Hanna Guðrún Stefánsdóttir Explained

Hanna Guðrún Stefánsdóttir
Nationality:Icelandic
Birth Date:11 February 1979
Position:Right wing
Currentclub:Stjarnan
Clubnumber:15
Years1:1995–2003
Clubs1:Haukar
Years2:2003–2004
Clubs2:Team Tvis Holstebro
Years3:2004–2010
Clubs3:Haukar
Years4:2010–2023
Clubs4:Stjarnan
Nationalteam1:Iceland
Nationalcaps1:142[1]
Nationalgoals1:458
Ntupdate: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. She has been selected the Úrvalsdeild Player of the Year three times and led the league in scoring in 2003, 2005 and 2009. 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.

Career

Hanna started her career during the 1995-1996 season with Haukar.[3] Hanna joined Stjarnan in 2010.[4] On 15 January 2011, she scored 22 goals in a 49–17 win against ÍR.[5] In July 2019, she signed a one-year contract extension with Stjarnan.[6]

In July 2021, she signed a 2-year contract extension with Stjarnan.[7] [8] 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

Titles

Accomplishments

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A landslið kvenna. hsi.is. 26 February 2018. Icelandic. 29 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329063012/http://www.hsi.is/landslid/a-landslid-kvenna/landslidskonur/. dead.
  2. News: Kristjana Arnarsdóttir. Hanna Guðrún: "99,9% líkur á því að ég hætti". 26 February 2018. RÚV. 17 May 2017. Icelandic.
  3. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Hanna Guðrún tekur eitt tímabil enn og Sólveig Lára og Elena semja líka við Stjörnuna . 18 April 2020 . . 16 June 2019 . Icelandic.
  4. News: Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson. Hanna Guðrún til Stjörnunnar. 26 February 2018. Vísir.is. 10 June 2010. Icelandic.
  5. News: Hanna Guðrún skoraði 22 mörk . 23 April 2023 . . 15 January 2011.
  6. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Hanna Guðrún tekur eitt tímabil enn og Sólveig Lára og Elena semja líka við Stjörnuna . 16 July 2019 . . 16 July 2019 . Icelandic.
  7. News: Edda Sif Pálsdóttir . Enn lengist glæstur ferill Hönnu . 23 April 2023 . . 2 July 2021 . Icelandic.
  8. News: 42 ára gerir tveggja ára samning . 2 July 2021 . . 2 July 2021 . Icelandic.
  9. News: Hanna Guðrún mun leggja skóna á hilluna . 23 April 2023 . . 22 April 2023 . Icelandic.
  10. Web site: XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brasil  - Team Roaster Iceland . . 10 December 2011 .
  11. News: Hanna Guðrún og Ólafur Indriði handknattleiksfólk ársins . 7 May 2022 . . 30 December 2009 . Icelandic.

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