Haukur Þrastarson (born 14 April 2001) is an Icelandic

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player for Dinamo Bucuresti and the Icelandic national team. He participated at the

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Club career

Haukur Þrastarson made his debut for his boyhood club Selfoss in the 2016/2017 season, when he was only 15 years old. 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

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when he helped Iceland's U-18 secure silver at the tournament. 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. In 2019 he participated World Men's Handball Championship when he replaced Aron Pálmarsson, who was injured, he played two games against

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and

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and scored two goals. He was the youngest player of the tournament and became the youngest Icelandic player to participate at a world championship.

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* 2001 births Living people Haukur Thrastarson Haukur Thrastarson UMF Selfoss handball players Vive Kielce players Icelandic expatriate handball players Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate handball players in Poland Expatriate handball players in Romania Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Romania {{Iceland-handball-bio-stub