Ómar Ingi Magnússon (born 12 March 1997) is an Icelandic

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player for

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and the Icelandic national handball team. In both 2021 and 2022, he was named the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year.

Club career

In summer 2014 he switched over to Valur where he was supposed to be a part of the youth setup. He soon started to break through to the first team and earned a squad role, at age 17. He played there until 2016 when he transferred to the Danish club Aarhus Håndbold after an impressive season in Iceland where he was chosen young player of the year. At the beginning of the 2018/19 season in Denmark he transferred to league rivals

Aalborg Håndbold Aalborg Handball () is a professional handball club from Aalborg, Denmark that competes in the Danish Handball League. Aalborg Håndbold play their home games in the Gigantium arena in Aalborg – known as Jutlander Bank Arena for sponsorship rea ...

, joining fellow nationals Janus Daði Smárason, Arnór Atlason and coach Aron Kristjánsson. With Aalborg he won the

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competition in 2018 and the Danish championship in 2019 and 2020. For the 2020/21 season he moved to the German Bundesliga club

. With Magdeburg he won the EHF European League in 2020/21 and the IHF Super Globe in

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. He was the top scorer in the Handball-Bundesliga 2020/21, with 274 goals. His superb performance in 2021 earned him the award of Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year and Icelandic Handball player of the Year. In 2021/22 he became German Champion with Magdeburg, and got a silver medal in EHF European League. He was voted

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in the Handball-Bundesliga 2021/22. In 2022 he won the

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again with Magdeburg. Yet again he was given the award of Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year and Icelandic Handball player of the Year. He won the

2022–23 EHF Champions League The 2022–23 EHF Champions League was the 63rd edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the 30th edition under the current EHF Champions League format. It ran from 14 September 2022 to 18 June 2023. SC Magdeburg defeated Barl ...

, although injured and couldn't play in the Final four.

International career

He participated at the

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. On 22 January 2022, he scored 10 goals in a 29–21 victory against

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in the

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, despite Iceland missing eight players due to

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. It was also France's biggest loss in the history of the European championship. He was the top scorer at the tournament with 59 goals.

Honours

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EHF European League The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...

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Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 to 2012, the league was sponsored by Toyota and was officially called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. In 2012 the Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) became t ...

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DHB-Pokal The DHB-Pokal (English: German Handball Federation Cup) is an elimination handball tournament held annually in Germany. It is the second most important handball national title in the country after the Handball-Bundesliga championship. DHB-Pokal ...

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: 2021–22 * Top Scorer Handball-Bundesliga:

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* Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year: 2021, 2022 * Icelandic Handball player of the Year: 2021, 2022

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Magnusson, Omar Ingi 1997 births Living people Omar Ingi Magnusson Omar Ingi Magnusson Omar Ingi Magnusson UMF Selfoss handball players Valur men's handball players SC Magdeburg players Icelandic expatriate handball players in Germany Icelandic expatriate handball players in Denmark People from Selfoss