Geir Sveinsson

Geir Sveinsson

Player information
birthday	January 27, 1964
place of birth	Reykjavík , Iceland
citizenship	Icelandic
height	1.93 m
Playing position	Circular rotor
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	HSG Nordhorn-Lingen (trainer)
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-1989	Valur Reykjavík
1989-1991	Cacaolat Granollers
1991-1995	CBM Avidesa Alzira
1995-1997	Montpellier HB
1997-1999	HSG LTV / WSV Wuppertal
1999-2003	Valur Reykjavík
8 / 2000-11 / 2000	TSV Bayer Dormagen
National team
	Games (goals)
Iceland	340 (502)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
1999-2003	Valur Reykjavík (player-coach)
2010-2011	Íþróttafélagið Grótta
2011–2012	Iceland U-21
2012-2014	A1 Bregenz
2014-2015	SC Magdeburg
2016-2018	Iceland
2019–2019	Akureyri Handboltafé lag
2019–	HSG Nordhorn-Lingen
As of May 11, 2020

Geir Sveinsson (born January 27, 1964 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic handball coach and former handball player .

From 2012 the former circle runner was the coach of the Austrian record champions A1 Bregenz . On July 1, 2014 Geir Sveinsson moved to SC Magdeburg , which he coached until December 14, 2015. Geir Sveinsson took over the coaching position of the Icelandic national team in March 2016 , which he was responsible for until February 2018. From January 2019 he coached the Icelandic club Akureyri Handboltafélag. On August 19, 2019, it became known that Geir Sveinsson was taking over the coaching position at HSG Nordhorn-Lingen from Heiner Bültmann , who was absent due to illness .

With the Icelandic national team of the 340-times capped player at the took Olympic Games 1988 in Seoul in part and led her in 1992 in Barcelona as captain to place fourth

His greatest success at club level was winning the EHF Cup in 1994 with CBM Avidesa Alzira . He also won the Icelandic championship with Valur.

Web links

• Geir Sveinsson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1989/09/02/MD19890902-032.pdf
2. ↑ archiv.thw-handball.de: opponents team HC Wuppertal 1998/99 season , accessed on April 13, 2019
3. ↑ http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/739017/
4. ↑ http://www.mbl.is/sport/frettir/2011/02/01/grotta_treystir_stodu_sina/
5. ↑ Einstakur afreksmaður. Geir Sveinsson handboltaþjálfari - 50 ára. In: mbl.is. January 27, 2014, accessed May 11, 2020 (Icelandic). 
6. ↑ http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-1-18-37437.html
7. ↑ kicker.de: Sveinsson takes over at SCM , accessed on April 13, 2019
8. ↑ handball-world.com: SC Magdeburg confirms change of coach , accessed on December 15, 2015
9. ↑ handball-world.com: Iceland has a new national coach: Former Bundesliga coach takes on responsibility , accessed on March 31, 2016
10. ↑ mbl.is: Guðmundur getur komið okkur í Fremdstu röð , accessed on February 7, 2018
11. ↑ kaffid.is: Geir Sveinsson nýr þjálfari Akureyri Handboltafélags , accessed on April 13, 2019
12. ↑ ndr.de: Isländer Sveinsson new coach at HSG-Nordhorn-Lingen , accessed on August 19, 2019
13. ↑ Geir Sveinsson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
14. ↑ http://www.hsi.is/landslid/a-landslid-karla/landslidsmenn/
15. ↑ Mundo deportivo (PDF, Spanish, 557 kB)

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 .