Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
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Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 8 August 1979 in Reykjavik
) is an Icelandic handball
player who plays for AG København
in the Danish Handball League
.
Germany in January-February 2007, Gudjón
Valur scored the most goals, or 66. He was
also the player who played the most minutes
in the competition.
On average, Gudjón Valur
played 58 and a half minutes out of 60 in
each game. Unfortunately the Icelandic team,
which played well, was unlucky and ended in
8th place.
Gudjón Valur is one of the most experienced
players on the Icelandic national team, with
about 170 games and over 750 goals in international games. Guðjón Valur was chosen sportsman of the year in 2006
In 2008 he signed a contract with the Rhein-Neckar Löwen, in the German league.
In August 2008 Guðjón Valur played with the Icelandic national team at the Olympics in Beijing, China and won the silver. Gudjon was second top scorer of the Icelandic national team with 43 goals and was named in a seven-man Excellent Olympics. In 2010 Gudjon Valur won his second award for the national team in the tournament when the Icelandic national team won the bronze in the Europe Championship in Austria 2010.Gudjon Valur also played with the Icelandic national team in World Championships in Handball Men in Sweden 2011 and was second top scorer of Icelandic players with 47 goals.
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
) is an Icelandic handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
player who plays for AG København
AG København
AG København is a Danish handball club from Glostrup and Albertslund, two suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. In the season 2010/2011 it plays in the Danish Handball League. Their head coach was former Danish national team player Klavs Bruun Jørgensen in the 2010/11 season. Head coach is Magnus...
in the Danish Handball League
Danish Handball League
The Danish Handball League, officially known as Jack & Jones Ligaen due to sponsorship reasons, is the men's top Danish professional handball league. The winners of the Danish Handball League are recognised as the Danish handball champions...
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Biography
Sigurðsson is one of the best handball players in the world. Guðjón started his handball career young and started with Grótta on Seltjarnarnes. He also played with KA and won the Icelandic championship in 2001. After that his professional career in Germany began with Essen. In 2005, Gudjón Valur won the European championship with Essen, but later that year joined Gummersbach. At Gummersbach he was joined by the Icelandic national handball coach Alfreð Gíslason. Gíslason, former sportsman of the year has led Gummersbach training since 2006.At the World Championship in handball inGermany in January-February 2007, Gudjón
Valur scored the most goals, or 66. He was
also the player who played the most minutes
in the competition.
On average, Gudjón Valur
played 58 and a half minutes out of 60 in
each game. Unfortunately the Icelandic team,
which played well, was unlucky and ended in
8th place.
Gudjón Valur is one of the most experienced
players on the Icelandic national team, with
about 170 games and over 750 goals in international games. Guðjón Valur was chosen sportsman of the year in 2006
In 2008 he signed a contract with the Rhein-Neckar Löwen, in the German league.
In August 2008 Guðjón Valur played with the Icelandic national team at the Olympics in Beijing, China and won the silver. Gudjon was second top scorer of the Icelandic national team with 43 goals and was named in a seven-man Excellent Olympics. In 2010 Gudjon Valur won his second award for the national team in the tournament when the Icelandic national team won the bronze in the Europe Championship in Austria 2010.Gudjon Valur also played with the Icelandic national team in World Championships in Handball Men in Sweden 2011 and was second top scorer of Icelandic players with 47 goals.