Sveinn Jóhannsson
| Sveinn Jóhannsson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 16 June 1999 | ||
| Nationality | Icelandic | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | GWD Minden | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–2014 | Fjölnir | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2014–2018 | Fjölnir | ||
2018–2019 | ÍR | ||
2019–2022 | SønderjyskE Herrehåndbold | ||
2022 | Skjern Håndbold | ||
2023–2024 | GWD Minden | ||
2024– | Kolstad Håndball | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Iceland | 16 | (26) |
|
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 11 February 2025 | |||
Sveinn Jóhannsson (born 16 June 1999) is an Icelandic handball player for Norwegian club Kolstad Håndball and the Icelandic national team.[1][2]
He represented Iceland at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.[3][4]
Sveinn came up through the junior ranks of Fjölnir.[5]
After a season at Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur he joined Danish side SønderjyskE Håndbold. In 2022 he was supposed joined German Bundesliga team, but failed his medical check. Instead he joined Danish side Skjern Håndbold.[6]
In January 2023 he joined GWD Minden.[7] At the end of his first season at the club, he was relegated to the 2. Handball-Bundesliga. In 2024 he joined Norwegian Kolstad IL.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Guðmundur fer með sautján til Malmö". mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ "Sveinn Johannsson". Sønderjysk Elitesport A/S (in Danish). Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ "A landslið karla l 19 manna hópur fyrir EM2020". hsi.is. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ Ívar Benediktsson (14 January 2023). "Sveinn fetar í fótspor Íslendinga í Þýskalandi". Handbolti.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ handball-world. "HC Erlangen konnte "Risiko nicht eingehen": Isländischer Nationalspieler wechselt zu Skjern Håndbold" (in German). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ handball-world. "Neuzugang als Soforthilfe: GWD Minden verpflichtet isländischen Kreisläufer" (in German). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Vil gjerne ha Gullerud som mentor" (in Norwegian). Kolstad IL. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
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