Casper Ulrich Mortensen

Casper Ulrich Mortensen

Casper Ulrich Mortensen (2016)
Player information
birthday	December 14, 1989
place of birth	Copenhagen , Denmark
citizenship	Danish
height	1.90 m
Playing position	Left winger
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	FC Barcelona
Jersey number	6th
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-0000	FIF
0000-2007	FCK Håndbold
2007-2009	Ajax Heroes
2009-2011	Fredericia HK
2011–2012	Viborg HK
2012-2014	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
2014-2015	SønderjyskE
2015-2016	HSV Hamburg
2016-2018	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
2018–	FC Barcelona
National team
Debut on	April 15, 2010
against	Germany
	Games (goals)
Denmark	128 (333)
As of January 29, 2019

Casper Ulrich Mortensen (born December 14, 1989 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish handball player .

Career

In the club

Mortensen started playing handball at the age of six at Frederiksberg IF (FIF for short). When the Dane was 16 years old, he was a member of the men's team at FCK Håndbold . In order to get more play, the winger joined the second division Ajax Heroes for the 2007/08 season . In the summer of 2009 he moved to the first division club Fredericia HK . After Mortensen could not prevent the relegation of Fredericia in the 2010/11 season despite 98 goals, the Danish first division club Viborg HK took him under contract.

Mortensen quickly developed into a top performer in Viborg and, at the end of the regular 2011/12 season, took second place in the scorers list with 144 goals. At the end of the season Mortensen injured his meniscus , which meant he could not participate in the play-offs. He then joined the league rivals Bjerringbro-Silkeborg . In his first season at Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, he played in the EHF Champions League . In September 2014 Mortensen signed a contract with SønderjyskE . In June 2015 Mortensen signed a three-year contract with HSV Hamburg , for which he played in the 2015/16 season until bankruptcy and withdrawal from the Bundesliga. Mortensen then moved to TSV Hannover-Burgdorf in February 2016 . In 2018 he reached the final in the DHB Cup with TSV , which was lost to the Rhein-Neckar-Löwen at 26:30 . With 230 goals he was the top scorer in the handball Bundesliga . He has been under contract with the Spanish club FC Barcelona since the 2018/19 season . With Barcelona he won the Spanish championship in 2019 and 2020 and the Copa del Rey de Balonmano in 2019 .

In the national team

Casper Ulrich Mortensen initially played for the Danish youth and junior national team. From 2010 he was a member of the senior national team . With the Danish selection, he won the silver medal at the 2013 World Cup . At the 2014 European Championships in his own country, he was runner-up in Europe. He won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . He became world champion at the 2019 World Cup.

Bundesliga record

season	society	Division	Games	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
2015/16	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Bundesliga	13	46	11	35
2016/17	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Bundesliga	27	78	29	49
2017/18	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Bundesliga	34	230	98	132
2016-2018	total	Bundesliga	74	354	138	216

Private

Casper Ulrich Mortensen is in a relationship with the Danish journalist Stine Bjerre Jørgensen .

Web links

• Casper Ulrich Mortensen in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.haslund.info: Casper U. Mortensen accessed on January 29, 2019
2. ↑ www.eurohandball.com: The rising handball stars of 2013, part 3: Casper Ulrich Mortensen , accessed on January 5, 2014
3. ↑ Ajax Heroes forlænger med Casper U. Mortensen ( Memento from January 6, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
4. ↑ vafo.dk: Tre europamestre skifter til Fredericia HK , accessed on January 5, 2014
5. ↑ www.vhk.dk: Viborg HK forstærker herretruppen med to spillere ( memento of January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 5, 2014
6. ↑ www.vhk.dk: Casper U. Mortensen sæson synes slut ( memento of January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 5, 2014
7. ↑ www.hbold.dk: Transferliste - Herreligaen ( Memento of December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 5, 2014
8. ↑ soenderborg.lokalavisen.dk: SønderjyskE henter Casper U. ( Memento from September 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 4, 2014
9. ↑ hsvhandball.com: National player Casper Mortensen becomes HSV handball player ( memento from July 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 8, 2015
10. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from February 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ www.handball-world.news: Barcelona confirms the move from Casper Mortensen to Valero Rivera , accessed on May 10, 2018
12. ↑ www.ihf.info: Statistics of the Danish national team at the 2013 World Cup , accessed on January 5, 2014
13. ↑ www.bt.dk: Droppet på grund af håndbold-kæresten: Nu vender TV 2-vært tilbage på skærmen , accessed on January 5, 2014