Teitur Örn Einarsson (born 23 September 1998) is an Icelandic

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player for

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and the Icelandic national team. He represented Iceland at the

2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 26th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Denmark and Germany from 10 to 27 January 2019. It was the first IHF World Men's Handball Championship to include more t ...

Club career

Teitur Örn Einarsson made his debut for his boyhood club Selfoss in the 2015/2016 season where he helped his team secure a promotion to Úrvalsdeild. In the summer of 2018 he moved to the Swedish

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IFK Kristianstad Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Kristianstad (), or IFK Kristianstad, is a Swedish handball club based in Kristianstad. They play in Handbollsligan, the top level of Swedish men's handball. The club was founded in 1899 as a multi-sport club. The h ...

, where he signed a two-year contract. In October 2021 it was announced he had signed with German

, starting immediately.

International career

Teitur was the top scorer of the

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with 66 goals. On 5 April 2018 he made his debut for the Icelandic national team in a 29–31 loss against

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in a friendly.

References

External links

IFK Kristianstad profileEHF profile
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