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Old Skool Gems: Eidur Gudjohnsen

Old Skool Gems: Eidur Gudjohnsen

In the second of this series, it's the turn of the Icelandic genius

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Apr 12, 2022
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Welcome to the second installment of my article series ‘Old Skool Gems’, which is designed at looking back at players we loved at Chelsea, but they might not always have been the most popular, or might be seen by many as being under rated.

I will only be using players that I have a physical memory of so I can do them justice.

The first one was on John Obi Mikel, today we look at Eidur Gugjohnsen, upon request of a subscriber.

Name: Eidur Gudjohnsen

Nation: Icelandic international (88 caps, 26 goals)

Current Age: 43

Teams Played For: PSV, Bolton, Chelsea, Barcelona, Monaco, Tottenham (loan), Stoke, Fulham (loan), and many more

Honours With Chelsea: Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, Football League Cup: 2004–05, FA Charity/Community Shield: 2000, 2005

Apps/Goals For Chelsea: 263/78

Chelsea legend Eidur Gudjohnsen's legacy continues with THREE sons playing  football, with two starring at Real Madrid

He was actually still playing up until 2017 and played for his country well into his late 30s.

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