*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 December 2021
Andri Rúnar Bjarnason (born 12 November 1990) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a forward for Vestri. In 2017, he tied the Besta deild karla single season goal record with 19 goals. The following year, he debuted for the Iceland national team.
Career
Early career
Andri started his career with his hometown club Ungmennafélag Bolungarvíkur in 2005. The next nine seasons, he played for BÍ/Bolungarvík, a joint team of Boltafélag Ísafjarðar and Ungmennafélag Bolungarvíkur. In 2015, he moved to Pepsi deildin club Víkingur Reykjavík. Between these moves Andri also attended college in the US and played with North Carolina Wesleyan College's soccer team where he was named USA South Rookie of the Year honors and to the All-South Atlantic Region Second Team.[1][2]
Grindavík
In 2016, Andri joined Inkasso League's Grindavík on loan from Víkingur Reykjavík and helped the club achieve promotion to Úrvalsdeild karla. After the season he transferred to the club[3] and in 2017 he took the Úrvalsdeild by storm, scoring 18 goals in his first 20 matches.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] On September 30, Andri tied the single season goal record in the Úrvalsdeild when he scored on the 88 minute in Grindavík's final game of the season.[12]
Helsingborgs IF
On 4 November 2017, Andri signed for Helsingborgs IF.[13] On 10 November 2018 he scored twice in Helsingborg's 3–1 victory against Varberg in the last game of the season,[14] helping the club finish first in the Superettan. He also finished first in goals scored during the season with 16 goals.[15] On 14 June it was reported that Helsinborgs had sold Andri to 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[16]
After a disappointing season in Germany, it was confirmed on 10 August 2020, that Andri had joined newly relegated Danish 1st Division club Esbjerg fB on a deal until the summer 2022.[18] On 13 December 2021, Andri's contract was terminated by mutual consent.[19]
ÍBV
In December 2021, Andri returned to Iceland and signed with ÍBV.[20] For the 2022 season, he netted 10 goals in 25 matches.[21]