Alfreð Gíslason
| Alfreð Gíslason | ||||||||||||||
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Gíslason in 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
| Born |
7 September 1959 Akureyri, Iceland | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Icelandic | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | |||||||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||||||
| Current club | Germany (manager) | |||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
–1980 | KA | |||||||||||||
1980–1983 | KR | |||||||||||||
1983–1988 | TUSEM Essen | |||||||||||||
1988–1989 | KR | |||||||||||||
1989–1991 | Bidasoa Irún | |||||||||||||
1991–1995 | KA | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| Iceland | 190 | (542) | ||||||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||||
1991–1997 | KA (coach-player) | |||||||||||||
1997–1999 | VfL Hameln | |||||||||||||
1999–2006 | SC Magdeburg | |||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Iceland | |||||||||||||
2006–2008 | VfL Gummersbach | |||||||||||||
2008–2019 | THW Kiel | |||||||||||||
2020– | Germany | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alfreð Gíslason (born 7 September 1959) is an Icelandic handball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the German men's national team. He won titles in Iceland, Germany and Spain as a player before starting his coaching career in 1991 with Icelandic team KA as a player-coach. He later coached German club SC Magdeburg, where he won the Bundesliga and the EHF Champions League, the Icelandic men's national team and German club THW Kiel, where he won six Bundesliga, six DHB-Pokal and two EHF Champions League titles. Alfreð was the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 1989 and inducted into the National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland Hall of Fame in 2019.