Rakel Dögg Bragadóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Rakel Dögg.
Rakel Dögg Bragadóttir
Personal information
Born (1986-05-24) 24 May 1986 (age 38)
Nationality Icelandic
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Central back
Club information
Current club Stjarnan
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
 Iceland 102 (304[1])
Teams managed
Years Team
2019–2020
 Stjarnan (assistant)
2020–
 Stjarnan
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 25 February 2018

Rakel Dögg Bragadóttir (born 24 May 1986) is an Icelandic former handball player and a former member of the Icelandic national team.[2]

She last played for Stjarnan in October 2017 in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna when she received a blow to the head and suffered a concussion.[3] She had previously retired in 2014 due to similar head injuries but later returned to the court.[4]

In April 2018, Rakel was hired as the co-head coach of Stjarnan, along with Sebastian Alexandersson.[5] She is now the current head coach is for Stjarnan, since March 2020.[6]

References

  1. ^ "A landslið kvenna". hsi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Rakel Dögg Bragadóttir". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Rakel tekur enga áhættu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 26 October 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  4. ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (23 January 2018). "Óvíst hvort Rakel snúi aftur á völlinn: "Sný aldrei alveg baki við handboltanum"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  5. ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (19 April 2018). "Sebastian og Rakel taka við Stjörnunni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Rakel Dögg tekur við Stjörnunni". RÚV (in Icelandic). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2021.