Haukur Þrastarson Explained

Haukur Þrastarson
Birth Date:14 April 2001
Birth Place:Selfoss, Iceland
Nationality:Icelandic
Height:1.92 m
Position:Centre back
Currentclub:Industria Kielce
Clubnumber:25
Youthyears1:2007–2016
Youthclubs1:Selfoss
Years1:2016–2020
Clubs1:Selfoss
Years2:2020–2024
Clubs2:Industria Kielce
Years3:2024–
Clubs3:Dinamo Bucuresti
Nationalyears1:2018–
Nationalteam1:Iceland
Nationalcaps1:18
Nationalgoals1:21

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

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

Club career

Haukur Þrastarson made his debut for his boyhood club Selfoss in the 2016/2017 season, when he was only 15 years old.[6] 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.[7] On 5 April 2018 he made his debut for the Icelandic national team in a 29–31 loss against Norway in a friendly.[8] 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.[9] He was the youngest player of the tournament and became the youngest Icelandic player to participate at a world championship.[10]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.eurohandball.com/player/572976 EHF profile
  2. Web site: Haukur Þrastarson. UMF Selfoss. 8 January 2019. 11 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190111104801/https://www.selfoss.net/handbolti/mfl-kk/haukur-thrastarson/. dead.
  3. Web site: Ólafur, Viktor og Ágúst hvíla gegn Grikkjum. thorkellg. 24 October 2018. RÚV. 8 January 2019.
  4. https://competition.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/226654de-f6a5-40ac-bc6c-bfdbfd5f8b28/pdf/ISL.PDF 2019 World Men's Handball Championship roster
  5. Web site: A landsliði karla l 17 manna hópur til Munchen. 9 January 2019. hsi.is. 10 April 2019. 10 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190410160137/http://hsi.is/frettir/frett/2019/01/08/A-landslidi-karla-l-17-manna-hopur-til-Munchen/. dead.
  6. Web site: HSÍ. hsi.is. is. 26 January 2019.
  7. Web site: Iceland U18 handballers lose in European final. alexandere. 20 August 2018. RÚV. 26 January 2019.
  8. Web site: Umfjöllun: Noregur – Ísland 31–29 Haukur setti þrjú mörk í fyrsta landsleiknum – Vísir. visir.is. 26 January 2019.
  9. Web site: Var geggjað að koma inn á. mbl.is. 26 January 2019.
  10. Web site: Haukur sló við mörgum af bestu handboltamönnum Íslands – Vísir. visir.is. 26 January 2019.