Casper Ulrich Mortensen
Casper Ulrich Mortensen (2016) |
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Player information | |
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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 |
- | FIF |
-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 |
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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
- ↑ www.haslund.info: Casper U. Mortensen accessed on January 29, 2019
- ↑ www.eurohandball.com: The rising handball stars of 2013, part 3: Casper Ulrich Mortensen , accessed on January 5, 2014
- ↑ Ajax Heroes forlænger med Casper U. Mortensen ( Memento from January 6, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ vafo.dk: Tre europamestre skifter til Fredericia HK , accessed on January 5, 2014
- ↑ www.vhk.dk: Viborg HK forstærker herretruppen med to spillere ( memento of January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 5, 2014
- ↑ www.vhk.dk: Casper U. Mortensen sæson synes slut ( memento of January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 5, 2014
- ↑ www.hbold.dk: Transferliste - Herreligaen ( Memento of December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 5, 2014
- ↑ soenderborg.lokalavisen.dk: SønderjyskE henter Casper U. ( Memento from September 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 4, 2014
- ↑ hsvhandball.com: National player Casper Mortensen becomes HSV handball player ( memento from July 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 8, 2015
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from February 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ www.handball-world.news: Barcelona confirms the move from Casper Mortensen to Valero Rivera , accessed on May 10, 2018
- ↑ www.ihf.info: Statistics of the Danish national team at the 2013 World Cup , accessed on January 5, 2014
- ↑ www.bt.dk: Droppet på grund af håndbold-kæresten: Nu vender TV 2-vært tilbage på skærmen , accessed on January 5, 2014
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mortensen, Casper Ulrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish handball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen , Denmark |