Kasper Nielsen
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| Born | (1975-06-09) 9 June 1975Hillerød, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1985-1995 | Team Helsinge | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1995-1997 | Helsingør IF | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1997-2001 | GOG | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2001-2002 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2002-2005 | GOG | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2005-2008 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2008-2010 | GOG Svendborg TGI | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Faaborg HK | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2010-2014 | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Füchse Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | TBV Lemgo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-2016 | Ribe-Esbjerg HH | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Ajax København | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Ribe-Esbjerg HH | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-2019 | Ajax København | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1995-2012 | Denmark | 191[1] | (289) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kasper Nielsen (born 9 June 1975) is a Danish former team handball player. He is a two-times European Champion by winning both the 2008 and the 2012 European Men's Handball Championships with the Danish national handball team.[2] He is known as a defense specialist.[3][4][5]
He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where the Danish team placed seventh, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where the team came sixth.[6]
Career
Nielsen started playing handball at Team Helsinge. In 1995 he joined Helsingør IF and in 1997 GOG. Here he won the Danish Championship in 1998, 2000 and 2004. In the 2001-02 he joined German SG Flensburg-Handewitt for a single season and in 2005 he joined them for three seasons.[8] In the 2006-07 season he reached the final of the Champions League, where Flensburg lost to arch-rivals THW Kiel.[9]
When GOG was administratively relegated in 2010, he joined nearby 2nd tier team Faaborg HK.[10][11]
Before the 2011-12 season he signed a contract with Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold.[12] In his first season at the club, BSV reached the final of the Danish Championship, but lost to AG København.
ตั้งแต่เดือนสิงหาคมถึงธันวาคม 2014 เขาเซ็นสัญญากับFüchse Berlin เพื่อมาแทนที่ Denis Spoljaricที่ได้รับบาดเจ็บ[ 3 ]ในเดือนมกราคม 2015 เขาเซ็นสัญญากับTBV Lemgo สำหรับช่วงที่ เหลือของฤดูกาล[ 4 ] จากนั้นเขาย้ายไปร่วม ทีม Ribe-Esbjerg HHของเดนมาร์กในเดือนกันยายน 2015 [ 13 ]
หลังจากฤดูกาล 2015-16 เขาประกาศเลิกเล่น แต่กลับมาเล่นอีกครั้งกับทีมAjax Københavnใน ลีกรอง [ 14 ]หลังจากฤดูกาล 2016-17 เขาประกาศเลิกเล่นเป็นครั้งที่สอง แต่กลับมาเล่นอีกครั้งกับRibe-Esbjerg HH [ 15 ] ในฤดูกาล 2018-19 เมื่ออายุ 43 ปี เขากลับมาร่วมทีม Ajax København อีก ครั้ง [ 5 ]