| Eyleifur Hafsteinsson | |
| Birth Date: | 31 May 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Akranes, Iceland |
| Position: | Forward |
| Youthclubs1: | ÍA |
| Years1: | 1964–1965 |
| Clubs1: | ÍA |
| Caps1: | 20 |
| Goals1: | 17 |
| Years2: | 1966–1969 |
| Clubs2: | KR |
| Goals2: | 18 |
| Years3: | 1970–1973 |
| Clubs3: | ÍA |
| Caps3: | 41 |
| Goals3: | 19 |
| Years4: | 1974 |
| Clubs4: | ÍA |
| Caps4: | 11 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Totalgoals: | 37 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1965 |
| Nationalteam1: | Iceland U19 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1964–1972 |
| Nationalteam2: | Iceland |
| Nationalcaps2: | 26 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 4 |
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]
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]
| Club | Season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | ||||
| ÍA | 1964[10] | 10 | 10 | ||
| 1965[11] [12] | 10 | 7 | |||
| KR | 1966[13] | ? | 5 | ||
| 1967[14] | ? | 3 | |||
| 1968[15] | ? | 6 | |||
| 1969[16] | ? | 4 | |||
| ÍA | 1970[17] | 14 | 5 | ||
| 1971[18] | 14 | 3 | |||
| 1972[19] | 13 | 11 | |||
| ÍA | 1974 | 11 | 1 |