Brynjar Gunnarsson
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| Brynjar Gunnarsson | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson | |
| Date of birth | October 16, 1975 (age 31) | |
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Position | Centre Midfield | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Reading | |
| Number | 6 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1995-1997 | KR Reykjavík | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1995-1997 1998 1998 1999 1999-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005- |
KR Reykjavík Vålerenga →Moss (loan) Örgryte IS Stoke City Nottingham Forest Watford Reading |
50 (1) 4 (0) 5 (2) 24 (1) 158 (19) 14 (0) 43 (3) 35 (4) |
| National team** | ||
| 1997- | Iceland | 54 (3) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson (born 16 October 1975 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic footballer.
His position is midfielder or defender, and he plays professionally for Reading. He previously played for Nottingham Forest, Stoke City and Watford in England as well as Vålerenga in Norway, Örgryte IS in Sweden and KR Reykjavík in Iceland.
In 1999, Stoke City payed a club-record fee of £600,000 for Gunnarsson. He spent four years at the Britannia Stadium, making over 150 appearances, before moving onto Nottingham Forest on a free transfer in 2003.
However, he did not impress at the City Ground and was loaned back to Stoke just months later before Watford signed him in the summer of 2004, taking advantage of another Bosman move.
Gunnarsson signed for Watford in the summer of 2004, after being released by Forest. He made 43 appearances in an impressive first season. However, Ray Lewington's replacement as Watford manager, Adrian Boothroyd, to some raised eyebrows from the Watford support, allowed Gunnarsson to leave for Reading for a nominal fee in the summer of 2005. Boothroyd gave the justification that Gunnarsson was too similar to his central midfield partner, Gavin Mahon, and of lesser quality.
On 13 November 2006, Gunnarsson signed a contract extension to keep him at Reading until June 2008[1].
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Brynjar Gunnarsson profile at readingfc.co.uk
- Brynjar Gunnarsson career stats at Soccerbase
| Reading F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Hahnemann | 2 Murty | 3 Shorey | 4 Sidwell | 5 Sonko | 6 Gunnarsson | 7 Little | 8 Lita | 9 Doyle | 10 Hunt | 11 Oster | 12 Kitson | 14 Halls | 15 Harper | 16 Ingimarsson | 17 Convey | 18 Sodje | 19 Seol | 22 Bikey | 23 de la Cruz | 24 Long | 27 Brown | 31 Cox | 32 Federici | 34 Henry | 35 Pearce | 36 Joseph-Dubois | 47 Máté | Manager: Coppell |
