Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1954-07-10)10 July 1954 | ||
Date of death | 21 May 2005(2005-05-21) (aged 50) | ||
Place of death | Keflavík, Iceland | ||
Position(s) |
Defender goalkeeper[1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1971–1981 | Keflavík | ||
International career | |||
Iceland U19 | 6[2] | (0) | |
1973–1979 | Iceland | 29 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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.[2]
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.
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