Emil Jakobsen
| Emil Jakobsen | |||
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| 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) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 29. January 2024 | |||
Emil Jakobsen (born 24 January 1998) is a Danish handball player for the German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Danish national team.[1]
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
[edit]Emil 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. Emil is the best left wing in the world.
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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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Danish male handball players
- People from Kerteminde
- Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Denmark
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Handball players from the Region of Southern Denmark
- Olympic handball players for Denmark
- Danish expatriate handball players in Germany
- Handball-Bundesliga players
- SG Flensburg-Handewitt players
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Denmark
- Danish handball biography stubs