Atli Eðvaldsson

Atli Eðvaldsson (3 March 1957 – 2 September 2019) was an Icelandic footballer. He played as a midfielder.

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 managed Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur to its first championship in 31 years.

Atli played 70 games for the Icelandic national team from 1976 to 1991. He later coached the national team from  1999 to 2003.

In December 2018, he revealed was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer two years before. On 2 September 2019, Atli died from cancer, aged 62.

References

Other websites
Profile at Football Association of Iceland

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Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer