Haukur Þrastarson

Haukur Þrastarson (born 14 April 2001) is an Icelandic handball player for Industria Kielce and the Icelandic national team.[1][2][3]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Haukur.
Haukur Þrastarson
Personal information
Born (2001-04-14) 14 April 2001
Selfoss, Iceland
Nationality Icelandic
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Industria Kielce
Number 25
Youth career
Years Team
2007–2016
 Selfoss
Senior clubs
Years Team
2016–2020
 Selfoss
2020–
 Industria Kielce
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–
 Iceland 18 (21)
Medal record
Youth European Championship
Silver medal – second place2018 Croatia

He participated at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.[4][5][6]

Club career

Haukur Þrastarson made his debut for his boyhood club Selfoss in the 2016/2017 season, when he was only 15 years old.[7] After having won the Icelandic Championship with his boyhood club in 2019, Haukur signed with Polish giants Vive Kielce. Shortly after arriving in Poland, Haukur tore his ACL and was ruled out for the season. Despite his injury Haukur was rewarded with a contract extension by Kielce.

International career

Haukur was chosen the Most Valuable Player of the 2018 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship in Croatia when he helped Iceland's U-18 secure silver at the tournament.[8] On 5 April 2018 he made his debut for the Icelandic national team in a 29–31 loss against Norway in a friendly.[9] In 2019 he participated World Men's Handball Championship when he replaced Aron Pálmarsson, who was injured, he played two games against France and Brazil and scored two goals.[10] He was the youngest player of the tournament and became the youngest Icelandic player to participate at a world championship.[11]

References
  1. EHF profile
  2. "Haukur Þrastarson". UMF Selfoss. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  3. thorkellg (24 October 2018). "Ólafur, Viktor og Ágúst hvíla gegn Grikkjum". RÚV. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  4. RÚV Sjónvarp, retrieved 20 January 2019
  5. 2019 World Men's Handball Championship roster
  6. "A landsliði karla l 17 manna hópur til Munchen". hsi.is. 9 January 2019.
  7. "HSÍ". hsi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  8. alexandere (20 August 2018). "Iceland U18 handballers lose in European final". RÚV. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  9. "Umfjöllun: Noregur – Ísland 31–29 | Haukur setti þrjú mörk í fyrsta landsleiknum – Vísir". visir.is. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  10. "Var geggjað að koma inn á". mbl.is. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  11. "Haukur sló við mörgum af bestu handboltamönnum Íslands – Vísir". visir.is. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
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