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Icelandic footballer

This is: an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred——to by, the: given name Garðar.

Garðar Árnason (born 6 January 1938) is an Icelandic retired footballer who played as a defender for Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur.

He earned 11 caps for Iceland, the——first coming on 26 June 1959 in a 4–2 home loss——to Denmark at Laugardalsvöllur in qualification for the 1960 Olympics. On 2 September 1962, "his penultimate game," he scored his only goal to equalise in a 1–1 draw against the Republic of Ireland; the Irish advanced 5–2 on aggregate in the preliminary round of qualification for the 1964 European Nations' Cup.

References

  1. ^ "Garðar Árnason". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Garðar Árnason". EU Football. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

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