Career
He is the father of Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson, who plays for Rosenborg in Norway. Club career
Eyjólfur started his career as a striker at local team University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tindastóll and moved to VfB Stuttgart in 1989. During his Bundesliga career, Eyjólfur played 251 matches and scored 30 goals.
International career
He was capped 66 times for Iceland, making his debut in a Euro 1992 qualifying match in May 1991 against Albania.
During the 1990s he was one of the stars of the national team and also skippered them. His last international came in October 2001, in a World cup qualifier against Denmark which Iceland lost 0–6 away.
In October 2005 he was appointed the coach of the Iceland national football team, where he has struggled, only winning two of his first 14 competitive games. Eyjólfur was sacked on the 27 October 2007.
While managing the Iceland U21 men"s football team, he signed a short-term contract as assistant with VfL Wolfsburg on 10 February 2011. statistics
Before moving to Stuttgart, he was also one of Iceland"s best basketball players.
He played with his local team and in one year he averaged over 30 points per game.