Alfreð Gíslason

Alfred Gíslason
Alfred Gíslason
	Alfreð Gíslason, on 18 April 2007 in Mannheim
Personal information
Born	7 September 1959 (age 64); Akureyri, Iceland
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Club information
Current club	Germany (manager)
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1980	KA
1980–1983	KR
1983–1988	TUSEM Essen
1988–1989	KR
1989–1991	Bidasoa Irún
1991–1995	KA
National team
Years	Team
	Iceland
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

Alfreð Gíslason (born 7 September 1959)^[1] is an Icelandic handball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the German men's national team and former coach of the Icelandic men's national team. His coaching career started in 1997 with KA and he later coached THW Kiel for 11 seasons.^[2] He was the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 1989^[3] and was named to the National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland Hall of Fame in 2019.^[4]

National team career[edit]

Alfreð played 190 games with the Icelandic national handball team, scoring 542 goals.^[5]

Alfreð was married to Kara Guðrún Melstað until her death on 31 May 2021.^[6]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alfreð Gíslason". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
^ "Alfred Gislason". THW Kiel. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (7 September 2019). "Alfreð Gíslason sextugur í dag – Þáttur um ferilinn á Stöð 2 Sport". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (28 December 2019). "Alfreð tekinn inn í Heiðurshöll ÍSÍ". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^ "Alfreð Gíslason í Heiðurshöll ÍSÍ". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 December 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (3 September 2021). "Alfreð tjáir sig í fyrsta sinn um fráfall eiginkonu sinnar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 September 2021.

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