Vegard Samdahl

{{short description|Norwegian handball player (born 1978)}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Vegard Samdahl

| image =

| fullname = Vegard Samdahl

| nationality = Norwegian {{flagicon|Norway}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|3|21}}

| birth_place = Trondheim, Norway

| height = 188 cm.

| position = Playmaker

| currentclub = Retired

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = SK Rapp

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Sjetne IL

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Heimdal HK

| years2 = {{0|0000}}-2001

| clubs2 = Viking HK

| years3 = 2001-2006

| clubs3 = IFK Skövde

| years4 = 2006-2009

| clubs4 = Aarhus GF

| years5 = 2009-2011

| clubs5 = Wisła Płock

| years6 = 2011-2013

| clubs6 = Viking HK

| years7 = 2013-2015

| clubs7 = Sandnes HK

| nationalteam1 = Norway

| nationalcaps1 = 86

| nationalgoals1 = 111

| nationalyears1 = 2000-2012

}}

Vegard Samdahl (born March 21, 1978) is a Norwegian former handballer. He played for Sweden's Stavanger IF, Elitserien level club IFK Skövde and Danish league club Aarhus GF, and polish Wisła Płock, as well as Viking HK, Heimdal HK and Sandnes HK in Norway.

In 2011 he won the Polish Championship with Wisła Płock, and in 2004 he won the EHF Challenge Cup with IFK Skövde. In the 2006-07 season he was named playmaker of the year in the Danish League.[http://www.handball.no/p1.asp?p=19141 Norges Håndballforbund]

Samdahl made his debut for the Norwegian national team on May 6th, 2000 against Greenland,{{cite web|url=https://handballold.nif.no/Statistikk_Landskamper.asp?SpillerId=48651 |title=Totaloversikt for Samdahl, Vegard|publisher=Norges Håndballforbund|access-date=27 June 2019|language=no}} and he went on to play 86 matches for the team. He played just 7 matches until 2008 where he became a consistent part of the national team.