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Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur
Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur, also referred to as Þróttur Reykjavík or Throttur, is a sports club from Reykjavík in Iceland. The club runs a association football, football department as well as Team handball, handball, volleyball and tennis departments. The club has enjoyed tremendous success in men's volleyball, winning a total of 14 Icelandic Championships since 1974. The handball department enjoyed great success in the early 1980s, winning its major honour, the Icelandic handball cup, in 1981. Football has been played by the club from start, and is the biggest of the four departments. History The club was founded on 5 August 1949. The club was founded in a Nissen hut on the west side of Reykjavík. The club drew support from local area which in the 1950s included large numbers of Nissen huts, an area that was in many ways poverty stricken. The club struggled financially for the first years. The club moved in 1969 to the east side of Reykjavík to a new district that was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðmundur Axel Hilmarsson
Guðmundur or Gudmundur is an Icelandic male first name, sometimes shortened to Gummi or Gvendur. The Icelandic surname Guðmundsson is a patronymic surname meaning ''son of Guðmundur''. Guðmundsdóttir is a patronymic surname meaning ''daughter of Guðmundur''. Guðmundur may refer to: *Guðmundur Arason (1161–1237), 12th and 13th century Icelandic saintly bishop *Gudmundur S. (Bo) Bodvarsson (1952–2006), director of the Earth Sciences Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory *Guðmundur Finnbogason (1873–1944), Icelandic philosopher *Gudmundur Fjelsted (died 1961), politician in Manitoba, Canada * Guðmundur Guðmundsson (handball) (born 1960), the coach of the Iceland national handball team * Guðmundur Gunnarsson (born 1945), Icelandic labour leader and father of Icelandic singer Björk *Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson (born 1982), Icelandic musician and composer * Guðmundur G. Hagalín (1898–1985), Icelandic writer *Guðmundur Jónsson (born 1953), Icel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kári Kristjánsson (Icelandic Footballer)
Kári Kristján Kristjánsson (born 28 October 1984) is an Icelandic handball player for ÍBV and the Icelandic national team. He competed for the Icelandic national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... in London. References External links * 1984 births Living people Kari Kristjansson Kari Kristjansson Kari Kristjansson Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Kari Kristjansson HSG Wetzlar players Handball-Bundesliga players Kari Kristjansson Icelandic expatriate handball players in Germany Kari Kristjansson Kari Kristjansson {{Iceland-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostyantyn Yaroshenko
Kostyantyn Yuriyovych Yaroshenko ( uk, Костянтин Юрійович Ярошенко; born 12 September 1986) is a Ukrainian professional football midfielder who plays for Þróttur. Career Yaroshenko also played on the Ukraine national under-21 football team The Ukraine national under-21 football team is also known as Youth ootballteam of Ukraine ( uk, Молодіжна збірна України) is one of junior national football teams of Ukraine for participation in under-21 international compet ... where he has scored two goals in the qualification for the under-21 championship in Sweden. His father Yuriy Yaroshenko also played football. External links * *Profile on Official Illychivets Website 1986 births Living people Footballers from Luhansk Ukrainian footballers Association football midfielders Ukraine youth international footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk players FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk players FC Metal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aron Fannar Hreinsson
Aron may refer to: Characters *Aron (comics), from the Marvel Universe comic ''Aron! HyperSpace Boy!'' *Aron (Pokémon), in the ''Pokémon'' franchise * Aron Trask, from John Steinbeck's novel ''East of Eden'' *Áron or Aaron, the brother of Moses People *Aron (name), name origin, variants, people Geography *Aron (Loire), a river in central France *Aron (Mayenne), a tributary of the Mayenne in northwestern France *Aron, Mayenne, a commune in northwestern France *Aron, India, a town and ''nagar panchayat'' (settlement transitioning from rural to urban) See also *Aaron (other) *Aarons (other) Aarons may refer to: People * Aarons (surname), people with the surname * Jesse Aarons, fictional character in the book ''Bridge to Terabithia'' by Katherine Paterson * ''Aarons.'', author abbreviation for botanist Aaron Aaronsohn Places * Aarons ... * Fanum d'Aron, a Romano-Celtic temple in Aurillac, Auvergne, France {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Hewson
Sam Hewson (born 28 November 1988) is an English footballer who plays as a centre midfielder for 1. delid karla side Þróttur Reykjavík. Club career Early career Born in Farnworth, near Bolton, Hewson began his career at his local club, AFC Bolton, at the age of eight. He played two matches for the team before being spotted by Manchester United's youth scouts. He was then offered a place in the Manchester United Academy a year later, and started training with the club before he had even reached ten years of age. Hewson started playing for the Manchester United under-17 team during the 2003–04 season, and scored in his second game. The following season, he only played one game for the under-18 side, in which he was substituted by Jamie Mullan. He signed a trainee contract with United in the summer of 2005, and became a regular in the under-18 team during the following season, playing in 28 matches including four in the FA Youth Cup. He also made his debut for the reserve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ólafur Fjalar Freysson
Ólafur () is a common name in Iceland, derived from the Old Norse Óláfr , meaning "ancestor's relic". According to Icelandic custom, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is required. The name is a frequently given name in Iceland. In 2005, it was the fifth most common male given name after Gunnar and before Einar. A diminutive form is Óli. Notable Icelanders named Ólafur * Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson (born 1982), football defender *Guðni Ólafur Guðnason (born 1965), retired basketball player *Ólafur Arnalds (born 1986), modern composer * Ólafur Benediktsson (born 1952), former handball player *Ólafur Egilsson (1564–1639), priest *Ólafur Elíasson (born 1967), Danish-Icelandic artist *Ólafur Friðrik Magnússon (born 1952), former mayor of Reykjavík * Ólafur Garðar Einarsson (born 1932), politician and former minister *Ólafur Gottskálksson (born 1968), retired professional football goalkeeper *Ólafur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Skúli Einarsson
Emil or Emile may refer to: Literature *''Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life *''Emil and the Detectives'' (1929), a children's novel *"Emil", nickname of the Kurt Maschler Award for integrated text and illustration (1982–1999) *''Emil i Lönneberga'', a series of children's novels by Astrid Lindgren Military *Emil (tank), a Swedish tank developed in the 1950s * Sturer Emil, a German tank destroyer People *Emil (given name), including a list of people with the given name ''Emil'' or ''Emile'' *Aquila Emil (died 2011), Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer Other * ''Emile'' (film), a Canadian film made in 2003 by Carl Bessai *Emil (river), in China and Kazakhstan See also * * *Aemilius (other) *Emilio (other) *Emílio (other) *Emilios (other) Emilios, or Aimilios, (Greek: Αιμίλιος) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |