Sigvaldi Guðjónsson (born 4 July 1994) is an Icelandic

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

player for Kolstad Håndball and the Icelandic national team. In addition to regular handball, he also plays

beach handball Beach handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce or roll a ball, trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. The game is similar to standard handball, but it is played on sand instead of on a solid floor. Because the ball ...

. He participated at the

2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 26th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Denmark and Germany from 10 to 27 January 2019. It was the first IHF World Men's Handball Championship to include more t ...

. He moved to Denmark at the age of ten, and came up through the Århus Håndbold academy. In the 2011-12 he won the Danish youth championship with the club. In the 2013-14 he played for the

Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991, the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the for ...

team Vejle Håndbold. In 2014 he joined Bjerringbro-Silkeborg. After a season there, he returned to Århus Håndbold, where he played for the next three seasons. In 2018 he joined Norwegian team

Elverum Håndball Elverum Håndball is a Norwegian professional handball club from Elverum Municipality, Norway. Currently, Elverum Håndball competes in the Norwegian Premier League Men's Handball, and they have been successful title winners for several years ...

In 2020 he joined Polish team

Vive Kielce KS Iskra Kielce SA, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Industria Kielce, and previously named Vive Kielce between 2002 and 2022, is a professional men's handball club based in Kielce in southeastern Poland. The club plays in the Polish ...

, where he won the 2021 and 2022 Polish championships, and the 2021 Polish Cup. In 2022 he returned to Norway to join Kolstad Håndball. Here he won the 2023 Norwegian Championship and Cup double.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gudjónsson, Sigvaldi 1994 births Living people Sigvaldi Gudjónsson Sigvaldi Gudjónsson Sigvaldi Gudjónsson Sigvaldi Gudjónsson Sigvaldi Gudjónsson Vive Kielce players Kolstad Håndball players Bjerringbro-Silkeborg players Icelandic expatriate handball players in Denmark Expatriate handball players in Poland Expatriate handball players in Norway Beach handball players