Mikkel Hansen (born 22 October 1987) is a Danish

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player for

Aalborg Håndbold Aalborg Handball ( da, Aalborg Håndbold) is a handball club from Aalborg, Denmark that competes in the Danish Handball League. Aalborg Håndbold play their home games in the Gigantium arena in Aalborg – known as Jutlander Bank Arena for sponsor ...

and the Danish national team. Hansen is regarded as one of the greatest players in handball history, and has been named the

IHF World Player of the Year The IHF World Player of the Year is a handball award given annually to the player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous season, both at club and international competitions. It is awarded based on votes from experts, media a ...

for a record-tying three times.

Career

He was voted as the

in 2011, 2015 and 2018 by the International Handball Federation. He joined

FC Barcelona Handbol Futbol Club Barcelona Handbol is a Spanish handball team based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It is a part of the FC Barcelona multi sports club, and was founded on 29 November 1942. The club competes domestically in the Liga ASOBAL and in the Europe ...

in June 2008. He previously played for

Danish Handball League The Danish Men's Handball League, formerly known as Herrehåndboldligaen is the men's top Danish professional handball league. The winners of the Danish Men's Handball League are recognised as the Danish men's handball champions. The current cham ...

club GOG, with whom he won the Danish championship in 2007. On 2 June 2010 he returned to Denmark, to play for

AG København AG København (former name: AG Håndbold) was a Danish handball club from Glostrup and Albertslund, two suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. In the season 2010/2011 it plays in the Danish Handball League. Their head coach was former Danish national t ...

, after two years of playing in Spain. After two years and two championships, the club folded in 2012 with Hansen joining the newly formed French team

PSG Handball Paris Saint-Germain Handball (PSG) is a French professional handball club founded in 1941, and based in the city of Paris in France. The club is the handball department of Paris Saint-Germain. PSG play in the highest tier of French handbal ...

. He played for PSG for ten seasons, before going back to Denmark and

. Mikkel Hansen is an

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, a

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, and European Champion with the Danish national team, winning the 2016 title in

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, the 2019 title in

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, and 2012 title in

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. He was also selected into the All-Star team of the tournament as the best left back. In 2011 he was a part of the Danish team that finished second in the

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. He was the tournament's overall top goal scorer. In 2019, he led Denmark to their first-ever

win. He became the top scorer and MVP of the tournament. Later same year he was named the best in the world for the third time of his career. In 2021 he yet again won the World Championship with Denmark, and was selected both as the best left back and as MVP. In the

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, where Denmark got a silver medal, he was again chosen as the best left back, and he became the top goalscorer with 61 goals. With those 61 goals he broke the record of most scored goals in one men's olympic handball tournament. During the tournament he also became the number one goalscorer ever in the men's handball olympics, with a total of 165 goals.

Personal life

His father played for the Danish national handball team, where he played 120 national team matches, scored 240 goals and participated in the

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. In January 2019, he became a father when his girlfriend Stephanie gave birth to a son.

Individual awards

* IHF World Player of the Year – Men: 2011, 2015, 2018 *Handball-Planet – Best World Handball Player: 2016, 2019, 2021 *Most Valuable Player (

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) of the Olympic Games:

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*Most Valuable Player (

) of the World Championship:

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*Most Valuable Player (

) of the

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*Top Goalscorer of the Olympic Games:

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*Top Goalscorer of the World Championship:

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*Top Goalscorer of the EHF Champions League:

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*Top Goalscorer of the

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*All-Star Left back of the Olympic Games:

*All-Star Left back of the World Championship:

*All-Star Left back of the European Championship:

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*All-Star Left back of the

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*All-Star Playmaker of the

Honours

Club

French Championship The French rugby league championship (french: Le Championnat de France de Rugby à XIII) has been the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional and professional clubs in France since the sport was introduced to the country in the 1930s. ...

: **Winners:

**Runners-up: 2013–14 *

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**Winners: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18,

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, 2021–22 **Runners-up:

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, 2015–16 *

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**Winners: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 **Runners-up: 2015–16 *

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**Winners:

**Runners-up:

* Danish Championship: **Winners: 2007, 2011, 2012 **Runners-up: 2006, 2008 *

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 ...

: **Winners: 2005, 2010, 2011 **Runners-up: 2007, 2008 *Danish super Cup: **Winners: 2022 * Spanish Championship: **Runners-up: 2009, 2010 * ASOBAL Cup: **Winners: 2010 **Runners-up: 2009 *

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: **Winners: 2009, 2010 *

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: **Winners: 2009, 2010 *

**Runners-up: 2016–17 **Third place: 2011–12, 2017–18, 2019–20 *

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**Runners-up:

International

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: **:

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* European championship: **:

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References

External links

Barcelona profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Mikkel 1987 births Living people Liga ASOBAL players FC Barcelona Handbol players Danish male handball players Olympic handball players of Denmark Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Helsingør Danish expatriate sportspeople in France Danish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate handball players Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark Aalborg Håndbold players