Markús Máni Michaelsson Maute

Markús Michaelsson

Player information
Full name	Markús Máni Michaelsson Maute
Nickname	"Krusi Retta"
birthday	17th June 1981
place of birth	Berlin , Germany
citizenship	Icelandic
height	1.91 m
Playing position	Back left
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Career ended
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-2004	Valur Reykjavík
2004-2006	HSG Düsseldorf
2006-2011	Valur Reykjavík
National team
	Games (goals)
Iceland	50 (74)
Status: national team January 21, 2014

Markús Máni Michaelsson Maute (born June 17, 1981 in Berlin ) is a 1.91 m tall former Icelandic handball player .

Markús Máni Michaelsson Maute, who last played for the Icelandic club Valur Reykjavík (shirt number 8) and for the Icelandic national team (shirt number 8), was usually used in the left backcourt .

Markús Michaelsson was born in Berlin, but he began his handball career in Iceland with Valur Reykjavík . After two runners-up championships, he moved to HSG Düsseldorf in the German handball Bundesliga in 2004 . After initially performing well, he tore an inner ligament in his right knee in the game against TBV Lemgo and did not find his old form again. In 2006 he returned to his old club Valur Reykjavík, where he was captain and in 2007 he won the Icelandic championship. With the cup semifinals of the 2010/11 season, he played his last game of his career for Valur.

Markús Michaelsson has made 50 appearances for the Icelandic national team . Due to his torn inner ligament, he missed the 2006 European handball championship in Switzerland, but he took part in the 2007 men's handball world championship in Germany - as the only non-professional on the Icelandic team - and finished in 8th place.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hsi.is: A landslið karla
2. ↑ handball-news.info from November 19, 2005, Michaelsson Maute successfully operated ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ handball-world.com: Düsseldorf "Isis" have settled in at home

Web links

• Markús Máni Michaelsson Maute in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• The return of a globetrotter ...
• hsg-duesseldorf.de: Portrait of Markús Michaelsson on page 15 (PDF file; 7.27 MB)

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 .