Patrekur Jóhannesson

Patrekur Jóhanesson
Personal information
Born	(1972-07-07) 7 July 1972 (age 52) Reykjavík, Iceland
Nationality	Icelandic
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Left/Centre back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1989–1994	Stjarnan
1994–1996	KA Akureyri
1996–2003	TUSEM Essen
2003–2004	CD Bidasoa
2005–2008	Stjarnan
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–2006	Iceland	241	(634)
Teams managed
2005–2008	Stjarnan (assistant)
2009–2010	Stjarnan
2010–2011	TV Emsdetten
2013	Valur
2013–2015	Haukar
2017–2019	Selfoss
2019–2020	Skjern Håndbold
2011–2019	Austria
2020-2023	Stjarnan

Patrekur Jóhannesson (born 7 July 1972) is an Icelandic former handball player, who played for the Icelandic national handball team and competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[1][2]

After he stopped playing handball professionally he embarked on a coaching career. In November 2011 Patrekur was appointed head coach for the Austrian national handball team.

Patrekur is son of the teacher and journalist Margrét Thorlacius and the PE teacher and coach Jóhannes Sæmundsson. His father died of cancer at the age of 42. He is the brother of the historian and former President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, and of Jóhannes, who is a system analyst. His son is a popular rapper in Iceland, called JóiPé.^[3]

• Patrekur Jóhannesson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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