Guðmundur Þórarinsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Guðmundur.

Guðmundur "Gudi" Þórarinsson (born 15 April 1992) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left-midfielder for Armenian Premier League club FC Noah. He is also a well known singer in his homeland Iceland.^[1]

Guðmundur Þórarinsson

Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-04-15) 15 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Selfoss, Iceland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Left-back, left-midfielder
Team information
Current team	Noah
Number	4
Youth career
2008	Selfoss
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Selfoss	36	(5)
2011–2012	ÍBV	43	(2)
2013–2014	Sarpsborg 08	59	(7)
2015–2016	Nordsjælland	35	(1)
2016–2017	Rosenborg	24	(1)
2017–2019	IFK Norrköping	84	(4)
2020–2021	New York City	43	(2)
2022	AaB	6	(0)
2022–2024	OFI Crete	57	(2)
2024–	Noah	0	(0)
International career‡
2008	Iceland U17	5	(0)
2009–2010	Iceland U19	13	(3)
2011–2014	Iceland U21	14	(0)
2014–	Iceland	15	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024

Club career

On 28 January 2020, Guðmundur joined Major League Soccer side New York City on a free transfer from Swedish first division club IFK Norrköping.^[2] Following the 2021 season, New York City opted to decline their contract option on Guðmundur.^[3]

On 8 July 2024, Armenian Premier League club FC Noah announced the signing of Guðmundur.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 3 March 2024^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Selfoss	2008[6]	1. deild karla	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	2009[6]		18	4	0	0	—		—		18	4
	2010	Úrvalsdeild	16	1	0	0	—		—		16	1
	Total		36	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	5
IBV	2011	Úrvalsdeild	22	0	4	0	2[b]	0	—		28	0
	2012		21	2	3	0	2[b]	0	—		26	2
	Total		43	2	7	0	4	0	0	0	54	2
Sarpsborg 08	2013	Tippeligaen	30	3	0	0	—		2[c]	0	30	3
	2014		29	4	3	1	—		—		32	5
	Total		59	7	3	1	0	0	2	0	64	8
Nordsjælland	2014–15	Danish Superliga	15	0	0	0	—		—		15	0
	2015–16		20	1	0	0	—		—		20	1
	Total		35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	1
Rosenborg	2016	Tippeligaen	24	1	2	0	2[d]	0	—		28	1
Norrköping	2017	Allsvenskan	27	2	1	0	4[b]	0	—		32	2
	2018		29	2	3	0	—		—		32	2
	2019		28	0	3	0	6[b]	0	—		37	0
	Total		84	4	7	0	10	0	0	0	101	4
New York City	2020	MLS	19	0	—		1[e]	0	1[f]	0	21	0
	2021		24	2	—		1[g]	0	3[f]	0	28	2
	Total		43	2	—		2	0	4	0	49	2
AaB	2021–22	Danish Superliga	6	0	0	0	—		—		6	0
OFI Crete	2022-23	Super League Greece	27	0	1	0	—		—		28	0
	2023-24		24	2	3	0	—		—		27	2
	Total		51	2	4	0	—		—		55	2
Career totals			381	24	23	1	18	0	6	0	428	25

1. Includes Icelandic Men's Football Cup, Norwegian Football Cup, Danish Cup, Svenska Cupen, Greek Football Cup
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance(s) in Tippeligaen Playoffs
4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
5. Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions Cup
6. Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
7. Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup

International

As of match played 26 March 2024^[6]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iceland	2014	1	0
	2015	1	0
	2016	1	0
	2019	2	0
	2021	7	0
	2022	0	0
	2023	1	0
	2024	2	0
Total		15	0

Honours

Selfoss

• 1. deild: 2009^[7]

Rosenborg

• Norwegian League: 2016^[8][9]
• Norwegian Football Cup: 2016

New York City

• MLS Cup: 2021^[10]

Music career

Guðmundur is known as a good singer, and is the brother of Icelandic singer Ingó Veðurguð.^[11][12][13] In 2018 he entered the yearly edition of Söngvakeppnin, a preliminary competition to choose Iceland's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.^[14][15] He is also part of a New York-based band named Maybe Jesse.^[16]

References

1. "New York City FC signs Icelandic defender Gudmundur Thorarinsson | MLSsoccer.com".
2. "New York City FC Signs Defender Gudmundur Thórarinsson". nycfc.com. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
3. FC, New York City. "New York City FC Announces Roster Moves For 2022". New York City FC.
4. "New signing: Gudmundur Thórarinsson". facebook.com/noah.footballclub. FC Noah Facebook. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
5. Guðmundur Þórarinsson at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
6. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Guðmundur Þórarinsson". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
7. "Úrslit - staða | Mótalisti | Mótamál | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". Ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 October 2016.
8. Chris Thomas Skogli (24 September 2016). "Nyheter | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
9. "Spillerprofiler | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
10. "2021 MLS Cup". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
11. "Norðmenn hafa ekki fattað tónlistarhæfileika Gumma Tóta - Vísir". visir.is.
12. "Litli bróðir sló í gegn". mbl.is.
13. "Guðmundur tók lagið á dönsku og heillaði nýju samherjana upp úr skónum - Vísir". visir.is.
14. "Iceland: Here are the songs & artists for Söngvakeppnin 2018". Eurovisionworld. 19 January 2018.
15. "Fótbolti.net". fotbolti.net.
16. "Maybe Jesse (@officialmaybejesse) - Instagram".

External links

• Guðmundur Þórarinsson on FC Nordsjælland (in Danish)
• Guðmundur Þórarinsson at Soccerway