Jóhan á Plógv Hansen (born 1 May 1994) is a Faroese-born Danish

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 ...

player for

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and the Danish national team. He has previously represented

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national team, but due to the structure of the

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Greenlandic and Faeroese players can themselves decide which national team they wish to represent. As Hansen had already played for Faroe Islands national team, his wishes to representing the Danish national team resulted in a two-year suspension from international handball. Former Danish national coach

Ulrik Wilbek Ulrik Wilbek (born 13 April 1958) is a Danish politician and former professional handball coach who is the incumbent Mayor of Viborg Municipality, serving in office since 2018. He is the most successful Danish team handball coach ever, having wo ...

expressed that he hoped and wished for Jóhan Hansen to change his nationality in order to be available for the Danish national team.

Club career

Childhood and youth

Hansen started his handball career with the Faroese club Kyndil in Thórshavn at the age of 4, coached by his aunt Marjun á Plógv. Until the age of 10 he played as a goal keeper just like his aunt, but then he changed to play as right backcourt. He played football alongside his handball, he played with

Havnar Bóltfelag Havnar Bóltfelag (HB, Literal translation, lit. 'Harbour Football Club') is a Faroe Islands, Faroese professional association football, football club, and is one of the oldest in the Faroe Islands. The club was founded in 1904, and is base ...

(HB Tórshavn) and made the cut for the Faroe Islands U15 national football team. In the end, he stuck with handball.

Skanderborg Håndbold

In 2010 he was selected to join SHEA – Skanderborg Håndbold Elite Academy and moved to

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shortly after turning 16 years old.

Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

On 3 March 2015 it was announced that Johan Hansen would join Bjerringbro-Silkeborg on a three-year contract, starting at the 2015–16 season. The transfer meant that Johan Hansen was bought free of his contract with Skanderborg Håndbold, with whom he had one year left on his contract.

National team career

In 2012, he represented

in the 2012 EHF Challenge Trophy. They made it all the way to final, where they lost to Moldova. Jóhan á Plógv Hansen won silver with the Danish national U21 handball team in 2015 in Brazil. He was chosen as one of the best players and became one of the All Star team as the best right wing player. On 29 May 2015, he was called up to the Danish national team as a part of the squad in the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship qualification. He made his debut for the Danish national team on 10 June 2015 in a match against

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. After switching allegiance, Jóhan á Plógv Hansen became a regular with Denmark and he was part of the teams winning a record-breaking three consecutive World Championship: on home soil (shared host with Germany) in

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, in Egypt in

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, and in Poland and Sweden in

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Honours

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2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

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* Danish Championship: **:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Johan 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Tórshavn Danish male handball players Faroese male handball players Danish expatriate handball players in Germany Handball-Bundesliga players Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball SG Flensburg-Handewitt players Olympic handball players for Denmark 21st-century Danish sportsmen