Erlingur Birgir Richardsson (born 19 September 1972) is an Icelandic former
handball
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player and currently coach for
Dutch national team.
He led the team at the
2020 European Men's Handball Championship
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in Norway, placing 17th.
He previously coached
Iceland men's national handball team
The Icelandic men's national handball team represents Iceland in international men's handball. It is controlled by the Icelandic Handball Association.
Honours
Competitive record
Champions Runners-up Third place& ...
and
Füchse Berlin, where he won the
2016 IHF Super Globe
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.
In April 2020, he extended his contract with the
Netherlands men's national handball team
The Netherlands national handball team is the national handball team of Netherlands and is controlled by the Netherlands Handball Association.
Unlike the very successful Netherlands women's national handball team, women's team, The Netherlands ...
, to the summer 2022.
References
Living people
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1972 births
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Handball coaches of international teams
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Expatriate handball coaches
Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
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