Ellert Schram
# Ellert Schram

Ellert Björgvinsson Schram (born 10 October 1939) is an Icelandic former footballer and politician.

## Football career

### Club

At club level Ellert played as a forward for Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur and competed at the 1966–67 European Cup, scoring two goals against FC Nantes. He played in the Icelandic top-tier league from 1957 to 1971, scoring 62 goals. He won the Icelandic Football Cup 7 times with KR from 1960 to 1967. He was captain of Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur when they played Liverpool FC in August 1964 which was Liverpools first ever European game losing 5-1 and 11-1 overall on aggregate.

### International

Ellert was part of the Iceland national football team between 1959 and 1970. He played 23 matches, scoring 6 goals.

### Managerial career

He was the manager of KR during the 1973 season.

### Titles

* Icelandic championships: 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968
* Icelandic Football Cup (7): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967

## Political career

After his playing days where over, Ellert served as the chairman of the Football Association of Iceland from 1973 to 1989. He served as a member of Alþingi for the Independence Party, from 1971 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1987, and for the Social Democratic Alliance from 2007 to 2009.

