Mikkel Hansen

Mikkel Hansen
Hansen playing for Paris Saint-Germain in 2016
Personal information
Born (1987-10-22) 22 October 1987 (age 37)
Helsingør, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Left back
Youth career
Years Team
1997–2000
 Helsingør IF
2000–2005
 Virum-Sorgenfri HK
Senior clubs
Years Team
2005–2008
 GOG Håndbold
2008–2010
 FC Barcelona
2010–2012
 AG København
2012–2022
 Paris Saint-Germain
2022–2024
 Aalborg Håndbold
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2024
 Denmark 276 (1387)
Medal record
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Denmark/Germany
Gold medal – first place 2021 Egypt
Gold medal – first place 2023 Poland/Sweden
Silver medal – second place 2011 Sweden
Silver medal – second place 2013 Spain
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Serbia
Silver medal – second place 2014 Denmark
Silver medal – second place 2024 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 11th August 2024

Mikkel Hansen (born 22 October 1987) is a Danish former professional handball player.[1][2][3]

Widely regarded as one of the greatest handball players of all time, Hansen has won the IHF World Player of the Year a record-tying three times.[4]

Career

Hansen in 2008

He was voted as the IHF World Player of the Year in 2011, 2015 and 2018 by the International Handball Federation.[5]

He joined FC Barcelona Handbol in June 2008. He previously played for Danish Handball League club GOG, with whom he won the Danish championship in 2007. On 2 June 2010, he returned to Denmark to play for AG København after two years of playing in Spain. After two years and two championships, the club folded in 2012 with Hansen joining the newly formed French team PSG Handball. He played for PSG for ten seasons before going back to Denmark and Aalborg Håndbold.

Mikkel Hansen is an Olympic Champion, a World Champion, and European Champion with the Danish national team, winning the 2016 title in Rio de Janeiro, the 2019 title in Denmark, and 2012 title in Serbia. He was also selected into the All-Star team of the tournament as the best left back.[6] In 2011, he was a part of the Danish team that finished second in the World Championships in Sweden. He was the tournament's overall top goal scorer.

In 2019, he led Denmark to their first-ever World Championships win. He became the top scorer and MVP of the tournament. Later, that same year, he was named the best in the world for the third time of his career.[citation needed]

In 2021, he yet again won the World Championship with Denmark and was selected both as the best left back and as MVP.

In the 2020 Olympics, where Denmark got a silver medal, he was again chosen as the best left back, and he became the top goal scorer with 61 goals.[7][8] With those 61 goals, he broke the record of most scored goals in one men's olympic handball tournament.[9] During the tournament, he also became the number one goal scorer ever in the men's handball olympics, with a total of 165 goals.[10]

In April 2024 Hansen announced his retirement from handball during the following summer[11]

Personal life

His father, Flemming Hansen [de], played for the Danish national handball team, where he played 120 national team matches, scored 240 goals, and participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics.[12][13]

He married Stephanie Gundelach in 2020. The couple have two sons, Eddie Max born in January 2019, and Vince born in May 2021.[14]

Individual awards

Major tournament statistics

Hansen (right) playing for Denmark against Russia at the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship
Hansen playing for Denmark at the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship
Hansen (left) playing for Denmark against France in 2016
Legend
 Tnmt Tournament  GP Games played  Gls  Goals
 Sh  Shots  G%  Goal percentage  7G  7-meter goals
 7S  7-meter shots  As  Assists  AG  Assists and Goals
 St  Steals  Bl  Blocks  2M  2 Minute Suspensions
 RC  Red Cards  Pl  Placement of National Team  Bold  Career high
    Led the Tournament     Tournament MVP     On All-Star Team
As of conclusion of 2024 European Men's Handball Championship[32][33][34]
Tnmt GP Gls Sh G% 7G 7S As AG St Bl 2M RC Pl
2008 OG 7 22 42 52 0 0 5 27 1 0 0 0 7th
2009 WC 8 40 69 58 6 7 29 69 1 1 2 0 4th
2010 EC 7 34 65 52 0 0 11 45 0 0 4 0 5th
2011 WC 10 68 121 56 0 0 34 102 5 9 5 0 2nd
2012 EC 8 45 89 51 0 0 30 75 4 2 1 0 1st
2012 OG 6 28 55 51 0 0 28 56 3 5 4 0 6th
2013 WC 7 22 49 44 0 0 20 42 8 2 2 0 2nd
2014 EC 8 39 60 65 0 0 49 88 1 4 2 0 2nd
2015 WC 9 39 67 58 0 0 49 88 2 3 9 0 5th
2016 EC 7 33 57 58 1 2 38 71 4 2 2 0 6th
2016 OG 8 54 87 62 15 17 23 77 1 1 1 0 1st
2017 WC 6 26 40 65 7 7 19 45 1 2 0 1 10th
2018 EC 8 43 79 54 13 16 24 67 3 1 6 1 4th
2019 WC 10 72 108 67 24 30 37 109 0 0 1 0 1st
2020 EC 3 19 29 66 6 7 13 32 0 0 1 0 13th
2021 WC 7 48 69 70 14 17 26 74 2 0 0 1 1st
2020 OG 8 61 100 61 31 36 31 92 2 1 0 0 2nd
2022 EC 7 48 69 70 24 29 26 74 1 0 1 0 3rd
2023 WC 9 41 60 68 18 25 36 77 0 1 1 0 1st
2024 EC 8 35 49 71 26 29 14 49 0 0 0 0 2nd

Honours

Club

International

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Result Competition
1358. 27 July 2024 Paris, France  France 36–31 2024 Summer Olympics
1359.
1360.
1361.
1362.
1363.
1364. 29 July 2024  Egypt 30–27
1365.
1367. 31 July 2024  Argentina 38–27
1368.
1369. 2 August 2024  Hungary 28–25
1370.
1371.
1372.
1373.
1374. 4 August 2024  Norway 32–25
1375. 7 August 2024 Lille, France  Sweden 32–31
1376.
1377.
1378.
1379.
1380.
1381. 9 August 2024  Slovenia 31–30
1382.
1383.
1384.
1385.
1386. 11 August 2024  Germany 39–26
1387.

See also

References

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  2. ^ EHF profile
  3. ^ "Mikkel Hansen". PSG Handball. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. ^ Browne, Ken (31 January 2021). "Mikkel Hansen - Best handball player of all time?".
  5. ^ "Heidi Løke and Mikkel Hansen World Handball Players of the Year 2011". International Handball Federation. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  6. ^ "All Star Team announced". EHF EURO official website. 29 January 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Men's All-Star Team". IHF. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Individual statistics - Goalscorers" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  9. ^ "France Seal Record Third Olympic Gold Medal". IHF. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Mikkel Hansen er den mest scorende OL-spiller nogensinde". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 30 July 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Mikkel Hansen stopper karrieren til sommer". DR (in Danish). 3 April 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Mikkel går i farmands fodspor". sporten.dk. 10 June 2008.
  13. ^ "HERRE A-LANDSHOLDSPILLERE – FLEMMING HANSEN". håndbold.info. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  14. ^ "Mikkel Hansen er blevet far igen" (in Danish). ekstrabladet.dk. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Heidi Løke and Mikkel Hansen World Handball Players of the Year 2011". International Handball Federation. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  16. ^ "They did it again – Hansen and Neagu IHF World Handball Players of the Year 2015". International Handball Federation. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  17. ^ "Neagu and Hansen named 2018 World Players of the Year". International Handball Federation. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  18. ^ "Mikkel Hansen is WORLD HANDBALL PLAYER 2016". Handball-Planet.com. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  19. ^ "HANDBALL-PLANET.COM: Mikkel Hansen is NBSC World Handball Player 2019". Handball-Planet.com. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  20. ^ "Mikkel Hansen is HP World Handball Player 2021 powered by Nexe Grupa". Handball-planet.com. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
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  22. ^ a b "Egypt 2021 All-star Team". ihf.info. 31 January 2021.
  23. ^ "EHF Champions League 2011/12 – Top 50 scorers". European Handball Federation. ehfcl.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
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  26. ^ "All Star Team announced". EHF EURO 2014 official website. 26 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  27. ^ "MVP Gottfridsson leads seven-nation All-star Team". eurohandball.com. 30 January 2022.
  28. ^ "Revolution in the All-star team: five debutants and none of last year's names". ehfcl.com. 1 June 2017.
  29. ^ "Barça All-star Team favourites; Landin and Hansen top votes". eurohandball.com. 11 June 2021.
  30. ^ "All-star team vote reaches new heights with 44,000 fans". ehfcl.com. 29 May 2015. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015.
  31. ^ "Nummerfredning".
  32. ^ "Denmark – Players, Team and Season Information". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  33. ^ "IHF Top Scorers Statistics World Championships". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  34. ^ "IHF Top Scorers Statistics Olympics". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
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