Aron Pálmarsson

Aron Pálmarsson
Personal information
Born (1990-07-19) 19 July 1990
Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Nationality Icelandic
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club FC Barcelona Lassa
Number 34
Youth career
Years Team
0000–2005 FH Hafnarfjördur
Senior clubs
Years Team
2005–2009 FH Hafnarfjördur
2009–2015 THW Kiel
2015–2017 Telekom Veszprém
2017– FC Barcelona Lassa
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008– Iceland 115 (449)
Medal record
European Championship
2010 Austria

Aron Pálmarsson (born 19 July 1990) is an Icelandic handballer for FC Barcelona Lassa and the Icelandic national handball team.[1]

Career

Aron played his first game for FH only aged 15 years old against ÍBV in March 2006. FH won the game 30–28 and the young player managed to score one goal.

In the season 2007/08 Aron was one of the key players when FH won the 1.deild and won promotion to úrvalsdeild. Aron scored 130 goals in 22 games.

The 2008/09 season was very successful for Aron. Aron scored 115 goals in 16 games. FH finished 5th in the league. He was voted the most promising player, the best offensive player and was selected in the team of the season. He was also selected in the Iceland national handball team.

After Aron was brought to Kiel FH awarded him with their Golden award for his successful career with FH.

He gained attention while playing for the team FH Hafnarfjörður before he transferred to German club THW Kiel.

On 29 December 2012 Aron won the award "Best athlete of the year 2012".

He played a major part in the squad that earned the bronze medal at the 2010 European championship in Austria.[2]

Honours

THW Kiel

MVM Veszprém KC

International

Individual

  • Selected Rookie of the year in Bundesliga 2010
  • Selected in 2012 Olympic Games All Star Team
  • Selected athlete of the year in Iceland 2012
  • Awarded FH Gold Badge

References

  1. ↑ EHF profile
  2. ↑ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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