Larissa Nüsser (born 8 February 2000) is a Dutch

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player, who plays for Gloria Bistrița and for the Dutch national team. She was a part the Netherlands team that won the

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Club career

Nüsser started playing handball at her hometown club HV Born and transferred later to BFC Beek. In 2014 she joined the Dutch top league team HandbaL Venlo together with her sister Chiara Nüsser. A year later she joined league rivals SV Dalfsen, where she won the Dutch cup twice and Dutch championship and Dutch supercup once. In 2018 she joined Danish top league side

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. In December 2021 she joined league rivals

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to replace the injured Mia Rej. The transfer was a record sale for København Håndbold. With Odense she won the Danish League in

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and

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. The 2021 was the first national championship in club history. In the summer of 2024 she joined Norwegian Vipers Kristiansand. She would however not play long for them, as the club declared

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in January 2025. Instead she joined Romanian side Gloria Bistrița.

National team

Nüsser debuted for the Dutch national team on October 28th 2017 at the age of 17. Her first major international tournament was the 2019 World Championship in Japan, where Netherlands won gold medals, beating Spain in the final 30:29 At the 2020 European Championship she came 6th with the Dutch team. At the

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she was also part of the Dutch team, although she only played a single match. At the 2021 World Championship she saw more playing time, when she finished 9th with the Dutch team. At the 2023 World Championship she finished 5th with the Dutch team.

Private life

Both her father, Harold Nüsser, and her grandfather Jo Nüsser were handball players. Her father played 150 matches for the Dutch national team, while her grandfather played 222. Her sister Chiara Nüsser is also a handball player.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nusser, Larissa 2000 births Living people Dutch female handball players People from Born, Netherlands Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Norway Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Handball players from Limburg (Netherlands) Olympic handball players for the Netherlands Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Dutch expatriate handball players Dutch expatriate handball players in Denmark Expatriate handball players in Norway 21st-century Dutch sportswomen Odense Håndbold players Expatriate handball players in Romania Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Romania