Patrik Gunnarsson

Patrik Sigurður Gunnarsson (born 15 November 2000) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Viking, on loan from Brentford. He is a product of the Breiðablik academy and has been capped by Iceland at youth level.

Club Career

Breiðablik

A goalkeeper, Patrik progressed through the Breiðablik academy in his native Iceland to make two appearances for the club's U19 team in the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League, while aged 15. He appeared again in the 2017–18 edition of the tournament. Patrik was unused substitute for the first team on four occasions during the 2017 season and in May 2017, he signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract. He signed a new three-year contract in November 2017. Patrik departed on loan for the duration of the 2018 season, but left the club on 8 June 2018.

IR (loan)

Patrik joined 1. deild karla club IR on loan for the 2018 season and made 10 appearances before the loan was terminated on 8 June 2018.

Brentford

On 8 June 2018, Patrik moved to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on a two-year contract, with the option of a further year, effective 1 July 2018. Injuries to second and third-choice goalkeepers Luke Daniels and Ellery Balcombe saw Patrik win his maiden calls into the first team squad in early-March 2019 and he made his debut as a 75th-minute substitute for Daniel Bentley in a 2–1 victory over Middlesbrough on 9 March. He made 31 appearances for the B team during the 2018–19 season and was a part of the squad which won the 2018–19 Middlesex Senior Cup.

In June 2019, Patrik signed a new four-year contract, with the option of a further year and was a part of the first team squad during the majority of the 2019–20 pre-season. He was promoted into the first team squad in September 2019 and was an unused substitute in cup matches during the season. Patrik spent three weeks away fr