Holmar Orn Eyjolfsson

Holmar Orn Eyjolfsson (born 6 August 1990) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a centre-back for Urvalsdeild karla club Valur and the Iceland national team. He is the son of Eyjolfur Sverrisson, former Iceland international and manager.

Club Career

Handknattleiksfelag Kopavogs

Born in Sauðarkrokur, Iceland, Eyjolfsson moved to Stuttgart, German when his father played for Stuttgart, where during his three years stay in the country, he spoke a little German. After returning to Iceland, Eyjolfsson first joined FC Tindastoll when he was five years old. When Eyjolfsson was seven years old, his family moved to Kopavogur and then joined HK when he was ten years old, starting out his professional football career. There, he began his career at and began taking football seriously.

After progressing through the ranks at the club, Eyjolfsson finally made his Handknattleiksfelag Kopavogs debut on 13 May 2007 against Vikingur when he was sixteen years old and started the whole the game to help the club keep a clean sheet, in a 0–0 draw. After making his Handknattleiksfelag Kopavogs debut, Eyjolfsson signed a contract extension with the club. Following this, he received a handful of first team football, playing in the centre–back position despite being suspended on three occasions for picking up a total of six yellow cards. His performance led German clubs, such as, Hertha BSC and Bayern Munich, who both offered him a trial, but Eyjolfsson ended up staying at Handknattleiksfelag Kopavogs. At the end of the 2007 season, he went on to finish his first season, making twelve appearances in all competitions and helped the club finish ninth place, just two points away from relegation. For his performance, Eyjolfsson was named Handknattleiksfelag Kopavogs’ most promising player of the year at the club's ceremony.

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