Sigfús Sigurðsson
Ingimundur Ingimundarson (left) and Sigfús Sigurðsson (right) |
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| Player information | |
|---|---|
| birthday | May 7th 1975 |
| place of birth | Reykjavík , Iceland |
| citizenship |
 Icelandic
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| height | 1.98 m |
| Playing position | Circular rotor |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| - |
Valur Reykjavík
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| - |
 ?
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| -1998 |
Valur Reykjavík
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| 1998–01 / 1999 |
 CB Cantabria Santander
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| 01 / 1999-2002 |
Valur Reykjavík
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| 2002-2006 |
 SC Magdeburg
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| 2006-2008 |
Ademar León
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| 2008-2010 |
Valur Reykjavík
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| 2010-2011 |
TV Emsdetten
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| National team | |
| Debut on | April 9, 1996 in Kumamoto |
| against |
 Australia
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| Games (goals) | |
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Iceland
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162 (316) |
Sigfús Sigurðsson (born May 7, 1975 in Reykjavík , Iceland ) is an Icelandic handball player .
Sigfús Sigurðsson played from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2006 as a circle center player at SC Magdeburg . a. at Valur Reykjavík , as well as in Japan and Spain. After Sigfús was under contract with the Spanish club Ademar León from 2006 to 2008 , he returned to Valur Reykjavík. In the 2010/11 season he helped out from November 9, 2010 for the remainder of the season at the German second division TV Emsdetten .
Sigfús Sigurðsson was one of the crowd's favorites in Magdeburg and was characterized by a good defense game. He became known nationwide when, already abstinent, he spoke openly about his alcohol and drug addiction that had stopped.
For the Icelandic national team Sigurðsson completed 162 games in which he scored 316 goals. At the 2008 Olympic Games he won the silver medal.
Sigfús Sigurðsson has a son from his marriage to a Russian diplomat's daughter. He is a member of Alcoholics Anonymous .
Web links
- Sigfús Sigurðsson in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- Sigfús Sigurðsson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Article of the Tagesspiegel (dated November 16, 2003)
Individual evidence
- ↑ archiv.thw-handball.de: Opponent squad Caja Cantabria Santander (Spain) 1998/99 season , accessed on November 27, 2015
- ↑ bt.dk: Et favntag med sprutten , accessed on November 27, 2015
- ↑ archiv.thw-handball.de: opponents squad SC Magdeburg season 2002/2003 , accessed on November 27, 2015
- ↑ mbl.is: SIGFÚS Sigurðsson skoraði sitt 200. , accessed on November 27, 2015
- ↑ hsi.is: A landslið karla
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sigfús Sigurðsson |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sigurðsson, Sigfús |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Icelandic handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7th 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reykjavík , Iceland |