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Jon Dadi Bodvarsson: Former Iceland striker announces retirement

BBC Published Aug 17, 2026 Reviewed Aug 18, 2026 ✓ Reviewed by citations.press editors

Jon Dadi Bodvarsson scored 25 goals in 94 appearances for Bolton Wanderers.

25 goals · Bolton Wanderers94 appearances · Bolton Wanderers

Jon Dadi Bodvarsson scored four goals in 64 international appearances for Iceland.

4 goals · Iceland64 appearances · Iceland

Jon Dadi Bodvarsson started the Euro 2016 match in which Iceland upset England 2-1 to advance to the quarter-finals.

2 goals · Iceland1 goals · England

Jon Dadi Bodvarsson announced his retirement at the age of 34.

34 years · Jon Dadi Bodvarsson

Former Iceland striker Jon Dadi Bodvarsson has announced his retirement at the age of 34.

Bodvarsson scored four goals in 64 international appearances for Iceland and started the Euro 2016 match in which his country upset England 2-1 to advance to the quarter-finals, a result that led to Roy Hodgson's resignation.

The striker spent almost ten years in England, first at Wolves, and then Reading and Millwall, before a successful spell at Bolton between 2022 and 2024 where he scored 25 goals in 94 appearances.

He also played for Wrexham and Burton Albion before heading home to Iceland to return to his first club Selfoss.

Bodvarsson said in a statement on social media: "I want to thank all my managers, coaches, players and staff members that I've been grateful enough to have met and worked with. It was great sharing the highs and lows of football with you."

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