Dagur Sigurðsson

Dagur Sigurðsson (born 3 April 1973) is an Icelandic handball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the Croatian men's national team. He spent his career playing for clubs in Iceland, Germany and Japan before starting his coaching career in 2003 with Austrian team Bregenz as a player-coach. Dagur became the head coach of the Croatian men's national handball team in February 2024 and led the team to a second-place finish at the 2025 World Championship and third-place finish at the 2026 European Championship. He was the IHF World Coach of the Year in 2015.

Dagur was capped 215 times and scored 399 goals for the Icelandic national team. He captained the team from 1999 until his international retirement in 2005 and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Club career Dagur began his senior handball career at local club Valur in 1990, having passed through their youth system. Following four consecutive national championship titles, he won a fifth title with the team in his first season after retiring as a player in 2008. That same year, he became the head coach of the Austrian men's national team, before joining German club Füchse Berlin in 2009. Dagur led the Austrian national team to a ninth-place finish at the 2010 European Championship and left the team that year. He left the team in 2017 to coach the Japanese men's national team, finishing third and second at the Asian Championship in 2020 and 2024 respectively. At the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship, he led Croatia to secure third place and bronze medal, after losing from Germany in semi-finals but winning against Iceland in the 3rd place match.

Before their semifinal against Germany, he criticised the schedule as his team had to play two games in less than 24 hours and then go on a bus to Herning, meaning they had no training day before their semifinal, as well as the fact that the Croatian team as the only semifinalist had to stay in Silkeborg, 40 km away, rather than in Herning. As a response, the EHF acknowledged the criticism and stated that changed will be made in the future.

Honours

Player Valur

Icelandic Championship: 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Icelandic Cup: 1993

Bregenz

Austrian Championship: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Austrian Cup: 2003, 2006

Manager Bregenz

Austrian Championship: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Austrian Cup: 2003, 2006

Füchse Berlin

DHB-Pokal: 2014 EHF Cup: 2015

Germany

Olympic Games 2016

European Championship: 2016

Japan

Asian Championship: 2024 2020

Croatia

World Championship: 2025

European Championship: 2026

Individual

IHF World Coach of the Year: 2015