Atli Barkarson (born 19 March 2001) is an Icelandic professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Iceland national team.

Club career

Atli joined the youth academy of Völsungur in 2012 and was promoted to the first team in 2017. He made seven appearances and scored two goals in the 3. deild karla that season. On 2 September 2017, Atli joined the youth team of

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of the

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. After playing for the club's under-18 team for the first year, he signed his first professional contract on 30 June 2018. In August 2019, Atli left the club to join

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of the

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. During his short stint with the club, he made three league appearances. In 2020, Atli returned to Iceland and signed for Víkingur Reykjavík of the Úrvalsdeild. He appeared in the team's single

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match, a 1–2 elimination defeat to

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of the Slovenia PrivaLiga. On 27 January 2022, it was confirmed that Atli had joined

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club

on a deal until June 2026.LANG KONTRAKT TIL UNG ISLÆNDING
soenderjyske.dk, 27 January 2022

International career

Atli was called up to the senior national team for a

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against

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and

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in January 2022. He made his senior international debut as a starter in the first match, an eventual 1–1 draw, on 12 January 2022.

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