Eyleifur Hafsteinsson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 1965 | Iceland U-19 | 2 | (1) |
| 1964–1972 | Iceland | 26 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Eyleifur Hafsteinsson (born 31 May 1947) is an Icelandic former footballer. He won the Icelandic championship in 1968, 1970 and 1974 and the Icelandic Cup in 1966.[1] He was part of the Iceland national football team between 1964 and 1972, playing 26 matches and scoring 4 goals.
After coming up through the junior teams of Íþróttabandalag Akraness (ÍA), he debuted with the senior team in 1964.[2][3] 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.[4] He returned to ÍA before the start of the 1965 season where he scored 7 goals.[5] In 1966, he moved to Reykjavík and joined Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur where he played until 1969.[6][7] In 1970, he returned to ÍA where he finished his career in 1975, at the age of 27.[8]
Statistics
| Year | Team | GP | Goals | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | ÍA | 10 | 10 | [1] | |
| 1965 | ÍA | 10 | 7 | [2][3] | |
| 1966 | KR | ? | 5 | [4] | |
| 1967 | KR | ? | 3 | [5] | |
| 1968 | KR | ? | 6 | [6] | |
| 1969 | KR | ? | 4 | [7] | |
| 1970 | ÍA | 14 | 5 | [8] | |
| 1971 | ÍA | 14 | 3 | [9] | |
| 1972 | ÍA | 13 | 11 | [10] | |
| 1973 | Did not play - retired | ||||
| 1974 | ÍA | 11 | 1 | ||
See also
References
- ^ a b "Á Sigurslóð: Ótrúlegt afrek Eyleifs". Skagafréttir (in Icelandic). 15 October 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Við getum alveg eins unnið ef liðið verður samstillt". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 26 July 1964. Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- ^ "Ég hef ekki hug á að gerast atvinnumaður". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 12 May 1965. pp. 11, 15. Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- ^ "Íslandsmeistarar í 19 sinn". Íþróttablaðið. 1 October 1965. p. 198. Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Heldur með báðum liðum". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 27 July 2002. p. 10. Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- ^ "Íþróttamaður dagsins". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 February 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is.