Gísli Torfason | |
Birth Date: | 10 July 1954 |
Death Place: | Keflavík, Iceland |
Position: | Defender goalkeeper[1] |
Years1: | 1971–1981 |
Clubs1: | Keflavík |
Nationalteam1: | Iceland U19 |
Nationalcaps1: | 6[2] |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 1973–1979 |
Nationalteam2: | Iceland |
Nationalcaps2: | 29 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Gísli Torfason[3] (10 July 1954 – 21 May 2005) was an Icelandic football defender and goalkeeper. He played in 29 matches[4] for the Iceland national football team from 1973 to 1979.
In 1977, Torfason was named as "player of the Iceland Championship" by the Morgunblaðið newspaper.[5]
Torfason died on May 21, 2005, in Keflavík,[6] at the age of 50.