Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson


Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson is an Icelandic handball player who plays for SC Magdeburg and the Icelandic national team.

Club career

Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson made his debut for his boyhood club FH Hafnarfjörður in the 2015/2016 season but it wasn't until the next season where he made his breakthrough to the first team, where he helped FH secure the league cup. In the summer of 2018 he moved to the German Handball Bundesliga to THW Kiel, where he signed a three-year contract.

International career

At the U-18 European Championship 2016 in Croatia Gísli was the most successful Icelandic shooter with 53 goals. On 26 October 2017 he made his debut for the Icelandic national team in a 31:29-victory against Sweden in friendly.

Personal life

His father is Kristján Arason is a former handball player who became German champion with VfL Gummersbach and his mother, Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, is an Icelandic politician who served as Minister of Education, Science, and Culture and Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture.