1)
2024	Hansa Rostock II	1	(0)
2024–	Sarpsborg	18	(3)
International career‡
2014–2015	Iceland U17	9	(1)
2015–2016	Iceland U19	8	(3)
2018–2021	Iceland U21	17	(7)
2021–	Iceland	20	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 May 2023

Club career

Sveinn Aron spent the first three years of his senior club career in Icelandic leagues, first 1. deild karla and then the top-level Úrvalsdeild karla.

On 26 July 2018, he signed with the Italian Serie B club Spezia.^[1] He made his Serie B debut for Spezia on 29 September 2018 in a game against Carpi as a 59th-minute substitute for Andrey Galabinov.^[2]

On 31 January 2019, he was loaned to Serie C club Ravenna.^[3] On 13 September 2020, he was loaned out again, this time to Danish Superliga club Odense Boldklub for the 2020–21 season.^[4][5]

On 14 August 2021, Sveinn Aron signed with IF Elfsborg in Sweden until the end of 2024.^[6]

On 18 January 2024, Sveinn Aron joined Hansa Rostock in German 2. Bundesliga on a 2.5-year contract.^[7]

On 29 August 2024, Sveinn Aron signed a contract until 2028 with Sarpsborg in Norway.^[8]

International career

Sveinn Aron represented Iceland at the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where he started in the first two group stage games, both of which Iceland lost (he scored the squad's only goal at the tournament in a 4–1 loss to Russia). Instead of playing in the closing game on 31 March, he was called up to the senior squad and made his debut for it on the same day in a World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein.^[9]

Personal life

Sveinn Aron's father Eiður Guðjohnsen is the joint record goalscorer for the Iceland national football team and played for many notable clubs, such as Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur.^[1] His grandfather Arnór Guðjohnsen also represented Iceland internationally for many years. His younger brothers Andri and Daniel were on the youth teams of Real Madrid. His uncle Arnór Borg (son of Arnór and half-brother of Eiður) plays in Iceland for Fylkir on loan from the Championship club Swansea City.

Career Statistics

Club

As of match played 29 June 2025^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
HK	2015	1. deild karla	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2016	1. deild karla	10	5	1	0	—		—		11	5
	Total		10	5	1	0	—		—		11	5
Valur	2016	Úrvalsdeild	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	2017	Úrvalsdeild	6	1	2	0	3[b]	0	1[c]	0	12	1
	Total		12	1	3	0	3	0	1	0	19	1
Breiðablik	2017	Úrvalsdeild	10	2	0	0	—		—		10	2
	2018	Úrvalsdeild	12	3	2	1	—		—		14	4
	Total		22	5	2	1	—		—		24	6
Spezia	2018-19	Serie B	8	0	0	0	—		0	0	8	0
	2019-20	Serie B	15	2	1	1	—		0	0	16	3
	Total		23	2	1	1	—		0	0	24	3
Ravenna (loan)	2018–19	Serie C	10	1	0	0	—		1[d]	0	11	1
OB (loan)	2020-21	Danish Superliga	13	1	2	1	—		—		15	2
Elfsborg	2021	Allsvenskan	11	3	1	0	1[e]	0	—		13	3
	2022	Allsvenskan	29	5	4	2	2[e]	0	—		35	7
	2023	Allsvenskan	30	7	1	2	—		—		31	9
	Total		70	15	6	4	3	0	—		79	19
Hansa Rostock	2023-24	2. Bundesliga	12	1	0	0	—		—		12	1
	2024-25	3. Liga	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		14	1	0	0	—		—		14	1
Hansa Rostock II	2023-24	Regionalliga	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Sarpsborg	2024	Eliteserien	8	1	0	0	—		—		8	1
	2025	Eliteserien	10	2	5	5	—		—		15	7
	Total		18	3	5	5	—		—		23	8
Career total			193	34	20	12	6	0	2	0	219	46

1. Includes Icelandic Cup, Coppa Italia, Danish Cup, Svenska Cupen, DFB-Pokal, Norwegian Cup
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance(s) in Icelandic Super Cup
4. Appearance(s) in Serie C Promotion play-offs
5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 12 January 2023^[11]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iceland	2021	8	0
	2022	9	1
	2023	2	1
Total		19	2

Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Guðjohnsen goal.

List of international goals scored by Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	15 January 2022	Mardan Sports Complex, Aksu, Turkey	South Korea	1–3	1–5	Friendly	[12]
2	12 January 2023	Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal	Sweden	1–0	1–2	Friendly	[13]

Honours

Valur

• Icelandic Cup: 2016^[14]
• Icelandic Super Cup: 2017^[15]

Iceland

• Baltic Cup: 2022^[16]