Hanna Guðrún Stefánsdóttir (born 11 February 1979) is an Icelandic

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player for

Stjarnan Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan, commonly known as Stjarnan, is an Icelandic multi-sports club specialising in handball, football, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics located in Garðabær.and in the top 10 in the World and they have won the League ...

of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. She has won the Icelandic championship five times 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 Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar ( en, Hawks F.C.) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Football, Handball, Basketball, Karate, Skiing & Chess. Club history The club was founded on 12 April 1931, when 13 young boys ...

. Hanna joined

in 2010. On 15 January 2011, she scored 22 goals in a 49–17 win against ÍR. In July 2019, she signed a one-year contract extension with Stjarnan. In July 2021, she signed a 2-year contract extension with Stjarnan. In April 2023, she announced that she would retire following the season.

National handball team

Hanna is the second most capped player in Iceland's national handball team history with 142 games. She participated at the

2011 World Women's Handball Championship The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 Dec ...

in Brazil.

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Awards

*Icelandic Female Handball Player of the Year: 2009 * Úrvalsdeild kvenna Player of the Year (4): 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010

Titles

* Icelandic champion (5): 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 * Icelandic Cup (5): 1997, 2006, 2007, 2016, 2017

Accomplishments

* Úrvalsdeild kvenna Top goal scorer (5): 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010

References

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