Eyleifur Hafsteinsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1947-05-31) 31 May 1947
Place of birth Akranes, Iceland
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
ÍA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1965 ÍA 20 (17)
1966–1969 KR (18)
1970–1973 ÍA 41 (19)
1974 ÍA 11 (1)
Total (37)
International career
1965 Iceland U19 2 (1)
1964–1972 Iceland 26 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.[1] He was part of the Iceland national team between 1964 and 1972, playing 26 matches and scoring 4 goals.[2]

Career

After coming up through the junior teams of Íþróttabandalag Akraness (ÍA), he debuted with the senior team in 1964.[3][4] 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.[1] The following year he spent three months in Glasgow, Scotland, where he trained with the Glasgow Rangers.[5] He returned to ÍA before the start of the 1965 season where he scored 7 goals.[6] In 1966, he moved to Reykjavík and joined Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur where he played until 1969.[7][8] In 1970, he returned to ÍA where he finished his career in 1975, at the age of 27.[9]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season
AppsGoals
ÍA 1964[10] 1010
1965[11][12] 107
KR 1966[13] ?5
1967[14] ?3
1968[15] ?6
1969[16] ?4
ÍA 1970[17] 145
1971[18] 143
1972[19] 1311
ÍA 1974 111

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Á Sigurslóð: Ótrúlegt afrek Eyleifs". Skagafréttir (in Icelandic). 15 October 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  2. ↑ Orri Páll Ormarsson (23 April 2023). "Ræddi við markvörð í miðjum leik". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Hvarflaði aldrei að mér, að ég myndi leika með Ríkharði". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 23 July 1964. p. 4. Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is. Open access icon
  4. ↑ "Við getum alveg eins unnið ef liðið verður samstillt". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 26 July 1964. Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is. Open access icon
  5. ↑ "Ég hef ekki hug á að gerast atvinnumaður". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 12 May 1965. pp. 11, 15. Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is. Open access icon
  6. ↑ "Íslandsmeistarar í 19 sinn". Íþróttablaðið. 1 October 1965. p. 198. Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is. Open access icon
  7. ↑ "Eyleifur hættir hjá KR og flytur aftur upp á Akranes". Þjóðviljinn (in Icelandic). 27 November 1969. p. 2. Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is. Open access icon
  8. ↑ "Heldur með báðum liðum". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 27 July 2002. p. 10. Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is. Open access icon
  9. ↑ "Íþróttamaður dagsins". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 February 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is. Open access icon
  10. ↑ https://skagafrettir.is/2017/10/15/a-sigurslod-otrulegt-afrek-eyleifs/
  11. ↑ https://timarit.is/page/7262007
  12. ↑ https://timarit.is/page/2379589
  13. ↑ https://timarit.is/page/2387076
  14. ↑ https://timarit.is/page/3327524
  15. ↑ https://timarit.is/page/7262974
  16. ↑ https://timarit.is/page/3229777
  17. ↑ https://timarit.is/page/3686091
  18. ↑ https://timarit.is/page/1424357
  19. ↑ https://timarit.is/page/3244903
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