Júlíus Jónasson | |
Nationality: | Icelandic |
Birth Date: | 27 December 1954 |
Position: | Right back |
Nationalyears1: | 1985- |
Nationalteam1: | Iceland |
Nationalcaps1: | 288 |
Nationalgoals1: | 703 |
Manageryears1: | 2006-2011 |
Managerclubs1: | Iceland Women's team |
Júlíus Jónasson (born 1964) is an Icelandic handball player and coach. He played for the Iceland men's national handball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where the Icelandic team placed fourth.[1]
Jónasson was the head coach for the Iceland women's national handball team from 2006 to 2011.
Jónasson was involved in the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis, and the 17th November 2011 he was ordered in court to pay back 28 million Icelandic krónur, because he had borrowed money from the bank he himself worked at, in order to invest it in said bank.[2] [3]