In 2001 he was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the murder of his business partner Einar Örn Birgisson.
[2] He won three caps and scored one goal for the Iceland national football team between 1991 and 1992.
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.
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