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Place of Birth: Iceland
About Árni Sveinsson
- Árni Sveinsson (born 12 February 1956) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a midfielder.
- He won 50 caps for the Iceland national football team between 1975 and 1985. Árni began his career with ÍA and made his senior debut during the 1973 season.
- He went on to play 199 league matches for the club, scoring 28 goals.
- During the winter of 1978–79, he had a spell with Dutch Eerste Divisie side SBV Excelsior, where he scored twice in four appearances.
- In 1987, Árni joined 3.
- deild club Stjarnan, where was a part of the team that won successive promotions in 1988 and 1989.
- In total, he played 64 league matches for Stjarnan and scored 42 goals.
- Árni played three games for Aris Bonnevoie in Luxembourg in the 1990–91 season, before signing with Dalvík upon his return to Iceland.
- After a year with Dalvík, he returned to Stjarnan for one season before retiring from football in 1992. As a youth, Árni won seven caps for the Iceland national under-19 football team.
- He made scored his first international goal in the 5–3 win against Scotland U19 on 12 April 1974, and scored twice in a 5–1 win over Faroe Islands U19 later the same year.
- Árni won his first senior cap on 23 June 1975 as Iceland recorded a 6–0 victory over the Faroe Islands.
- He netted his first senior goal for Iceland in his second match, a 1–1 draw with Norway.
- Árni went on to make 50 appearances for his country over the following 10 seasons, scoring four goals.
- His final international cap came on 12 July 1985, as he played the full match in Iceland's 1–0 win over the Faroe Islands.
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