Silje Brøns Petersen (born 5 December 1994) is a Danish-German

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who plays for København Håndbold and since 2022 the

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Early life

Brøns Petersen comes from the Copenhagen suburb of Herlev. She comes from a handball family: Her father was a player and is now a coach, her mother was a Champions League winner and her older sisters Emilie and Nikoline also play handball professionally as well.

Club career

As a teenager, Brøns Petersen was part of the Danish team at Rødovre HK and moved to the second division team Virum-Sorgefri HK in 2013. In 2015, she moved to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I club

Siófok KC Siófok Kézilabda Club is a Hungarian women's team handball team from Siófok, that currently play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. They have competed in lower divisions until 2006, when they have won the third-tier championship and gained promotion ...

. In Spring 2016, her one-year contract was extended, but in May of the same year the contract was terminated and Petersen returned to Virum-Sorgefri. In December 2016 she moved to HSG Blomberg-Lippe. In February 2018, her contract was extended to 2020. She then moved to

TuS Metzingen TuS Metzingen is a German women's handball team from Metzingen and Baden-Württemberg. It currently competes in the Frauen Handball-Bundesliga since 2012. Kits Honours *Handball-Bundesliga Frauen: **''Finalist:'' 2016 **''Bronze:'' 2015, 2 ...

International career

Brøns Petersen was called up to the

by head coach

Henk Groener Hendrikus Franciscus Groener, commonly known as Henk Groener (born 29 September 1960) is a Dutch handball coach, and former handball player. He is the current head coach of Borussia Dortmund Handball, since November 2022. Career He played 208 gam ...

in November 2021. She made her international debut against Russia on 7 November.dhb.de: ''Alina Grijseels entscheidet Thriller gegen Russland''
retrieved 7 November 2021.

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* 1994 births Living people People from Herlev Municipality Danish female handball players German female handball players Handball players from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Germany-handball-bio-stub