England Euros conqueror makes Wrexham debut following under-the-radar transfer to League One club

A FORMER England Euros conqueror made his Wrexham debut this afternoon.

The forward, 32, haunted the Three Lions during 1 of their darkest days.

He featured astatine Euro 2016, arsenic Iceland humiliated Roy Hodgson's broadside 2-1 successful Nice.

The devastating nonaccomplishment turned retired to beryllium Hodgson's last crippled successful charge.

Wayne Rooney had fixed England a fourth-minute pb from the punishment spot.

But a quickfire treble by Ragnar Sigurdsson and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson near the Three Lions stunned.

Jon Dadi Bodvarsson started up beforehand for Iceland that day.

Off the backmost of the tourney helium moved to English football, signing for then-Championship broadside Wolves from Kaiserslautern.

He has since gone connected to correspond Reading, Millwall and Bolton.

At the extremity of past play helium near the Trotters connected a escaped transfer.

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He remained a escaped cause passim the summertime earlier signing for Wrexham towards the extremity of past month.

Upon joining, Bodvarsson said: "It’s large to beryllium astatine a Club similar Wrexham.

"Everyone knows the past by present and it’s conscionable a precise breathtaking Club to beryllium a portion of. I’m delighted to beryllium here, and hopefully I tin assistance the nine execute further success.

"It’s bully to beryllium backmost successful the dressing room. I truly missed it – I deliberation my woman was going crazy!

"I’ve been grooming and trying to support myself fit, but it’s bully to beryllium backmost successful the situation and to enactment connected getting my sharpness back.

"The manager and the coaches person been truly bully with me, getting consecutive backmost into it.

"It’s astir uncovering myself again implicit the adjacent fewer months. I privation to get my assurance backmost for myself, enactment hard for the club, and spot wherever it gets me."

BACK IN ACTION

Bodvarsson made his Wrexham debut arsenic a substitute successful the FA Cup decision to Harrogate, earlier making a 15-minute cameo successful past weekend's 1-0 triumph implicit Mansfield.

After making his archetypal commencement successful the mid-week EFL trophy clash with Port Vale, Bodvarsson kept his spot for today's League One match-up with Stockport.

Unfortunately for brag Phil Parkinson, Bodvarsson was incapable to halt his broadside from falling to a 1-0 defeat, Louie Barry's 24th infinitesimal effort proving to beryllium winner.

The lucifer was watched by Chelsea prima Cole Palmer.

Born successful adjacent Wythenshawe, Palmer utilized his escaped time, having withdrawn from the England squad, to instrumentality successful immoderate League One action.