Mikkel Hansen
Mikkel Hansen on April 16, 2016 |
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| Player information | |
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| birthday | 22nd October 1987 (age 32) |
| place of birth |
Elsinore , Denmark
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| citizenship |
Danish
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| height | 1.96 m |
| Playing position | Back left |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Club information | |
| society | Paris Saint-Germain |
| Jersey number | 24 |
| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| - |
Helsingør IF
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| –2005 |
Virum-Sorgefri HK
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| 2005-2008 |
GOG Svendborg TGI
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| 2008-2010 |
 FC Barcelona
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| 2010–2012 |
AG København
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| 2012– |
 Paris Saint-Germain
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| National team | |
| Debut on | June 5, 2007 |
| against |
 Sweden
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| Games (goals) | |
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Denmark
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209 (1033) |
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As of July 21, 2020 |
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Mikkel Hansen (born October 22, 1987 in Helsingør , Denmark ) is a Danish handball player . He was elected world handball player in 2011, 2015 and 2018, just as often as Nikola Karabatić , with whom he plays for the French club Paris Saint-Germain .
Career
In the club
Hansen started playing handball in his hometown at Helsingør IF . He then came to GOG Svendborg TGI via Virum-Sorgenfri HK , with whom he won the Danish championship in 2007. In the summer of 2008, the right-hander moved to the Spanish club FC Barcelona . With Barcelona he was twice Spanish runner-up and was in the final of the Champions League in 2010, but failed there at THW Kiel . Hansen then signed a contract with AG København . With AG København he won the championship in 2011 and 2012. After AGK went bankrupt in summer 2012, he joined the French association Paris Saint-Germain . With Paris he won the championship in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 and the French Cup in 2014, 2015 and 2018.
In the national team
Hansen made his debut in the Danish national team on June 5, 2007, for which his father Flemming Hansen was also active. The backcourt player only traveled to the 2008 Olympic Games as a reservist and moved to the Danish squad after Michael V. Knudsen lost due to illness . In the group game against Russia, he scored the decisive 25:24 winner with a direct free throw in the last second.
At the 2011 World Cup , Hansen finished second with the Danish selection. With 68 goals, he became the tournament's top scorer and was appointed to the All-Star team. In that year he was also elected world handball player. In 2012 he triumphed with Denmark at the European Championships . Here, too, belonged to the All-Star team as the best left backcourt player. In the summer he retired from the Olympic Games in London with the Danish team in the quarter-finals. At the 2013 World Cup , he and his team were once again named vice world champion and best player . At the 2014 European Championships in his own country, he was elected Vice-European Champion and also elected to the All-Star Team. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , he won the gold medal and was called back to the All-Star Team and also named best player. At the 2019 World Cup , Hansen won the world title with Denmark. With 72 hits, he took first place in the list of goalscorers and was also elected MVP.
successes
society
- Danish champion 2007, 2011, 2012
- French champion 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- French cup winner 2014, 2015, 2018
- Spanish cup winner 2009, 2010
- Finalist in the Champions League 2010
National team
- Olympic Champion 2016
- European Champion 2012
- Vice European Champion 2014
- World Champion 2019
- Vice World Champion 2011 , 2013
Awards
- World handball player 2011, 2015, 2018
- All-Star-Team WM 2011 , EM 2012 , EM 2014 , Olympic Games 2016
- "Most Valuable Player" World Cup 2013 , Olympic Games 2016 , World Cup 2019
- Denmark's national player of the year 2009, 2011, 2012
Private
He has a son with his wife.
Web links
- Mikkel Hansen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Mikkel Hansen in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- Hansen's portrait at FC Barcelona (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ nordjyske.dk: Et jordnært hug fra anden sals højde accessed on December 24, 2019
- ↑ www.haslund.info: Mikkel Hansen accessed on July 21, 2020
- ↑ Dane Hansen for the third time world handball player. In: sport.ORF.at. March 18, 2019, accessed March 18, 2019 .
- ↑ IHF names Mikkel Hansen and Heidi Løke world handball players in 2011
- ↑ Mikkel Hansen vender hjem til Danmark
- ↑ Mikkel Hansen signs in Paris
- ↑ Mikkel Hansen smiles at fame
- ↑ handball-world.com: Michael Knudsen: After the Olympic Games still operated on the appendix in Beijing , accessed on January 15, 2017
- ↑ Denmark's Mikkel Hansen scoring the game-winning goal ( Memento from August 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ handball-world.com: All-Star Team with German participation: Mikkel Hansen honored as MVP , accessed on August 22, 2016
- ↑ handball-world.news: List of goalscorers for the Handball World Cup: MVP Mikkel Hansen also with the most hits , accessed on January 28, 2019
- ↑ www.handball-world.com Mikkel Hansen named Danish national player of the year on July 2nd, 2012
- ↑ handball-world.news: World handball player Mikkel Hansen got married , accessed on May 12, 2020
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| SURNAME | Hansen, Mikkel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elsinore , Denmark |