Kristjan Arason

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Kristjan Arason
Player information
birthday July 23, 1961
place of birth Iceland
citizenship IcelandersIcelanders Icelandic
height 1.94 m
Playing position Back right
Throwing hand Left
Clubs as active
from ... to society
0000-1985 IcelandIceland FH Hafnarfjörður
1985-1986 GermanyGermany VfL Hameln
1986-1988 GermanyGermany VfL Gummersbach
1988-1991 SpainSpain Teka Santander
1991-1994 IcelandIceland FH Hafnarfjörður
National team
  Games (goals)
IcelandIceland Iceland 245 (1123)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to society
1991-1994 IcelandIceland FH Hafnarfjörður
1994-1996 GermanyGermany TSV Bayer Dormagen
1996-4 / 1997 GermanyGermany SG Wallau / Massenheim
0000-0000 IcelandIceland FH Hafnarfjörður
3 / 2014– IcelandIceland FH Hafnarfjörður

As of April 22, 2014

Kristján Arason (born July 23, 1961 ) is an Icelandic handball coach and former handball player , who was mostly used on the right back area.

The 1.94 m tall and 91 kg heavy left-hander began his career at FH Hafnarfjörður , with whom he became Icelandic champion in 1984 and 1985. In 1985 he moved to the German 2nd handball league for VfL Hameln and then to VfL Gummersbach , with whom he won the German championship in 1988. He then went to Spain to Teka Santander , with whom he won the Copa del Rey de Balonmano in 1988/89 , the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1989/90 and the ASOBAL league in 1990/1991 . After three years he returned to Hafnarfjörður as a player- coach and won another championship in 1992. In 1994 he became a coach at TSV Bayer Dormagen , from 1996 at SG Wallau / Massenheim , where he was dismissed in April 1997. He later coached his hometown club FH Hafnarfjörður again, which he led to a new title in 2011. In March 2014 he took over the post there again.

With the Icelandic national team Kristján Arason took part in the Olympic Games in 1984 (6th place) and 1988 (8th place). In Seoul he was the fourth top scorer of the tournament with 33 goals in six games. At the 1986 World Cup , he was the fifth best shooter with 41 hits. Arason played 245 international matches in which he scored 1,123 goals.

Kristján Arason is married to the Icelandic politician and former handball player Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir . They have three children together. His son Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson plays in the handball Bundesliga at SC Magdeburg .

Kristján Arason was CEO of Kaupthing Bank .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.catagle.com VfL history: 1986/87 season accessed on April 22, 2014
  2. ↑ a b c www.mbl.is Reyni að plægja akurinn þannig að uppskera verði Kristján Arason og Þorgerður (Icelandic) from December 21, 1994, accessed on April 22, 2014
  3. ↑ rhein-zeitung.de Schwalb talks about April 8, 1997, accessed on April 22, 2014
  4. ↑ Kristján Arason aftur til starfa hjá FH ( Memento from April 22, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
  5. ↑ www.hsi.is A landslið karla accessed on April 22, 2014
  6. ↑ www.icenews.is Mass grave of skeletons spewing forth from Kaupthing's closet (English) June 30, 2009, accessed April 22, 2014
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 .
personal data
SURNAME Kristjan Arason
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic handball player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1961