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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 30)
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. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  4. ^ 2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad
  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.


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