Jesper Nøddesbo
| Jesper Nøddesbo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Nøddesbo with Denmark in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jesper Brian Nøddesbo | ||
| Born |
23 October 1980 Herning, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | Danish | ||
| Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
-1999 | Hauge GIF | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1999–2004 | Team Tvis Holstebro | ||
2004–2007 | KIF Kolding | ||
2007–2017 | FC Barcelona | ||
2017–2021 | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2017 | Denmark | 223 | (450) |
Jesper Brian Nøddesbo (born 23 October 1980) is a Danish former handball player.
He is European Champion by winning the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship in Norway with the Danish national team,[1] and an Olympic champion from 2016. He also received a bronze medal at the 2006 European Men's Handball Championship, and again at the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship.[2] At the 2014 European Championship he won silver medals. He retired from the Danish national team in 2017.[3]
Career
Nøddesbo joined Danish top league team Team Tvis Holstebro in 1999, where he played for 5 years, before joining KIF Kolding. Here he won the Danish Championship twice in 2005 and 2006, and the Danish Cup in 2005 and 2007. Nøddesbo was top scorer in the Danish Handball league in 2006. In 2007 he joined Spanish FC Barcelona where he won the league 7 times in a row from 2011 to 2017, as well as the EHF Champions League in 2011 and in 2015.
In 2017 he returned to Denmark to join Bjerringbro-Silkeborg,[4] where he played for four years before retiring in 2021.[5]
References
- ^ "Denmark" Archived 2008-01-29 at the Wayback Machine – European Handbal Federation (2008) (Retrieved on January 31, 2008)
- ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Nøddesbo kan ikke binde sig: - Har måske spillet sin sidste landskamp" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ "Transfer-Coup für Bjerringbro: Dänischer Topklub verstärkt sich mit Olympiasieger" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "Jesper Nøddesbo beendet seine Karriere" (in German). Der Nordschleswiger. Retrieved 12 September 2021.