Guðjón Baldvinsson

Guðjón Baldvinsson (* February 15, 1986 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic football player. The striker, who made ​​his debut in the Icelandic national team in 2009, played in his career in his home country and Sweden.

Career

Guðjón debuted in 2003 for the term of his second division club Stjarnan in adult football, where he was a young junior players initially took the role of a supplementary player. After relegation to the third division in late 2004 he conquered a regular place and was with 14 goals in 17 games this season one of the guarantees for direct re-emergence. Also in the second division he showed his eye for goal. At the end of the 2007 stood twelve Torerfolge in the championship for him to beech, which earned him third place in the scoresheet. Then, the record champions KR Reykjavík took him from the 2008 contract. Together with Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa he made in attack of the clubs in the Pepsideild, who finished the season in fourth place in the table. With nine goals this season, he was the second best scorer internal club behind the 14 -fold successful Björgólfur and landed in the top ten goal scorers in the country.

In early 2009 concluded Guðjón at the Swedish club GAIS. Before he started the season with the Gothenburg club, he played in March in the 1-2 defeat against the selection of the Faroe his international debut. In the following season he did not come beyond the status of a supplementary player. Only five stakes in the Allsvenskan as a substitute he graduated to the end of the season, also six appearances for the reserve team. Then, the club gave him in March 2010 together with his compatriot Guðmundur Reynir Gunnarsson to Iceland.

For KR Guðjón scored ten goals in 13 games, with four goals behind Alfreð Finnbogason he finished fifth in the scoring charts Pepsideild. The following spring he moved on a permanent basis to Iceland and signed with the club a three -year contract. On the side of Kjartan Finnbogason, Baldur Sigurdsson, Viktor Bjarki Arnarsson and Hannes Þór Halldórsson he dominated the championship with the team and took the end of the season 25 champion title in club history.

At the turn of 2011/12 Guðjón moved back to Sweden and Halmstad BK joined in the Superettan, where he signed a three -year contract. With 16 goals this season, he contributed greatly to the rise of the team to Karl -Johan Johnsson, Ryan Miller, Christian Järdler and Johnny Lundberg in the Allsvenskan in. As a result, he returned in the fall in the circle of the national team in the 0-2 defeat against Switzerland on 16 October as part of the qualification for the World Cup finals in 2014, he played as a substitute his second international match.