Kári Árnasson (born 1944) is a retired Icelandic international

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who played for

ÍB Akureyri ÍB Akureyri ( is, Íþróttabandalag Akureyrar, abbreviated ÍBA) was a sports club based in Akureyri in the north of Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Icelan ...

(ÍBA). Kári played two qualification matches for the

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against the amateur national team of Spain in 1967. In the first game, which was played in Iceland, he came on as a substitute in the 40th minute. In the second game, which was played in Spain, he was among the starting 11 as a right

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. At half-time, the score was 2–1 in favor of Spain. In the second half,

Eyleifur Hafsteinsson Eyleifur Hafsteinsson (born 31 May 1947) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a forward. 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 ...

scored an equalizer and Kári put Iceland ahead with another goal. However, Iceland then conceded three goals, making the final score 5–3 in favor of Spain. Kári joined the senior team of ÍBA in 1960. In the

1968 Úrvalsdeild Statistics of Úrvalsdeild in the 1968 season. Overview It was contested by 6 teams, and KR won the championship. Fram's Helgi Númason, ÍBA's Kári Árnason Kári Árnason (born 13 October 1982) is an Icelandic former professional foot ...

he was one of four joint top scorers. The same year, he was chosen as Akureyri's footballer of the year. He retired in 1975 from

Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar, abbreviated KA, is an Icelandic multi-sport club based in Akureyri in the north of Iceland. The club was founded in 1928. The football team currently plays in Besta deild karla and have won the top flight once in 1 ...

(KA) when ÍBA reverted to the two separate clubs KA and

Þór Akureyri Íþróttafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Akureyri, simply Þór or Thór, is a multi-sport club in Akureyri, Iceland. It features departments in Basketball, football, Handball and Taekwondo. Its main rivals is another sport club from A ...

. In 1976 he played in the annual game between KA and Víkingur in memory of ÍBA player Jakob Jakobsson, and was hired later that year as assistant manager of the KA senior squad.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnason, Kari 1944 births Kari Arnason Kari Arnason Living people Men's association football midfielders Kari Arnason