Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson

Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson

Player information
birthday	September 1, 1989
place of birth	Reykjavík , Iceland
citizenship	Icelandic
height	2.05 m
Playing position	goalkeeper
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	SG BBM Bietigheim
Jersey number	27
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000–2013	Haukar Hafnarfjörður
2013-2015	IF Guif
2015-2016	Aalborg Håndbold
2016-2017	SG BBM Bietigheim
2017-2018	ÍBV Vestmannaeyja
2018-2020	Handball Sport Club Hamburg
2020–	SG BBM Bietigheim
National team
	Games (goals)
Iceland	84 (6)
Status: February 16, 2020

Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson (born September 1, 1989 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic handball player .

The 2.05 m tall and 97 kg heavy handball goalkeeper plays for the German club SG BBM Bietigheim and plays for the Icelandic national team .

Career

Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson was in the first team of the Icelandic club Haukar Hafnarfjörður from 2006 , with whom he became champions in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and cup winners in 2010 and 2012. Internationally, he reached the third round in the EHF Cup in 2006/07 and 2010/11 as well as the round of 16 in 2009/10, the group stage of the EHF Champions League in 2008/09, the round of 16 in the European Cup Winners' Cup 2008/09 and the second round in EHF Europe Cup 2012/13. From 2013 he played for the Swedish first division club IF Guif , with whom he won the league round in 2014 ( Seriesegrare ). In the subsequent play-offs he was defeated by the eventual champions Alingsås HK in the semifinals. From summer 2015 he played for the Danish first division club Aalborg Håndbold . In January 2016 he switched to the German club SG BBM Bietigheim . In the summer of 2017 he joined the Icelandic first division club ÍBV Vestmannaeyja . With ÍBV he won the Icelandic Championship and the Icelandic Cup in 2018. From summer 2018 he ran for the handball sports club Hamburg . On February 16, 2020 it was announced that he was moving to SG BBM Bietigheim with immediate effect. He signed a contract until 2022.

With the Icelandic national team, Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson took part in the 2012 European Championship , the 2013 World Championship and the 2014 European Championship . So far, he has played 84 international matches .

Web links

• Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson on the Aalborg Håndbold website
• Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.hsi.is A landslið karla l 28 manna hópur fyrir EM2020 accessed on December 15, 2019
2. ↑ www.handball-world.com Support for Andreas Palicka - Aalborg sign Icelandic national goalkeeper, accessed on May 31, 2015
3. ↑ www.handball-world.com Bietigheim signs Icelandic national goalkeeper , accessed on August 16, 2016
4. ↑ www.handball-world.news Aron Edvardsson moves back to Iceland , accessed on June 21, 2017
5. ↑ handball-world.news: HSV Hamburg sign Icelandic national goalkeeper , accessed on July 12, 2018
6. ↑ sgbbm.de: Immediate goalkeeper change at SG , accessed on February 16, 2020
7. ↑ Tim Parge: goalkeeper leaves handball player and holds point in goodbye. February 14, 2020, accessed on February 15, 2020 (German). 

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 .