Haukur Þrastarson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Haukur.
Haukur Þrastarson
Personal information
Born (2001-04-14) 14 April 2001
Selfoss, Iceland
Nationality Icelandic
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Number 25
Youth career
Years Team
2007–2016
 Selfoss
Senior clubs
Years Team
2016–2020
 Selfoss
2020–2024
 Industria Kielce
2024–2025
 Dinamo Bucuresti
2025–
 Rhein-Neckar Löwen
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–
 Iceland 18 (21)
Medal record
Youth European Championship
2018 Croatia

Haukur Þrastarson (born 14 April 2001) is an Icelandic handball player for Rhein-Neckar Löwen and the Icelandic national team.[1][2][3]

Club career

Haukur Þrastarson made his debut for his boyhood club Selfoss in the 2016/2017 season, when he was only 15 years old.[4] In 2019, at the age of 18, Þrastarson played a key role in his boyhood club winning the Icelandic Championship for the first time in the club’s history[5].

In 2020, Þrastarson transferred to Polish giants Łomża Vive Kielce. In July 2020, before the season began, he suffered a midfoot fracture; despite this, Kielce extended his contract from three to five years, running until 2025[6]. Only weeks after his return, he sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee during a Champions League match against Elverum[7].

With Kielce, Þrastarson won the Polish championship in 2021, 2022, and 2023, as well as the Polish Cup in 2021. He also competed in the EHF Champions League, where Kielce reached the Final Four in both 2022 and 2023, finishing runners-up on both occasions. In early December 2022, he suffered another ACL injury—this time to his right knee—during a Champions League match against Szeged[8][9]. Þrastarson made his comeback in September 2023.

In the summer of 2024 he prematurely terminated his contract with Kielce and joined Romanian first division club Dinamo Bucharest[10]. With Bucharest , he won the Romanian championship in 2025,[11] the Romanian Cup[12] and reached the Champions League play-offs against eventual winners SC Magdeburg.

For the 2025/26 season, he signed a contract with the German Bundesliga club Rhein-Neckar Löwen.[13]

International career

Haukur was chosen the Most Valuable Player of the 2018 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship in Croatia when he helped Iceland's U-18 secure silver at the tournament.[14] On 5 April 2018 he made his debut for the Icelandic national team in a 29–31 loss against Norway in a friendly.[15] In 2019 he participated World Men's Handball Championship when he replaced Aron Pálmarsson, who was injured, he played two games against France and Brazil and scored two goals.[16] He was the youngest player of the tournament and became the youngest Icelandic player to participate at a world championship.[17]

At the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship he finished 4th with Iceland, losing to Denmark in the semifinal and Croatia in the third-place playoff.[18]

References

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ "Haukur Þrastarson". UMF Selfoss. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  3. ^ thorkellg (24 October 2018). "Ólafur, Viktor og Ágúst hvíla gegn Grikkjum". RÚV. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  4. ^ "HSÍ". hsi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Selfoss Íslandsmeistari í fyrsta sinn". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  6. ^ Editor (27 July 2020). "Haukur Thrastarson until 2025 in Kielce!". Handball Planet. Retrieved 29 January 2026. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ "Mikið áfall fyrir Selfyssinginn unga". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  8. ^ Sæmundsson, Ingvi Þór (12 September 2022). "Haukur aftur með slitið krossband - Vísir". visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  9. ^ handball-world. "Lomza Industria Kielce: Saisonaus für Thrastarson, Zwangspause für Kounkoud". handball-world (in German). Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  10. ^ "Neuer Klub steht schon fest: Isländischer Handball-Nationalspieler verlässt Kielce ablösefrei". handball-world (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  11. ^ Sverrisson, Sindri (5 February 2025). "Haukur meistari í Rúmeníu - Vísir". visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  12. ^ "Haukur og félagar bikarmeistarar". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  13. ^ Ofenloch, Rüdiger (12 March 2025). "Haukur Thrastarson wechselt zu den Löwen - Rhein-Neckar Löwen - DAIKIN HBL". Rhein-Neckar Löwen (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  14. ^ alexandere (20 August 2018). "Iceland U18 handballers lose in European final". RÚV. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  15. ^ "Umfjöllun: Noregur – Ísland 31–29 | Haukur setti þrjú mörk í fyrsta landsleiknum – Vísir". visir.is. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  16. ^ "Var geggjað að koma inn á". mbl.is. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  17. ^ "Haukur sló við mörgum af bestu handboltamönnum Íslands – Vísir". visir.is. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  18. ^ Mathias Sørensen (1 February 2026). "Kroatien vinder bronze – tysser på Boxen" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
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