Hanna Guðrún Stefánsdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Hanna.
Hanna Guðrún Stefánsdóttir
Hanna in 2009 with Haukar.
Personal information
Born (1979-02-11) 11 February 1979 (age 45)
Nationality Icelandic
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club Stjarnan
Number 15
Senior clubs
Years Team
1995–2003
 Haukar
2003–2004
 Team Tvis Holstebro
2004–2010
 Haukar
2010–2023
 Stjarnan
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
 Iceland 142[1] (458)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 2 July 2021

Hanna Guðrún Stefánsdóttir (born 11 February 1979) is an Icelandic team handball player for Stjarnan of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. She has won the Icelandic championship five times[2] and the Icelandic Cup six times.[3] She has been selected the Úrvalsdeild Player of the Year three times and led the league in scoring in 2003, 2005 and 2009.[3] Hanna has participated in three major international tournaments with the Icelandic national team and is second all-time in both games and goals scored for the team with 458 goals in 142 games.[3]

Career

Hanna started her career during the 1995-1996 season with Haukar.[4] Hanna joined Stjarnan in 2010.[5] On 15 January 2011, she scored 22 goals in a 49–17 win against ÍR.[6] In July 2019, she signed a one-year contract extension with Stjarnan.[7]

In July 2021, she signed a 2-year contract extension with Stjarnan.[8][3] In April 2023, she announced that she would retire following the season.[9]

National handball team

Hanna is the second most capped player in Iceland's national handball team history with 142 games.[2] She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.[10]

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Awards

  • Icelandic Female Handball Player of the Year: 2009[11]
  • Úrvalsdeild kvenna Player of the Year (4): 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010

Titles

Accomplishments

References

  1. ^ "A landslið kvenna". hsi.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b Kristjana Arnarsdóttir (17 May 2017). "Hanna Guðrún: "99,9% líkur á því að ég hætti"". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "42 ára gerir tveggja ára samning". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  4. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (16 June 2019). "Hanna Guðrún tekur eitt tímabil enn og Sólveig Lára og Elena semja líka við Stjörnuna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. ^ Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson (10 June 2010). "Hanna Guðrún til Stjörnunnar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Hanna Guðrún skoraði 22 mörk". Morgunblaðið. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  7. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (16 July 2019). "Hanna Guðrún tekur eitt tímabil enn og Sólveig Lára og Elena semja líka við Stjörnuna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  8. ^ Edda Sif Pálsdóttir (2 July 2021). "Enn lengist glæstur ferill Hönnu". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Hanna Guðrún mun leggja skóna á hilluna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 22 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  10. ^ "XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brasil – Team Roaster Iceland" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  11. ^ "Hanna Guðrún og Ólafur Indriði handknattleiksfólk ársins". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 30 December 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2022.