Sigurlás Þorleifsson

Icelandic footballer

Sigurlás Þorleifsson
Personal information
Date of birth	(1957 -07-15)15 July 1957
Place of birth	Iceland
Date of death	24 April 2018(2018-04-24) (aged 60)
Place of death	Heimaey, Iceland
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979	Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur
1980–1982 (?)	Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja
International career
1979–1982	Iceland	10	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sigurlás Þorleifsson ((1957 -07-15)15 July 1957 – 24 April 2018) was an Icelandic footballer.^[1]^[2] He was part of the Iceland national football team between 1979 and 1982. He played 10 matches, scoring 2 goals.^[3]^[4] With Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur he was topscorer of the 1979 Úrvalsdeild with twelve goals. Later with his club Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja he was again topscorer at the 1981 Úrvalsdeild (12 goals) and 1982 Úrvalsdeild (10 goals).^[5] With Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja he also competed in the 1980–81 European Cup, scoring 1 goal against Baník Ostrava.

Death

Sigurlás collapsed while on a hike with friends on Heimaklettur in Heimaey on 24 April 2018. Resuscitations were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at Vestmannaeyjar hospital later that day.^[6]

References

^ "Sigurlás Þorleifsson". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
^ "Sigurlás Þorleifsson - игрок национальной сборной по футболу". eu-football.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-03-20.
^ "Landsliðsmenn karla frá upphafi" [All-time men's national team players] (in Icelandic). KSÍ.is. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ "Iceland national team profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason (25 April 2018). "Nafn mannsins sem lést í Heimakletti". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ Hörður Snævar Jónsson (25 April 2018). "Sorg í Vestmannaeyjum – Fyrrum landsliðsmaður í fótbolta og skólastjóri bráðkvaddur á Heimakletti". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 April 2018.