Viggó Kristjánsson (born 9 December 1993) is an Icelandic handball player for TV Bittenfeld and the Icelandic national team.[1][2]
| Viggó Kristjánsson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
9 December 1993 Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Nationality | Icelandic | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | TV Bittenfeld | ||
| Number | 73 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–2010 | Grótta | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2010 | Grótta | ||
2014–2016 | Grótta | ||
2016–2017 | Randers HH | ||
2017–2019 | SG Handball West Wien | ||
2019 | SC DHfK Leipzig | ||
2019–2020 | HSG Wetzlar | ||
2020– | TV Bittenfeld | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Iceland | 26 | (68) |
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2009 | Grótta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Grótta | 31 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Breiðablik | 12 | (0) |
| 2012 | → ÍR (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2014 | Grótta | 20 | (11) |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | Iceland U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | Iceland U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2010 | Iceland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He represented Iceland at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship, 2021 World Men's Handball Championship and 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.[3][4][5][6]
Having featured in senior handball in 2010, Viggó didn't play handball again until 2014. In the meantime he played football, playing 12 games in the Icelandic top tier, 43 games in the second tier and 23 games in the third tier, also featuring for the youth national teams in 2009–2010.[7][8][9]
References
edit- ^ "Sportpakkinn: Viggó samdi við Wetzlar – Vísir". visir.is. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ "A landslið karla | Sigur gegn Svíþjóð". www.hsi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ "A landslið karla l 19 manna hópur fyrir EM2020". hsi.is. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "Sjáðu 21 manna hópinn sem var valinn fyrir HM í handbolta". www.frettabladid.is (in Icelandic). Fréttablaðið. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ Sverrisson, Sindri. "EM-hópur Íslands í Búdapest - Vísir". visir.is (in Icelandic). Vísir. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Leikmaður - Viggó Kristjánsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "HM: Viggó Kristjánsson". Handbolti.is. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Valdi handboltann fram yfir fótboltann". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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