Jóhan á Plógv Hansen (born 1 May 1994) is a Faroese-born Danish

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er for

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and the Danish national team. He has previously represented

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national team, but due to the structure of the

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Greenlandic and Faeroese players can themselves decide which national team they wish to represent. As Hansen had already played for Faroe Islands national team, his wishes to representing the Danish national team resulted in a two-year suspension from international handball. Former Danish national coach

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expressed that he hoped and wished for Jóhan Hansen to change his nationality in order to be available for the Danish national team.

Club career

Childhood and youth

Hansen started his handball career with the Faroese club

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in Thórshavn at the age of 4, coached by his aunt Marjun á Plógv. Until the age of 10 he played as a goal keeper just like his aunt, but then he changed to play as right backcourt. He played football alongside his handball, he played with

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(HB Tórshavn) and made the cut for the Faroe Islands U15 national football team. In the end, he stuck with handball.

Skanderborg Håndbold

In 2010 he was selected to join SHEA –

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Elite Academy and moved to

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shortly after turning 16 years old.

Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

On 3 March 2015 it was announced that Johan Hansen would join Bjerringbro-Silkeborg on a three-year contract, starting at the 2015–16 season. The transfer meant that Johan Hansen was bought free of his contract with

, with whom he had one year left on his contract.

National team career

In 2012 he represented

in the 2012

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. They made it all the way to final, where they lost to Moldova. Jóhan á Plógv Hansen won silver with the Danish national U21 handball team in 2015 in Brazil. He was chosen as one of the best players and became one of the All Star team as the best right wing player. On 29 May 2015 he was called up to the Danish national team as a part of the squad in the

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. He made his debut for the Danish national team on 10 June 2015 in a match against

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. After switching allegiance, Jóhan á Plógv Hansen became a regular with Denmark and he was part of the teams winning a record-breaking three consecutive World Championship: on home soil (shared host with Germany) in

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, in Egypt in

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, and in Poland and Sweden in

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Honours

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* Danish Championship: **:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Johan 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Tórshavn Danish male handball players Faroese male handball players Expatriate sportspeople in Germany by nationality Expatriate handball players in Germany Handball-Bundesliga players Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball SG Flensburg-Handewitt players Olympic handball players for Denmark 21st-century Danish sportsmen