Lars Møller Madsen
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| Full name | Lars Lindholm Møller-Madsen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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30 May 1981 Ølgod, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left Back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ølgod IF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2001-2005 | Skjern Håndbold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | BM Ciudad de Almería (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005-2009 | Skjern Håndbold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009-2010 | Wisła Płock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010-2014 | IFK Kristianstad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014-2018 | HIF Karlskrona | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2018 | Denmark | 74 | (153) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lars Møller Madsen (born 30 May 1981 in Ølgod, Denmark) is a Danish team handball player. He has played for the Swedish clubs IFK Kristianstad and HIF Karlskrona, Polish Wisla Plock and Danish side Skjern Håndbold. He ended his career in 2008 at the age of 37.[1] He is most famous for scoring the winning goal in quarter final against Iceland in the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship. The score was 41:41 at the time, where he scored Denmarks 42nd goal with 2 seconds remaining.[1]
Career
Skjern Håndbold
Early in his handball career he started educating himself as a electrician,[2] but stopped when he became one of the key players at Skjern Håndbold. With Skjern he won the 2002 and 2003 EHF City Cup, the first two international titles for the club. He also reached the final of the Danish Cup in 2003 and 2004.[2] In May 2005 he was loaned to BM Ciudad de Almería for one month.
After the 2007 World Championship he drew attention from various German top clubs, but still extended his contract at Skjern until 2010.[3] He has the fifth most goals in Skjerns history.[2]
Wisła Płock
In 2009 he left Skjern for Polish Wisła Płock, who activated his release clause and made him the biggest sale ever for Skjern.[4][2] His time at the club was however plagued by injuries, and when he was available he was often not part of the match squads.[2]
Sweden
In December 2010 he joined Swedish IFK Kristianstad after his contract at Wisła Płock was cancelled 6 months before the original expiry date.[2][5] In 2014 he joined league rivals HIF Karlskrona.[6] He retired in 2018.[1]
National team
He debuted for the Danish national team on his 22nd birthday against Iceland. His international breakthrough came at the 2006 European Championship, where he was the top scorer (9 goals) in the third place playoff match against Poland. He is European Champion by winning the 2008 European Championship with the Danish national handball team.[7] At the 2007 World Championship he won bronze medals with the Danish team.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Qvirin Pedersen, Jacob (27 August 2018). "Dansk VM-helt indstiller karrieren øjeblikkeligt" [Danish World Cup hero retires immediately] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Fyrtårnet Lars Møller Madsen runder 40 år: Jeg føler stadig, jeg er en del af Skjern Håndbold" (in Danish). Dagbladet Ringkøbing-Skjern. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ "Møller Madsen forlænger med Skjern" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio.
- ^ hbold.dk: Til- og afgange Jack & Jones Ligaen
- ^ "Supervärvningen". kristianstadsbladet.se. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011.
- ^ "Eks-landsholdsbomber skifter klub" (in Danish). hbold.dk. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014.
- ^ "Denmark" Archived 2008-01-29 at the Wayback Machine – European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on February 3, 2008)