Eyleifur Hafsteinsson (born 31 May 1947) is an Icelandic former
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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. He won the
Icelandic championship in 1968, 1970 and 1974 and the
Icelandic Cup in 1966.
He was part of the
Iceland national team between 1964 and 1972, playing 26 matches and scoring 4 goals.
Career
After coming up through the junior teams of
Íþróttabandalag Akraness
Íþróttabandalag Akraness (abbreviated ÍA), is an Icelandic sports club founded in 1946 and based in the town of Akranes, west Iceland. Among the main sports its members can practice are basketball, football, golf, horsemanship, gymnastics, v ...
(ÍA), he debuted with the senior team in 1964. He became an instant hit, becoming the youngest player ever to score in the Icelandic
top-tier league when he did so three days before his 17th birthday. He finished the
1964 season as the league's top goal scorer with 10 goals.
The following year he spent three months in
Glasgow
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, Scotland, where he trained with the
Glasgow Rangers
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. He returned to ÍA before the start of the
1965 season where he scored 7 goals. In 1966, he moved to
Reykjavík
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and joined
Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur
Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Football Club), often shortened to KR or KR Reykjavík, is an Icelandic football club based in the Vesturbær district of the capital, Reykjavík.
KR is the oldest and most successful club in Icelandic ...
where he played until 1969. In 1970, he returned to ÍA where he finished his career in 1975, at the age of 27.
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Career statistics
See also
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List of Iceland international footballers
The Iceland national football team is the representative association football affiliated to FIFA. The team played its first match on 17 July 1946 against Denmark and played only friendly matches for the first eleven years of its existence before p ...
References
External links
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Archived profileat
Íþróttabandalag Akraness
Íþróttabandalag Akraness (abbreviated ÍA), is an Icelandic sports club founded in 1946 and based in the town of Akranes, west Iceland. Among the main sports its members can practice are basketball, football, golf, horsemanship, gymnastics, v ...
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1947 births
Living people
Men's association football forwards
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