Mads Øris Nielsen (born 17 March 1981) is a Danish former

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er. He played almost his entire career for in the Danish club

Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold is a handball club, based in the two Danish cities of Bjerringbro and Silkeborg. Currently, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg competes in the men's Danish Handball League. The home arena of the team is JYSK Arena. History ...

with the sole exception being three years from 2014-2017 at

Skive fH Skive fH (Skive forenede Håndboldklubber) is a team handball, handball club from Skive, Denmark, Skive. The club has a team in the men's Danish 1st Division (Handball), 1st Division. They play their home matches in Skivehallerne, Freja Arena. ...

. His two younger brothers, Mikkel Øris Nielsen and

Nikolaj Øris Nielsen Nikolaj Øris Nielsen (born 26 March 1986) is a Danish handballer for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg and the Danish national team. He has previously played for league rivals club Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold. Nikolaj Øris is the younger brother of follo ...

are also professional handballers. He started playing professional handball in

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at Bjerringbro FH before the club fusioned with

Silkeborg-Voel KFUM Silkeborg-Voel KFUM is a Danish handball club from Silkeborg and Voel. In the season 2022-2023 it plays in the Danish Women's Handball League. Arena *Arena: Jysk Arena *City: Silkeborg *Capacity: 3,000 *Address: Ansvej 114, 8600 Silkeborg T ...

to become

. He is in the club's Hall of Fame and has even earned the nickname 'Mister BSH'. He played his first national game on 28 November 2008 and has scored 53 goals in 27 games. He retired after the 2020/2021 season. After his playing career, he has worked at

Jyske Bank Jyske Bank A/S is the third largest Denmark, Danish bank in terms of market share. The headquarters are located in Silkeborg, and the bank has 98 branches in Denmark, and a single one in Germany (Hamburg). It is the second-largest bank to be lis ...

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References

Player info at Danish Handball Federation

Player info at Bjerringbro Silkeborg
Danish male handball players 1981 births Living people 21st-century Danish people People from Viborg Municipality {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub