Snorri Guðjónsson

Snorri Guðjónsson

Snorri Guðjónsson (2015)
Player information
Full name	Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson
birthday	17th October 1981
place of birth	Reykjavík , Iceland
citizenship	Icelandic
height	1.86 m
Playing position	Back center
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Career ended
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-2003	Valur Reykjavík
2003-2005	TV Großwallstadt
2005-2007	GWD Minden
2007-2009	GOG Svendborg TGI
2009-2010	Rhine-Neckar lion
2010–2012	AG København
2012-2014	GOG Håndbold
2014-2015	Sélestat AHB
2015-2017	USAM Nîmes
2017-2018	Valur Reykjavík
National team
	Games (goals)
Iceland	257 (846)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
2017–	Valur Reykjavík
As of November 14, 2018

Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson (born October 17, 1981 in Reykjavík , Iceland ) is a former Icelandic handball player . In the Icelandic national team and the Icelandic club Valur Reykjavík , he played on the position back center . He now works as a trainer .

Career

Guðjónsson started playing handball at the age of six. In 2003, the then 21-year-old moved from the Icelandic club Valur Reykjavík to the German Bundesliga club TV Großwallstadt . Two years later he moved to league rivals GWD Minden , for whom he was also active as a player for two years. From the 2007/08 season he wore the jersey of the Danish club GOG Svendborg TGI . In September 2009 Guðjónsson was committed to the Rhein-Neckar Löwen shortly before the start of the season. A year later he moved to the Danish first division club AG København . After winning two championships, AG København had to file for bankruptcy in the summer of 2012, whereby Snorri Guðjónsson was without a contract. In October 2012 he signed a contract with the Danish second division club GOG Håndbold. In 2013 he rose to the highest Danish league with GOG. In the 2014/15 season he went on the hunt for goals for the French first division club Sélestat AHB . From summer 2015 he was under contract with USAM Nîmes . In July 2017, Snorri Guðjónsson returned to Icelandic first division club Valur Reykjavík, where he initially worked as a player-coach. Snorri Guðjónsson ended his playing career in the summer of 2018 and has since concentrated on the coaching position at Valur Reykjavík.

Snorri Guðjónsson made 257 international appearances for the Icelandic national team. In summer 2012 he took part in the Olympic Games in London .

successes

• Handball World Championship 2007 , with 53 goals in sixth place in the scorers list
• Olympic Games 2008 , 2nd place
• European Championship 2010 , 3rd place
• Danish champion 2011, 2012

Web links

Commons : Snorri Guðjónsson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Snorri Guðjónsson in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Snorri Guðjónsson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hsi.is: A landslið karla , accessed on July 7, 2017
2. ↑ Player profile on www.gog.dk ( Memento from February 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ An Icelander on the Lower Main - Snorri Gudjonsson wants to set the tone for TV Grosswallstadt
4. ^ Opponent squad GWD Minden-Hannover 2005/2006 season
5. ↑ Lions sign Snorri Guðjónsson
6. ↑ Gudjonsson finds a new club
7. ↑ Icelanders Gudjonsson from summer in France
8. ↑ Nimes confirmed Gudjonsson transfer
9. ↑ ruv.is: Snorri: Kem heim fyrst og Fremdst sem þjálfari , accessed on 7 July 2017
10. ↑ mbl.is: Snorri Steinn segist hættur , accessed on November 14, 2018
11. ↑ www.london2012.com: Iceland - Team Rosters ( Memento from December 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on 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 .