Jesper Nielsen (handball player)

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Jesper Nielsen
Jesper Nielsen

Jeseper Nielsen on August 17th, 2013 at the Sparkassen-Cup

Player information
Full name Jesper Claes Martin Nielsen
birthday August 30, 1989
place of birth Norrkoping , Sweden
citizenship SwedeSwede Swedish
height 2.00 m
Playing position Circular rotor
Club information
society Rhine-Neckar lion
Jersey number 36
Clubs in the youth
from ... to society
0000–2005 SwedenSweden Norrköpings AIS
2005-2008 SwedenSweden HP Warta
Clubs as active
from ... to society
2008-2013 SwedenSweden IK Sävehof
2013-2016 GermanyGermany Foxes Berlin
2016-2018 FranceFrance Paris Saint-Germain
2018– GermanyGermany Rhine-Neckar lion
National team
Debut on 2007
  Games (goals)
SwedenSweden Sweden 110 (143)

As of July 9, 2020

Jesper Claes Martin Nielsen (born August 30, 1989 in Norrköping ) is a Swedish handball player .

Career

Jesper Nielsen began with handball at Norrköpings AIS , he came to IK Sävehof through HP Warta in 2008 , with which he won the Swedish championship in 2010, 2011 and 2012. In the 2012/13 season he was elected to the all-start team of the Swedish elite series and was named the best defender of the season. For the 2013/14 season the 2 meter switched pivot player for German Bundesliga foxes Berlin , with whom he 2014 the DHB Cup won. In 2015 he became club world champion and won the EHF Cup in 2015 . In the summer of 2016, he joined the French first division club Paris Saint-Germain . With Paris he won the French championship in 2017 and 2018 and the French cup in 2018. Jesper Nielsen has been playing for the Rhein-Neckar Löwen since the 2018/19 season . With the Rhein-Neckar Löwen he won the DHB Supercup in 2018.

For the Swedish national team , Nielsen has played 110 international matches so far , in which he scored 143 goals. He took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .

Private

Nielsen's friend Frida Tegstedt also plays handball. For the 2014/15 season , the Swedish national player changes to the Spreefüxxen , the women's team of the Füchse Berlin.

Bundesliga record

season society Division Games Gates 7 meters Field gates
2013/14 Foxes Berlin Bundesliga 31 85 0 85
2014/15 Foxes Berlin Bundesliga 36 66 1 65
2015/16 Foxes Berlin Bundesliga 29 88 0 88
2018/19 Rhine-Neckar lion Bundesliga
2013-2016 total Bundesliga 96 239 1 238

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ handbollslandslaget.se: Jesper Nielsen , accessed on January 1, 2018
  2. ↑ Statistics of the Swedish Handball Federation , accessed on July 9, 2020
  3. ↑ svenskhandboll.se: All star team herrar ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Swedish) May 13, 2013, accessed May 28, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.svenskhandboll.se
  4. ↑ handball-world.com: Six exits and six entrances - Füchse Berlin set the course for the future on January 10, 2013, accessed on May 22, 2013
  5. ↑ handball-world.com: "It's going to be a sad day": Jesper Nielsen on farewell and the joy of Paris from May 25, 2016, accessed on July 14, 2016
  6. ↑ rhein-neckar-loewen.de: Jesper Nielsen becomes a Rhein-Neckar lion from December 19, 2017, accessed on December 19, 2017
  7. ↑ handball-world.com: Foxes bring Swedish national player and lead couple together from May 13, 2014, accessed on May 13, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Nielsen, Jesper
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nielsen, Jesper Claes Martin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish handball player
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Norrkoping