Mie Enggrob Højlund (born 24 October 1997) is a Danish

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player for

Odense Håndbold Odense Håndbold (in its first season: Odense GOG and after that Handball Club Odense) is a Danish women's handball team, that plays in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier women's handball league. It was created in August 2009 and took over G ...

and the Danish national team. Højlund can play both right back and left back, but has said publicly, that she prefers the left back position.

Club Career

Højlund played on the

Randers HK Randers HK was a women's handball club based in Randers, Denmark. They competed in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and played their home matches in Arena Randers. In November 2022, the club decided to declare itself bankrupt after failing to raise ove ...

youth teams, and in

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she became a part of the senior team. She scored a total of 30 goals in her debut season. In the first years she was the back up to national team player

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. In the fall of 2016 she became the first choice on the playmaker position. That season Randers HK won the

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with a surprise win over

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. She ended the season as the second top scorer in the league with 89 goals. This prompted a move to the Danish top club

, with whom she came second in the

2017–18 Damehåndboldligaen The 2017–18 Damehåndboldligaen (known as ''HTH GO Ligaen'' for sponsorship reasons) is the 82nd season of Danish Women's Handball League, Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier handball league. Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub are the defending ...

. In 2019 she further extended the contract at Odense Håndbold until 2024. In 2021 she won the Danish Championship for the first time, as well as second Danish cup.

National team career

Højlund was part of the Danish youth teams that saw succes in the middle of the

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. She was part of the team that won u-19 Euroes 2015 in Spain followed by the U-19 World Cup in Russia. This together with her succes at

prompted national team coach Klavs Bruun Jørgensen to call her up against Norway in october

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. She was initially called up to the national team for the

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, but rejected it due to exams. The next years

2017 World Women's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 23rd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Germany from 1 to 17 December 2017. Germany was the only applicant for this championship. Germany was host of the World C ...

she missed due to a shoulder injury. Her first major international tournament was thus the

2018 European Women's Handball Championship The 2018 European Women's Handball Championship was held in France in from 29 November to 16 December 2018. It was the first time France hosts the women's tournament. The matches were played in Brest, Montbéliard, Nancy, Nantes and Paris. Franc ...

in France. She was part of the Danish team that won bronze medals at the

2021 World Women's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 25th event by the International Handball Federation, was held in Spain from 1 to 19 December 2021. On 18 October 2018, at a congress in Doha, Qatar, the IHF announced that the World Championsh ...

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and the

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in Denmark/Norway/Sweden.

Achievements

* Danish League: **''Winner:''

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Danish Cup The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will quali ...

**''Winner:'' 2020

Individual awards

* Youth player of the Year in

Damehåndboldligaen The Danish Women's Handball League ( da, Damehåndboldligaen) is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league is ...

: 2015/16, 2016/17

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hojlund, Mie 1997 births Living people Danish female handball players People from Favrskov Municipality Handball players from the Central Denmark Region 21st-century Danish women