Patrik Gunnarsson

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.^[4][5] He appeared again in the 2017–18 edition of the tournament.^[6] Patrik was unused substitute for the first team on four occasions during the 2017 season and in May 2017,^[7] he signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract.^[8]

Patrick signed a new three-year contract in November 2017 and joined 1. deild karla club ÍR on loan for the duration of the 2018 season.^[4][9] He made 10 appearances before the loan was terminated on 8 June 2018, the same day on which he departed the club permanently.^[4][10]

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.^[4] 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 Dan Bentley in a 2–1 victory over Middlesbrough on 9 March.^[3][11] 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.^[12][13]

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.^[14][15] He was promoted into the first team squad in September 2019 and was an unused substitute in cup matches during the season.^[11][16] On 20 February 2020, Patrik joined League One club Southend United on a seven-day emergency loan,^[17] which was subsequently extended by two further weeks.^[18] He made three appearances during his spell.^[19]

Patrick spent the entire 2020–21 season away on loan at Danish 1st Division clubs Viborg FF and Silkeborg IF,^[20] switching clubs during the mid-season transfer window.^[21] He made 26 appearances during the season and both clubs secured promotion to the Danish Superliga.^[20] In his absence, Brentford were promoted to the Premier League after victory in the 2021 Championship play-off final.^[22] After remaining an unused substitute during two early 2021–22 season matches, Patrik departed on loan until the end of 2021.^[23] Following the spell, he transferred away from the Community Stadium in January 2022.^[20]

On 30 August 2021, Patrik joined Norwegian Eliteserien club Viking on loan until the end of the 2021 season.^[24] He made eight appearances during his spell and helped the team to a third-place finish, which secured a Europa Conference League berth.^[25][26] On 17 January 2022, Patrik signed a four-year contract with the club for an undisclosed fee and he made 37 appearances during a mid-table 2022 season.^{[11][20][27][28]} He made 32 appearances during a 2023 season in which the club narrowly missed European qualification.^[25][29]

Patrik has been capped by Iceland at U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 level.^[30] In March 2021, Patrik was named in Iceland's 2021 UEFA European U21 Championship finals squad and played in two of the three group stage matches before the team's elimination.^[30][31]

Patrik received his first call-up to the senior team for two friendly matches in January 2020 and remained an unused substitute in both.^[11][32] After featuring as an unused substitute during a 5–1 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A defeat to Belgium in September 2020, Patrik was an unused substitute during six 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in 2021.^[11] He remained an unused substitute during two 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B matches,^[11] before making his senior international debut with a start in a 1–0 friendly victory over San Marino on 9 June 2022.^[30] Patrik's second cap came in the 2022 Baltic Cup Final,^[30] where his penalty save in the shoot-out versus Latvia saw Iceland win the tournament.^[33] Patrik's third cap came in the following match, a 1–1 friendly draw versus Estonia on 1 January 2023 and he remained a regular inclusion in matchday squads until March 2023.^[11][30]

Patrik is the son of retired goalkeeper Gunnar Sigurðsson.^[34] He is a Breiðablik and Manchester United supporter.^[35][36] In May 2022, a scandal erupted In Norway, when a video published by Stavanger Aftenblad showed Gunnarsson reducing the size of his goal, by literally moving the goalposts 15–20 centimetres inwards, after the referee's inspection, but prior to kick-off, in home matches during the early months of the 2022 season.^[37]

As of match played 5 May 2024

As of match played 7 June 2024^[30]

Brentford B

• Middlesex Senior Cup: 2018–19^[13]

Viborg FF

• Danish 1st Division: 2020–21^[11][41]

Silkeborg IF

• Danish 1st Division second-place promotion: 2020–21^[11][41]

Iceland

• Baltic Cup: 2022^[33]

• Patrik Gunnarsson at Soccerbase
• Patrik Gunnarsson at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
• Patrik Gunnarsson at vikingfotball.no
• Patrik Gunnarsson – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Patrik Gunnarsson at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)