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Former football player
Einar Örn Birgisson
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-09-27)September 27, 1973
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Date of death 8 November 2000(2000-11-08) (aged 27)
Place of death Reykjavík, Iceland
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Valur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993 Víkingur 3 (0)
1994 Valur 4 (1)
1995 Víkingur 10 (4)
1996–1997 Þróttur Reykjavík 25 (13)
1998 Lyn 9 (0)
1999–2000 KR 6 (2)
2000 HK 9 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Einar Örn Birgisson (27 September 1973 – 8 November 2000) was an Icelandic footballer and businessman. He played football for several years in Iceland and Norway, winning the Icelandic championship and Icelandic Cup in 1999 with KR. In November 2000, he was murdered by his business partner and former teammate Atli Helgason.

Football career

Einar played youth football for Valur. He later played senior football for Víkingur, Valur and Þróttur Reykjavík. He had his breakout season in 1997, finishing tied for third most goals in the Icelandic top-tier league. In 1998, he joined Lyn in Norway. After a good start with the club, he suffered an injury and missed most of the season. He left Lyn following the season due to its financial difficulties where they required him to take a 65% paycut. In 1999, he joined KR where he won the Icelandic championship and the Icelandic Cup. He left the club in April 2000 after a disagreement with manager Pétur Pétursson and later sued KR for the remainder of his salary. He joined HK the same year, scoring 6 goals in 9 matches.

On 7 November 2000, he played for Valur's reserve team, which also included singer Stefán Hilmarsson, in the 32 team stage of the Icelandic Handball Cup, scoring 3 goals in the reserve's team loss to ÍR.

Death

On 8 November 2000, Einar went missing which resulted in a massive search operation in the south part of Iceland. A week later, his business partner Atli Helgason confessed to his murder, having beaten Einar four times in his head with a hammer in Öskjuhlíð in Reykjavík and hiding his body near Grindavík. On 29 May 2001, Atli was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the murder. He was released from prison in 2010. His case was featured in the Icelandic TV show Mannshvörf (e. Disappearances) and Kastljós.

Personal life

Einar was the son of Aldís Einarsdóttir, a former handball player, and Birgir Örn Birgis, one of the inaugural players of the Iceland men's national basketball team.

References

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  9. "HK - 2. deild karla 2000". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
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  12. "Ekki talinn hafa farið úr landi". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 13 November 2000. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 20 June 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  13. Snærós Sindradóttir (19 January 2016). "Faðir Einars Arnar: Uppreist æru Atla sem blaut tuska í andlitið". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
  14. "Atli játaði". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 16 November 2000. pp. 1, 2, 28. Retrieved 20 June 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  15. "Banamein talið vera þungt höfuðhögg". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 17 November 2000. pp. 84, 6. Retrieved 20 June 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  16. "Dómur í máli ákæruvaldsins gegn Atla Helgasyni". Morgunblaðið. 29 May 2001. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
  17. Samúel Karl Ólason (18 January 2016). "Atli Helgason búinn að fá uppreist æru". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  18. "Syrgir son og eiginkonu". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 1 October 2005. pp. 32–33. Retrieved 20 June 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
  19. "Einstakt ljúfmenni". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 18 November 2000. p. 19. Retrieved 20 June 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon

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