Emil Jakobsen (born 24 January 1998) is a Danish handball player for the German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Danish national team.[1]
| Emil Jakobsen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Emil Manfeldt Jakobsen | ||
| Born |
24 January 1998 Kerteminde, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | Danish | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2001–2011 | Kerteminde HK | ||
2011–2016 | GOG Håndbold | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2016–2021 | GOG Håndbold | ||
2021– | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Denmark | 67 | (224) |
|
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 29. January 2024 | |||
He joined his current club, Flensburg-Handewitt in 2021 on a three-year contract. In 2022 he announced that he had prolonged the contract until 2026.[2]
He represented Denmark at the 2021[3][4] and the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship, where he won gold medals on both occasions.
Career
editEmil Jakobsen started playing handball in his hometown at Kerteminde HK. He switched to the GOG Håndbold youth team in 2011. In the 2016/2017 he debuted for the league senior team. In the 2017/18 season he came third in the league, and in 2018/2019 he came second with GOG. In 2019 he won the Danish Men's Handball Cup. In the 2020-2021 season with GOG Håndbold he was the top scorer in the EHF European League.
Achievements
edit- Top Scorer at the 2020–21 EHF European League[5] (96 goals)
- All-Star Team as Best Left wing Danish League: 2019–20, 2020–21[6]
- All-Star Team as Best Left Wing at the 2017 Youth World Championship[7]
References
edit- ^ "Jakobsen, EMIL". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Emil Jakobsen". Hbold.dk (in Danish). 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Nikolaj Jacobsen indkalder 20 spillere til VM". Danish Handball Federation (DHF). 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Team Roster Denmark" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Mere hæder til Emil Jakobsen". GOG (in Danish). Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Herreligaen - All-Star". tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "All-star Team and MVP". IHF. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
External links
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