Teitur Örn Einarsson

{{short description|Icelandic handball player (born 1998)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{icelandic name|Teitur}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Teitur Örn Einarsson

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|9|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Selfoss, Iceland

| nationality = Icelandic

| height = 1.90 m

| position = Right back

| currentclub = VfL Gummersbach

| clubnumber = 14

| years1 = 2015–2018

| clubs1 = Selfoss

| years2 = 2018–2021

| clubs2 = IFK Kristianstad

| years3 = 2021–2024

| clubs3 = SG Flensburg-Handewitt

| years4 = 2024–

| clubs4 = VfL Gummersbach

| nationalyears1 = 2018–

| nationalteam1 = Iceland

| nationalcaps1 = 36

| nationalgoals1 = 36

| ntupdate = 5 January 2025

}}

Teitur Örn Einarsson (born 23 September 1998) is an Icelandic handball player for VfL Gummersbach and the Icelandic national team.[http://www.eurohandball.com/player/566667 EHF profile]

He represented Iceland at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.[https://competition.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/226654de-f6a5-40ac-bc6c-bfdbfd5f8b28/pdf/ISL.PDF 2019 World Men's Handball Championship roster]{{cite web|url=http://hsi.is/frettir/frett/2019/01/08/A-landslidi-karla-l-17-manna-hopur-til-Munchen/|title=A landsliði karla l 17 manna hópur til Munchen|date=9 January 2019|work=hsi.is}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.selfoss.net/handbolti/mfl-kk/teitur-orn-einarsson/|title=TEITUR ÖRN EINARSSON|website=selfoss.net|access-date=23 December 2018}} In the summer of 2018 he moved to the Swedish Handbollsligan to IFK Kristianstad, where he signed a two-year contract.{{Cite web|url=https://ifkkristianstad.se/nyheter/2018-01-09/vaelkommen-teitur-oern-einarsson|title=Välkommen Teitur Örn Einarsson {{!}} Nyheter {{!}} IFK Kristianstad|website=ifkkristianstad.se|language=sv|access-date=23 December 2018}} In October 2021 it was announced he had signed with German SG Flensburg-Handewitt, starting immediately.{{Cite web|title=Teitur lämnar för SG Flensburg Handewitt|url=https://ifkkristianstad.se/nyheter/2021-10-19/teitur-laemnar-foer-sg-flensburg-handewitt|access-date=21 October 2021|website=IFK Kristianstad}}

International career

Teitur was the top scorer of the 2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in Georgia with 66 goals.{{Cite web|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2017170829973|title=Teitur Örn markahæstur allra – Vísir|website=visir.is|access-date=23 December 2018}} On 5 April 2018 he made his debut for the Icelandic national team in a 29–31 loss against Norway in a friendly.{{Cite web|url=https://www.frettabladid.is/sport/rir-skoruu-fyrstu-landslismoerkin|title=Þrír skoruðu fyrstu landsliðsmörkin|last=ehf|first=Torg|date=6 April 2018|website=Fréttablaðið|access-date=23 December 2018}}

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