Viggó Kristjánsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Viggó.

Viggó Kristjánsson
Personal information
Born	(1993-12-09) 9 December 1993 (age 31) Reykjavík, Iceland
Nationality	Icelandic
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	TV Bittenfeld
Number	73
Youth career
Years	Team
0000–2010	Grótta
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2010	Grótta
2014–2016	Grótta
2016–2017	Randers HH
2017–2019	SG Handball West Wien
2019	SC DHfK Leipzig
2019–2020	HSG Wetzlar
2020–	TV Bittenfeld
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–	Iceland	26	(68)

Personal information
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2009	Grótta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	Grótta	31	(2)
2012–2013	Breiðablik	12	(0)
2012	→ ÍR (loan)	15	(1)
2014	Grótta	20	(11)
International career
2009	Iceland U16	3	(0)
2009	Iceland U17	3	(0)
2010	Iceland U18	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Viggó Kristjánsson (born 9 December 1993) is an Icelandic handball player for TV Bittenfeld and the Icelandic national team.^[1][2]

He represented Iceland at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship, 2021 World Men's Handball Championship and 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.^[3][4][5][6]

Having featured in senior handball in 2010, Viggó didn't play handball again until 2014. In the meantime he played football, playing 12 games in the Icelandic top tier, 43 games in the second tier and 23 games in the third tier, also featuring for the youth national teams in 2009–2010.^[7][8][9]

References

1. "Sportpakkinn: Viggó samdi við Wetzlar – Vísir". visir.is. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
2. "A landslið karla | Sigur gegn Svíþjóð". www.hsi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
3. "A landslið karla l 19 manna hópur fyrir EM2020". hsi.is. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
4. "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
5. "Sjáðu 21 manna hópinn sem var valinn fyrir HM í handbolta". www.frettabladid.is (in Icelandic). Fréttablaðið. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
6. Sverrisson, Sindri. "EM-hópur Íslands í Búdapest - Vísir". visir.is (in Icelandic). Vísir. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
7. "Leikmaður - Viggó Kristjánsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
8. "HM: Viggó Kristjánsson". Handbolti.is. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
9. "Valdi handboltann fram yfir fótboltann". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

External links

• Viggo Kristjansson at the European Handball Federation