Aron Kristjánsson (born 14 July 1972) is a former

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player and the current head coach of the Bahrain men's national handball team.

Career

He was the head coach of the

Iceland men's national handball team ) , Association = Icelandic Handball Association(''Handknattleikssamband Íslands'') , Coach = Guðmundur Guðmundsson , Assistant coach = Ágúst Þór JóhannssonGunnar Magnússon , Captain = Aron ...

between August 2012 and January 2016. Here he took over from likewise Icelandic Guðmundur Guðmundsson. Incidentally, he also replaced Guðmundur Guðmundsson when he became head coach for Bahrain in 2018. Before being head coach for Iceland, he coached the Icelandic handball club Haukar, the German top division side

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and Danish side Skjern. On 10 February 2014, it was announced that he would become the head coach of Danish men's side KIF Kolding for the rest of the season. He also stayed on as Iceland's head coach during his time at Kolding. As a player, he played 85 international matches for Iceland, scoring 128 goals. He was a part of the team that made it to the semi-finals in the European handball championship in 2002.

References

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