SOCCER PLAYER

Atli Eðvaldsson

1957 - 2019

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Atli Eðvaldsson (3 March 1957 – 2 September 2019) was an Icelandic professional footballer who played as a midfielder, widely regarded as one of the most influential players to come from Iceland. During his career, he won the Icelandic championship three times and the Icelandic Cup four times. After retiring from playing, he became a well-known manager. In 1999, he guided Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur to its first championship in 31 years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Atli Eðvaldsson is the 5,687th most popular soccer player (down from 5,625th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 96th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Icelander Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Atli Eðvaldsson ranks 5,687 out of 21,273Before him are Kensuke Tsukuda, Carlos Soler, Gerhard Strack, Sebastian Deisler, Raúl Jiménez, and Émerson Luiz Firmino. After him are Aitana Bonmatí, Rolando Serrano, Joe Gaetjens, Alan Kennedy, Manfred Zapf, and Flavio Roma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Atli Eðvaldsson ranks 495Before him are Patty Smyth, Lilli Gruber, Ingemar Erlandsson, Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, Jay Roach, and Joachim Król. After him are Katie Couric, Ciro Gomes, Gul Mohammed, Amy Aquino, Harald Schmidt, and Richard Barbieri. Among people deceased in 2019, Atli Eðvaldsson ranks 514Before him are Ugo Colombo, Zaza Urushadze, Muriel Pavlow, Vasil Metodiev, Héctor Santos, and John McEnery. After him are Eddie Money, Abdul Hamid, Andre Matos, Alexander Volkov, Jerry Herman, and W. Morgan Sheppard.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Atli Eðvaldsson ranks 98 out of 190Before him are Eiríkur Hauksson (1959), Bjarni Tryggvason (1945), Emilíana Torrini (1977), Gyrðir Elíasson (1961), Guðmundur Guðmundsson (1960), and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (1975). After him are Jón Gnarr (1967), Alfreð Finnbogason (1989), Birgitta Jónsdóttir (1967), Jón Páll Sigmarsson (1960), Hannes Þór Halldórsson (1984), and Ólafur Stefánsson (1973).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Iceland

Among soccer players born in Iceland, Atli Eðvaldsson ranks 4Before him are Eiður Guðjohnsen (1978), Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (1955), and Arnór Guðjohnsen (1961). After him are Alfreð Finnbogason (1989), Hannes Þór Halldórsson (1984), Ragnar Sigurðsson (1986), Theódór Elmar Bjarnason (1987), Birkir Bjarnason (1988), Birkir Már Sævarsson (1984), Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (1990), and Heimir Hallgrímsson (1967).