Patrik Sigurður Gunnarsson (born 15 November 2000) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Pro League club Kortrijk.
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][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.
[32] 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.
[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.
[35] 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.
[37][38] 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.