Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson (born 30 July 1999) is an Icelandic handball player who plays for SC Magdeburg and the Icelandic national team. He was named the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 2023.
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Club career
Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson made his debut for his boyhood club FH in the 2015/2016 season but it wasn't until the next season where he made his breakthrough to the first team. In the summer of 2018 he moved to the German Handball Bundesliga to THW Kiel, where he signed a three-year contract. With Kiel he won the DHB-Pokal in 2019 and became German champion 2020.
In 2020, he transferred to SC Magdeburg. He won the IHF Super Globe 2021, and the 2020–21 EHF European League. In 2022 he got a silver medal in EHF European League, and became German Champion. He also won 2022 IHF Super Globe.
He was awarded MVP of the 2022–23 Handball-Bundesliga, and of the 2022–23 EHF Champions League Final four.
International career
At the U-18 European Championship 2016 in Croatia Gísli was the most successful Icelandic shooter with 53 goals. On 26 October 2017 he made his debut for the Icelandic national team in a 31:29-victory against Sweden in friendly.
At the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship he finished 4th with Iceland, losing to Denmark in the semifinal and Croatia in the third-place playoff. He had the most assists of any player at the tournament with 62.
Honours
EHF Champions League:
Gold: 2023, 2025
EHF European League:
Gold: 2019, 2021
Silver: 2022
Handball-Bundesliga:
Gold: 2020, 2022, 2024
DHB-Pokal:
Gold: 2019, 2024
Silver: 2022, 2023
IHF Super Globe:
Gold: 2021, 2022, 2023
Silver: 2019
Individual awards
All-Star Centre Back of the European Championship: 2026
EHF Excellence Awards: Centre Back of the Season 2024/25
MVP Handball-Bundesliga: 2022–23
MVP EHF Champions League Final four : 2022–23, 2024-25
Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year: 2023
German Handballer des Jahres: 2023
Football career
Before completely focusing on handball he played football as well. In 2014 he was selected for the Iceland squad to compete in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. He played two games in the tournament and won a bronze medal with the Icelandic team.
Personal life
His father is Kristján Arason is a former handball player who became German champion with VfL Gummersbach and his mother, Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, is an Icelandic politician who now serves as Minister of foreign affairs and previously as Minister of Education, Science, and Culture and Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture.