An Icelandic professional football player, Andri Runar Bjarnason currently plays for Helsingborgs as a striker wearing the jersey no 99. Before switching to Helsinborgs IF, he has played for Grindavik and Vikingur Reykjavik, having debuted professionally with Bolungarvik in the year 2005. He played 2012-13 season for North Carolina Wesleyan.
Andri received his first call-up to Iceland national team in January of 2018.
Andri Runar Bjarnason was born on 12th November 1990, in Bloungarvik, Iceland. His birth sign is Scorpio. He was born to his mother Anna Jörundsdóttir.
Talking about his nationality, he is Icelandic. Andri had a keen interest in football since his childhood. He began his football career professionally with Bolungarvik.
As of 2017, Andri used to earn £190 as his weekly salary i.e, £9880 annually from his previous club Grindavik. Presently he is signed to Swedish football club, Helsingborgs where he might earn a good amount as his salary but has not disclosed the exact figure yet.
His current market value is $214,091.
At the age of 16, Andri joined BI/Bolungarvik and made his professional debut in the football world. In his eighth season with the club, he played 148 matches for 62 goals.
He then moved to Pepsi Deildin club Vikingur Reykjavik. Between these moves, Andri also enrolled college in the US where he played with North Carolina Wesleyan College’s football team. During his college career, he was named USA South Rookie of the Year honors and to the All-South Atlantic Region Second Team.
Further, in 2016, Andri moved to Inkasso League side Grindavik on loan from Vikingur Reykjavik and helped the club achieve promotion to Urvalsdeid Karla. After playing a season, he signed Grindavik on a permanent basis. He played overall played 22 matches and scored 19 goals.
On 4th November 2017, Andri signed Helsingborgs IF.
On January 2018, Andri was called up to the Iceland national team to play its two unofficial friendly matches in Indonesia along with Vioar Ari Jonsson, Runar Alex Runarsson, and Holmar Orn Eyjolfsson.
On 11th January, he made his international team debut in an unofficial friendly against Indonesia, where he recorded a goal for his national side.
Up to now, Andri has earned 2 caps and scored a goal for his national side.
Currently 27, Andri is a married man. He tied the wedding knot with his longtime girlfriend, Anna Marzelliusardottir. The couple together is blessed with a son.
They are often seen together on events, festivals and parties.
Andri and Anna spend quality time with each other and living a blissful married life without any news and rumors related to extra-marital affairs, conflict, and divorce.
On July 2017, Andri criticized the captain of Urvalsdeild Kvenna club Por/KA, Sandra Maria Jessen and a member of the Icelandic national team, on social networking site, Twitter, for her liking a tweet about criticism on the selection of a certain player for the national team, and ended the tweet with the “#brainless”. However, he apologized for the tweet later.
