Björgvin Páll Gústavsson

Björgvin Páll Gústavsson

Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (2020)
Player information
Nickname	"Bjöggi"
birthday	May 24, 1985
place of birth	Hvammstangi , Iceland
citizenship	Icelandic
height	1.92 m
Playing position	goalkeeper
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Skjern Håndbold
Jersey number	12
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-2006	HK Kópavogur
2005-2006	ÍBV Vestmannaeyja (loan)
2006-2007	Fram Reykjavík
2007-2009	TV Bittenfeld
2009-2011	Cadets Schaffhausen
2011-2013	SC Magdeburg
2013-2017	Bergischer HC
2017-2018	Haukar Hafnarfjörður
2018–	Skjern Håndbold
National team
	Games (goals)
Iceland	221 (13)
As of December 15, 2019

Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (born May 24, 1985 in Hvammstangi ) is an Icelandic handball goalkeeper .

The 1.92 meter tall and 90 kilogram goalkeeper played for the clubs Bergischer HC , SC Magdeburg , Kadetten Schaffhausen , HK Kópavogur , ÍBV Vestmannaeyja , Fram Reykjavík and TV Bittenfeld . From 2017 he was under contract with Haukar Hafnarfjörður . For the 2018/19 season he moved to the Danish first division club Skjern Håndbold . In summer 2020 he will return to Haukar Hafnarfjörður.

Björgvin Páll Gústavsson has played 221 times for the Icelandic national team ; with her he won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and played at the 2010 European Championships , where he achieved bronze. In summer 2012 he took part in the Olympic Games in London .

Web links

• Björgvin Páll Gustavsson in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Björgvin Páll Gústavsson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Player profile at the BHC

Individual evidence

1. ↑ mbl.is: Björgvin lánaður til ÍBV of June 4, 2005, accessed on April 18, 2017
2. ↑ sport.moi.is: Félagaskipti handknattleiksmanna ( memento of April 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) of July 26, 2006, accessed on April 18, 2017
3. ↑ www.hsi.is A landslið karla l 28 manna hópur fyrir EM2020 accessed on December 15, 2019
4. ↑ handball-world.com Gustavsson leaves Bergischen HC at the end of the season on October 24, 2016, accessed on October 24, 2016
5. ↑ handball-world.com Björgvin Gustavsson moves to Denmark on December 20, 2017, accessed on December 20, 2017
6. ↑ handball-world.news Former HBL professional Gustavsson returns to Iceland on December 28, 2019, accessed on December 28, 2019
7. ↑ cms.eurohandball.com, EHF EURO 2010 team statistics for Iceland, accessed on January 30, 2010 (PDF; 100 kB)
8. ↑ www.london2012.com: Iceland - Team Rosters , accessed August 1, 2012

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 .