Einar Þór Daníelsson (born 19 January 1970) is an

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who played in for UMF Grindavík,

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, ÍBV and also for the Iceland national team.

Club career

Einar played for local side

before moving to Greek side

in 1999. He joined English side

in November 1999 along with a number of fellow countrymen following the club being taken over by a group of Icelandic businessmen. Einar made a good start scoring on his debut in a 4–0 win away at

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. However unlike some of the Icelandic players Einar failed to adapt to English football and left after making just nine appearances. He went on to play for

, ÍBV and Grótta .

International career

Einar made his debut for the

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on 17 October 1993, coming on as a late substitute for Rúnar Kristinsson in the 1–3 defeat to

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. He went on to win 21 caps for his country over the following nine years, and scored his only international goal in the 4–0 win against

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on 20 August 1997.

Career statistics

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References

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