Theodor Elmar Bjarnason

Theodor Elmar Bjarnason (born 4 March 1987) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for KR Reykjavik.

Club Career

Early career

Born in Reykjavik, Iceland, Theodor played for KR Reykjavik in Iceland. He also played one season for the reserve team of the Norwegian club IK Start as a 16-year-old, but rejected an offer of a professional contract with them and moved back to Iceland.

Celtic

Theodor joined Celtic in 2004. He made his domestic debut for Celtic against Hibernian in the last game of the 2006–07 season and played the full 90 minutes in a match in which he was named man of the match by the Celtic website. He was also on the bench for the 1–0 win over Dunfermline in the 2007 Scottish Cup Final.

On 21 May 2007, Theodor announced he would put pen to paper on a two-year contract extension with Celtic to tie him to the club until the summer of 2009 and on 13 June, he signed a new three-year contract.

Lyn Oslo

On 15 January 2008, Theodor signed for Lyn Oslo, in a bid to play regular first team football again.

IFK Goteborg

Following severe financial difficulties in the running of Lyn, Theodor moved to IFK Goteborg on 22 July 2009.

Randers FC

In the start of 2012, Theodor signed a new contract with the Danish side Randers FC. However, he got injured in the start-up and was not able to play for six months.

AGF

In June 2015 he signed a two-year contract with the Danish club AGF. He left the club after two years.

Gazisehir Gaziantep

On 5 January 2019, Bjarnason signed with Turkish club Gazisehir Gaziantep for one and a half years.

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