Teitur Örn Einarsson
Icelandic handball player (born 1998)
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Teitur Örn Einarsson (born 23 September 1998) is an Icelandic handball player for VfL Gummersbach and the Icelandic national team.[1]
| Teitur Örn Einarsson | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born |
23 September 1998 Selfoss, Iceland | ||
| Nationality | Icelandic | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | VfL Gummersbach | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2015–2018 | Selfoss | ||
2018–2021 | IFK Kristianstad | ||
2021–2024 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
2024– | VfL Gummersbach | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018– | Iceland | 36 | (36) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 5 January 2025 | |||
He represented Iceland at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]
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.[4] In the summer of 2018 he moved to the Swedish Handbollsligan to IFK Kristianstad, where he signed a two-year contract.[5] In October 2021 it was announced he had signed with German SG Flensburg-Handewitt, starting immediately.[6]
International career
Teitur was the top scorer of the 2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in Georgia with 66 goals.[7] On 5 April 2018 he made his debut for the Icelandic national team in a 29–31 loss against Norway in a friendly.[8]
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.[9]