Atli Helgason

Atli Helgason
Personal information
Full name	Atli Guðjón Helgason
Date of birth	7 March 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Iceland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1984–1987	Þróttur Reykjavík
1988–1993	Vikingur Reykjavík
1994	Valur
1995	Fram
1996	Víkingur Reykjavík
1997	Valur
International career
1983	Iceland U17
1985	Iceland U19
1991–1992	Iceland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Atli Guðjón Helgason (born 7 March 1967) is an Icelandic lawyer and former footballer who played three games for the Iceland national football team. In 2001 he was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the murder of his business partner Einar Örn Birgisson.^[1]

Football career[edit]

Club career[edit]

Atli played for 14 seasons in the Icelandic leagues. He was the captain of the Víkingur Reykjavík team that won the national championship in 1991.^[2]

National team career[edit]

He won three caps and scored one goal for the Iceland national football team between 1991 and 1992.

Murder of Einar Örn Birgisson[edit]

On November 8, 2000, 27 year old Einar Örn Birgisson, went missing. Einar, a football player and the son of former basketball star Birgir Örn Birgis,^[3] was Atli's business partner and former teammate. A week later, Atli 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 he was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the murder.^[4] He was released from prison in 2010.^[5]^[6]

References[edit]

^ "Mér er engin vorkunn". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 29 May 2004. pp. 1, 24, 25. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^ "Verðmæti hurfu úr dánarbúi Agnars". Dagblaðið Vísir. 17 November 2000. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
^ Snærós Sindradóttir (19 January 2016). "Faðir Einars Arnar: Uppreist æru Atla sem blaut tuska í andlitið". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
^ "Dómur í máli ákæruvaldsins gegn Atla Helgasyni". Mbl.is. 29 May 2001. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
^ Samúel Karl Ólason (18 January 2016). "Atli Helgason búinn að fá uppreist æru". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^ "Sagan öll – Segja foreldra Einars hafa látist úr sorg – Sagði Atli allan sannleikann? – Bróðir Atla dó eftir eftirför lögreglu". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 27 May 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

External links[edit]

Atli Helgason international appearances at ksi.is at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 March 2016)
Atli Helgason at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)

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[1] "Mér er engin vorkunn". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 29 May 2004. pp. 1, 24, 25. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

[mbl-2] "Verðmæti hurfu úr dánarbúi Agnars". Dagblaðið Vísir. 17 November 2000. Retrieved 2017-07-28.

[3] Snærós Sindradóttir (19 January 2016). "Faðir Einars Arnar: Uppreist æru Atla sem blaut tuska í andlitið". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2017-07-28.

[4] "Dómur í máli ákæruvaldsins gegn Atla Helgasyni". Mbl.is. 29 May 2001. Retrieved 2017-07-28.

[visir2017-5] Samúel Karl Ólason (18 January 2016). "Atli Helgason búinn að fá uppreist æru". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 May 2018.

[6] "Sagan öll – Segja foreldra Einars hafa látist úr sorg – Sagði Atli allan sannleikann? – Bróðir Atla dó eftir eftirför lögreglu". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 27 May 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

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