Sverre Andreas Jakobsson
Sverre Andreas Jakobsson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born |
Oslo, Norway | 8 February 1977||
Nationality | Icelandic | ||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Playing position | Pivot | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
–1999 | KA | ||
1999–2001 | HK | ||
2001–2003 | Afturelding | ||
2005 | New England Freeze | ||
2005–2006 | Fram | ||
2006–2008 | VfL Gummersbach | ||
2008–2009 | HK | ||
2009–2014 | TV Grosswallstadt | ||
2014–2018 | Akureyri Handboltafélag | ||
2019 | KA | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Iceland | 182[1] | (27) | |
Teams managed | |||
2014 | Akureyri Handboltafélag | ||
2015–2018 | Akureyri Handboltafélag | ||
2019–present | KA (assistant) | ||
Medal record |
Sverre Andreas Jakobsson (born 8 February 1977) is an Icelandic-Norwegian handball manager and former player. With the Icelandic national handball team, he competed at two Olympics, winning the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics.[2]
Playing career
Sverre started his career with KA at the age of 16 and helped the team win the Icelandic Cup in 1995 and the Icelandic championship in 1997.[3] He won the national championship again in 2006 with Fram.[4]
Coaching career
Sverre was hired as player-coach for Akureyri Handboltafélag in 2014.[5]
In 2017, the club was relegated from the Úrvalsdeild.[6] and shortly after, KA decided to break off from the cooperation and fielded their own team starting from 2017–2018. Þór continued to run its men's team under the Akureyri name[7] and in 2018, the team finished first in 1. deild karla and was promoted back to the Úrvalsdeild along with KA, which finished second.[8]
On 28 December 2018, Akureyri fired Sverre from his position as head coach.[9]
In 2019, Sverre was hired as an assistant coach to KA. On 6 April 2019 he appeared in KA's last game of the season at the age of 42, stating that it was the final game of his playing career.[10]
Titles, awards and achievements
Titles
- Icelandic championship (2): 1998, 2006
- Icelandic Cup (3): 1995, 1996, 2003
- 1. deild karla: 2018
Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Order of the Falcon: 2008
References
- ^ "Landslið". HSÍ. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Beijing 2008 - Men's Handball". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ "Sverre Jakobsson nýjasti liðsmaður Akureyrar". ka.is (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ "Fram fagnaði Íslandsmeistaratitlinum eftir 34 ára bið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 April 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ "Sverre áfram þjálfari Akureyrar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). May 25, 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ Arnar Geir Halldórsson (4 April 2017). "Akureyri átt handboltalið í efstu deild síðustu 33 ár". kaffid.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Akureyri handboltafélag tekur þátt". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 15 May 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Akureyri aftur upp í efstu deild". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 23 March 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Akureyri staðfestir brotthvarf Sverre". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (6 April 2019). "Kveðjuleikur Heimis og Sverre: Sáum sjarma í því að taka nokkrar varnir saman". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 April 2019.
External links
- Profile (in German)
- 1977 births
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Icelandic male handball players
- Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar handball players
- Icelandic people of Norwegian descent
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players of Iceland
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Olympic silver medalists for Iceland
- Recipients of the Order of the Falcon
- Handball players from Oslo
- Icelandic sportspeople stubs
- European Olympic medalist stubs
- Icelandic handball biography stubs