Árni Þór Sigtryggsson

Árni Þór Sigtryggsson

Player information
birthday	January 13, 1985
place of birth	Akureyri , Iceland
citizenship	Icelandic
height	1.94 m
Playing position	Back right
Club information
society	UMF Stjarnan
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000–2005	Þór Akureyri
2005-2007	Haukar Hafnarfjörður
2007-2008	BM Granollers
2008-2010	KA Akureyri
2010-2011	DHC Rhineland
2011–2012	TV Bittenfeld
2012-2013	TSG Friesenheim
2013-2017	EHV Aue
2017-2018	Valur Reykjavík
2018-2018	Haukar Hafnarfjörður
2018–	UMF Stjarnan
National team
	Games (goals)
Iceland	4 (5)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
2018–	UMF Stjarnan (Assistant Trainer)
As of June 8, 2020

Árni Þór Sigtryggsson (Arni Thor Sigtryggsson) (born January 13, 1985 in Akureyri ) is an Icelandic handball player .

The 1.94 meters tall and 96 kilograms heavy right back player played for Þór Akureyri until 2005 , from 2005 to 2007 for Haukar Hafnarfjörður , from 2007 to 2008 for BM Granollers and from 2008 to 2010 for KA Akureyri . For the 2010/2011 season he signed a one-year contract with DHC Rhineland , which he dissolved in January 2011 to switch to TV Bittenfeld . For the 2012/13 season he moved to TSG Friesenheim . A season later he signed a contract with league rivals EHV Aue . For the 2017/18 season he moved to the Icelandic first division club Valur Reykjavík . In January 2018 he joined Haukar Hafnarfjörður. In the summer of 2018, Árni Þór Sigtryggsson signed a two-year contract with UMF Stjarnan , where he also became assistant coach.

With Haukar he played in the 2005/06 EHF Champions League and the 2006/07 EHF Cup , 2007/08 he was also active with Granollers in the EHF Cup.

For Iceland he played four internationals with the national team and 50 junior internationals.

His brother Rúnar Sigtryggsson and his nephew Sigtryggur Daði Rúnarsson are also handball players.

Web links

• Árni Þór Sigtryggsson in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hsi.is: A landslið karla , accessed on 23 August 2017
2. ↑ handball-world.com: An Icelander comes to the owls , viewed on May 14, 2012
3. ↑ handball-world.com: Personnel planning at EHV Aue continues , viewed on August 7, 2013
4. ↑ visir.is: Snorri Steinn og Árni Þór orðnir leikmenn Vals , accessed on 23 August 2017
5. ↑ mbl.is: Haukar fá Árna Þór frá Val , accessed on June 8, 2020
6. ↑ mbl.is: Árni spilandi aðstoðarþjálfari Stjörnunnar , accessed on June 8, 2020

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .