Atli Eðvaldsson

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Personal information
Atli Eðvaldsson
Full name	Atli Eðvaldsson
Date of birth	March 3, 1957 (1957-03-03) (age 51)
Place of birth	Iceland
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1974-1980 1980-1981 1981-1985 1985-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1993 1994	Valur Borussia Dortmund Fortuna Düsseldorf Bayer Uerdingen Valur Gençlerbirlığı KR Reykjavik HK Kópavogur career totals	93 (31) 30 (11) 122 (38) 72 (10) 23 (6) 23 (4) 48 (16) 11 (1) 422 (117)
National team²
1976-1991	Iceland	70 (8)
Teams managed
1995-1996 1997 1998-1999 1999-2003	ÍBV Fylkir KR Reykjavik Iceland
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 September 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 17 September 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Atli Eðvaldsson (born 3 March 1957) is a former Icelandic footballer who played as a midfielder. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential players to come from Iceland. After retiring he became a well-known manager.

He is the younger brother of former international player Jóhannes Eðvaldsson.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Manager years
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Club career

Eðvaldsson started at Valur and later became very successful in the German Bundesliga with Fortuna Düsseldorf and Bayer Uerdingen. On June 6th, 1983 he became the first Icelandic player to score a hattrick in the Bundesliga, for Fortuna Düsseldorf against Eintracht Frankfurt. After a year in Turkey, he finished his playing career back in Iceland, where he became player-manager.

[edit] International career

He made his debut for Iceland in 1976 and went on to win 70 caps, scoring 8 goals^[1] and captaining the team many times. At the time of his retirement he was Iceland's record cap. He played his last international match in a September 1991 friendly game against Denmark.

[edit] Manager years

After his playing days ended, Eðvaldsson went on to manage three Icelandic club teams before taking the helm at the national team in 1999. He lasted four years there.