Claus Møller Jakobsen
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24 September 1976 Ringkøbing, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1991-2000 | Skjern Håndbold | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2000-2004 | BM Altea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2004-2006 | BM Ciudad Real | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2006-2008 | Ademar León | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2008-2009 | Portland San Antonio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2009-2014 | Skjern Håndbold | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | TMS Ringsted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1998-2007 | Denmark | 121[1] | (149) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Claus Møller Jakobsen (born 24 September 1976) is a Retired Danish former professional handballer and current sports commentator for TV2.[3]
Career
Møller Jakobsen began his professional handball career in Skjern Håndbold. Here he won the Danish championship in 1999.[4] This was the first a newly promoted team won the Danish championship, and also the first title in the history of the club.[5] He also won the Danish Men's Handball Cup in 2000.[5][4] He was later signed by Spanish clubs BM Ciudad Real. He won EHF Champions League with the club in 2006. He later continued his career in Portland San Antonio.[6] In 2009, he returned to Denmark to play for Skjern Håndbold.[7] In his first season back at the club he was league topscorer in the Danish league.[7] When his contract at Skjern expired, he retired from handball.[8]
In 2016 he made a short comeback for TMS Ringsted in the 1st Division at the age of 40.[8]
He played his first national game on September 23, 1998, and has scored 149 goals in 121 games.[1] In 2007 he won bronze medals with the Danish team at the 2007 World Championship.
Post-playing career
After ending his active handball career, Møller Jakobsen has worked as a sports commentator for TV2.[3]
Personal life
Møller Jakobsen was born in Ringkøbing. He has been in a relationship with the journalist and businesswoman Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph since 2012 and they married at Frederiksberg Church in January 2017. They have two children together and Møller Jakobsen has two children from a previous marriage while Rudolph has a daughter from a previous relationship. They live in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen[9] and have a second home in Aarhus.[10]
Honours
- EHF Champions League:
- Gold: 2006
- EHF Men's Champions Trophy:
- Gold: 2005, 2006
- ASOBAL Cup:
- Gold: 2005, 2006
- Supercopa ASOBAL:
- Gold: 2005
References
- ^ a b "Men National Team". haslund.info. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "IHF Men's Junior World Championship" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 5 September 2005.
- ^ a b Profile at Tv2
- ^ a b "Skjern-veteran: Føler mig som 28-årig" (in Danish). Skjern Håndbold. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Historien om Skjern Håndbold".
- ^ "Spansk skiftedag for Claus Møller Jakobsen" (in Danish). B.T. 10 February 2006. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Claus Møller Jakobsen taler ud: 'Jeg har løjet for mig selv'" (in Danish). B.T. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Claus Møller Jakobsen til TMS Ringsted" (in Danish). Sjællandske Nyheder. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2025 – via Ritzau.
- ^ "Tv-værtinde: Her er min søns navn". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ "Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph har købt ny lejlighed i Aarhus". Billed Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- Claus Møller Jakobsen at Skjern Håndbold (in Danish)
- Player info at Danish Handball Federation (in Danish)