Claus Møller Jakobsen (born 24 September 1976) is a Retired Danish former professional

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

er and current sports commentator for TV2.

Career

Møller Jakobsen began his professional handball career in

Skjern Håndbold Skjern Handball () is a team handball, handball club from Skjern, Denmark. Currently, Skjern Handball competes in the Danish Handball League, which they have won twice, in 1999 and in 2018. They have also achieved international success, by winn ...

. Here he won the Danish championship in 1999. This was the first a newly promoted team won the Danish championship, and also the first title in the history of the club. He also won the

Danish Men's Handball Cup The Danish Men's Handball cup () is the nationwide cup tournament for men's handball teams in Denmark. It’s also known as Santander Cup for sponsorship reasons. The competition has been played annually since 1964. Tournament structure The i ...

in 2000. He was later signed by Spanish clubs

BM Ciudad Real Balonmano Ciudad Real was a Spanish handball team based in Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha. BM Ciudad Real played in Liga ASOBAL. History In July 1983 is founded in the city of Ciudad Real a handball club named Asociación Deportiva Cultural ...

. He won

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

with the club in 2006. He later continued his career in Portland San Antonio. In 2009, he returned to Denmark to play for Skjern Håndbold. In his first season back at the club he was league topscorer in the Danish league. When his contract at Skjern expired, he retired from handball. In 2016 he made a short comeback for

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in the 1st Division at the age of 40. He played his first national game on September 23, 1998, and has scored 149 goals in 121 games. In 2007 he won bronze medals with the Danish team at the 2007 World Championship.

Post-playing career

After ending his active handball career, Møller Jakobsen has worked as a sports commentator for TV2.Profile at Tv2
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Personal life

Møller Jakobsen was born in

Ringkøbing Ringkøbing (older spelling ''Ringkjøbing'') is a town in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality in Central Denmark Region, Region Midtjylland on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. It has a population of 9,830 (1 January 2025).

. He has been in a relationship with the journalist and businesswoman

Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph (born 1 July 1976 in Vejen) is a Danish TV, radio host and founder of cosmetic company, Rudolph Care. Rudolph hosted the Danish version of the Dancing with the Stars franchise, for many years and has appeared as a guest ju ...

since 2012 and they married at

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in January 2017. They have two children together and Møller Jakobsen has two children from a previous marriage while Rudolph has a daughter from a previous relationship. They live in the

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district of

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and have a second home in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

Honours

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EHF Men's Champions Trophy The EHF Champions Trophy (named IHF Supercup between 1979 and 1983, named EHF Supercup between 1996 and 2007) was an official annual club competition of the European Handball Federation, that was contested until 2008. History Regarded as one of ...

: **: 2005, 2006 *

ASOBAL Cup Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of División de Honor, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of ...

: **: 2005, 2006 *

Supercopa ASOBAL The Supercopa ASOBAL or the Supercopa de España de Balonmano was an annual cup competition for Spanish handball teams. It was organised by the Liga ASOBAL. It was first played for in 1985 and was disputed between the Liga ASOBAL champions and the ...

: **: 2005

References

Claus Møller Jakobsen at Skjern Håndbold

Player info at Danish Handball Federation

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jakobsen, Claus Moller 1976 births Living people Danish male handball players Liga ASOBAL players CB Ademar León players SDC San Antonio players BM Ciudad Real players Danish expatriate handball players in Spain Sportspeople from Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality Handball players from the Central Denmark Region