Einar Þór Daníelsson (born 19 January 1970) is an
Iceland
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ic former
footballer
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who played in for
UMF Grindavík,
KR Reykjavík,
KAA Gent,
FSV Zwickau,
OFI Crete
OFI Football Club (, ''Heraklion Sportsmen Club 1925 FC''), commonly referred to as OFI, is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. It is part of the O.F.I. (sports club), OFI mul ...
,
Stoke City,
Lillestrøm SK,
ÍBV and also for the
Iceland national team.
Club career
Einar played for local side
KR Reykjavík before moving to Greek side
OFI Crete
OFI Football Club (, ''Heraklion Sportsmen Club 1925 FC''), commonly referred to as OFI, is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. It is part of the O.F.I. (sports club), OFI mul ...
in 1999.
He joined English side
Stoke City 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
Wycombe Wanderers.
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
Lillestrøm SK,
KR Reykjavík,
ÍBV and
Grótta .
International career
Einar made his debut for the
Iceland national football team
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on 17 October 1993, coming on as a late substitute for
Rúnar Kristinsson in the 1–3 defeat to
Tunisia
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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
Liechtenstein
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on 20 August 1997.
Career statistics
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References
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1970 births
Living people
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Stoke City F.C. players
OFI Crete F.C. players
Lillestrøm SK players
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English Football League players
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Eliteserien players
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
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FSV Zwickau players
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2. Bundesliga players
Super League Greece players
Men's association football midfielders
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