Johan Koch (born 29 November 1990) is a Danish retired

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player. He made his senior debut for

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. When the club went bankrupt and was demoted in January 2010, Koch trained and played with Danish lower-league teams for the rest of the season before joining Swedish club IFK Kristianstad in the summer. He helped the team reach the Swedish Championship finals in

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and

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; however, they lost both finals. After the second final Kristianstad he joined German newly-promoted Bundesliga club

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. He stayed there for two seasons before signing for Swiss club Kadetten Schaffhausen in 2015. He was a member of the squads that won the Swiss Nationalliga A in 2015–16 and 2016–17. In January 2018, Füchse Berlin bought Koch due to injuries at the pivot position. He helped the team win the

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. After the ehf cup victory he signed a Long terms contract with Berlin

References

1990 births Living people Danish male handball players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Danish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland IFK Kristianstad players People from Svendborg Handball players from the Region of Southern Denmark {{denmark-handball-bio-stub