Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen

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Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen
Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen

Nikolaj Jacobsen in February 2011 (Image: Lars Schmidt)

Player information
Full name Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen
Nickname "Niko"
birthday November 22, 1971
place of birth Viborg , Denmark
citizenship DenmarkDenmark Danish
height 1.84 m
Playing position Left winger
Throwing hand right
Clubs in the youth
from ... to society
1984– DenmarkDenmark GOG Gudme
Clubs as active
from ... to society
0000-1997 DenmarkDenmark GOG Gudme
1997-1998 GermanyGermany Bayer Dormagen
1998-2004 GermanyGermany THW Kiel
2004-2007 DenmarkDenmark Viborg HK
2009-2009 DenmarkDenmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
National team
Debut on November 30, 1991
against NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
  Games (goals)
DenmarkDenmark Denmark 148 (584)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to society
2004-2007 DenmarkDenmark Viborg HK (assistant trainer)
2007-2011 DenmarkDenmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (assistant coach)
2012-2014 DenmarkDenmark Aalborg Håndbold
2014-2019 GermanyGermany Rhine-Neckar lion
2017– DenmarkDenmark Denmark

As of June 28, 2019

Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen (born November 22, 1971 in Viborg ) is a Danish handball coach who was active as a handball player in the top Danish league and in the German Bundesliga . In 2019 he became world champion with the Danish national team.

Career

Jacobsen learned to play handball with GOG Gudme , with whose men's team he won the Danish championship three times. In the 1997/98 season, the left winger played for Bundesliga club Bayer Dormagen . The Dane scored a total of 189 goals and was third in the Bundesliga scorers list. When Dormagen was relegated at the end of the season, he moved to THW Kiel . In the following years, he won three championships, five DHB trophies and two EHF trophies with the Kiel team . When knee problems no longer allowed the stresses of the Bundesliga, Jacobsen left the THW Kiel in 2004 after a total of 212 competitive matches.

Jacobsen worked from the 2004/05 season at Viborg HK as an assistant coach and player. In the summer of 2007, the Dane joined Bjerringbro-Silkeborg , where he only worked as an assistant coach. When Bjerringbro / Silkeborg had to do without several players due to injury in February 2009, Jacobsen was reactivated again. Since the summer of 2012 Jacobsen has coached the Danish first division club Aalborg Håndbold , with whom he won the Danish championship in 2013. For the 2014/15 season he moved to the Rhein-Neckar Löwen , where he succeeded Guðmundur Guðmundsson . He finished second with the lions in 2015 and won the German championship with them in 2016 and 2017 . Since March 2017 he has also been coaching the Danish national team, with which he became world champion in his own country in 2019 . After the 2018/19 season, he gave up his coaching position with the Rhein-Neckar Löwen.

National team

Jacobsen played a total of 148 international matches for Denmark . He participated in the World Championships in 1993 , 1995 and 1999 as well as in the European Championships in 1994 , 1996 and 2000 . On September 27, 1998, the winger set the goal record of the Danish selection with 15 goals in an international match.

successes

as a trainer

as a player

Honors

  • Second place in the list of goalscorers for the 2001/2002 and 1998/1999 Bundesliga seasons, third place in 2000/2001 and 1997/1998
  • Danish handball player of the year 1993 and 1999
  • Elected to the League Allstar Team 1999/2000
  • Handball Week Ranking: Left Winger: 9th 2003, 2nd 2001, 1st 2000, 2nd 1999, 2nd 1998
  • Handball magazine ranking: Left wing: 9th 2003 (NK), 1st 2001 (IK), 1st 2000 (world class), 1st 1999 (world class), 3rd 1998 (IK)
  • World Coach of the Year 2019

Bundesliga record

season society Division Games Gates 7 meters Field gates
1997/98 Bayer Dormagen Bundesliga 28 189 74 115
1998/99 THW Kiel Bundesliga 29 223 93 130
1999/2000 THW Kiel Bundesliga 31 216 95 121
2000/01 THW Kiel Bundesliga 37 280 93 187
2001/02 THW Kiel Bundesliga 7th 24 11 13
2002/03 THW Kiel Bundesliga 26th 152 67 85
2003/04 THW Kiel Bundesliga 16 52 30th 22nd
1997-2004 total Bundesliga 174 1136 463 673

Private

Jacobsen has been married since 1999. He and his wife have two daughters and a son.

Web links

Commons : Nikolaj Jacobsen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ haslund.info: Herre A-Landsholdspillere - Nikolaj Jacobsen , accessed on December 25, 2017
  2. ↑ thw-handball.de: Another new addition: Nikolaj Jacobsen , accessed on February 7, 2015
  3. ↑ thw-handball.de: Die Zaubermaus , accessed on February 7, 2015
  4. ↑ thw-handball.de: KN interview with Nikolaj Jacobsen , accessed on February 7, 2015
  5. ↑ thw-handball.de: Nikolaj Jacobsen moves to Bjerringbro / Silkeborg , accessed on February 7, 2015
  6. ↑ jyllands-posten.dk: Nikolaj Jacobsen lurer på "comeback" , accessed on May 4, 2019
  7. ↑ jyllands-posten.dk: Tv commentator skiftet ind , accessed on May 4, 2019
  8. ↑ handball-world.com: Aalborg relies twice on THW experience in the coaching team , accessed on February 21, 2012
  9. ↑ thw-handball.de: Johan Sjöstrand and Nikolaj Jacobsen with Aalborg Danish champions from May 27, 2013, accessed on February 7, 2015
  10. ↑ rhein-neckar-loewen.de: Nikolaj Jacobsen takes over the Löwen 2014 , from November 18, 2013, accessed on November 18, 2013
  11. ↑ handball-world.com: With immediate effect: Gudmundsson leaves, Jacobsen takes over a coaching position in Denmark , accessed on March 6, 2017
  12. ↑ handball-world.news: Rhein-Neckar Löwen confirm: Kristjan Andresson will be the new head coach , accessed on June 15, 2018
  13. ↑ www.dr.dk: Eggert og Lindberg er ligeglade med rekord , accessed on October 31, 2013
  14. ↑ handball-world.news World handball player chosen: TWH keeper Niklas Landin Jacobsen clears from July 18, 2020, accessed on July 18, 2020
  15. ↑ thw-handball.de: Nikolaj under the hood , accessed on February 7, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Jacobsen, Nikolaj Bredahl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish handball player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Viborg , Denmark