Søren Westphal (born 8 July 1986) is a Danish former

handballer 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 thro ...

. He retired in 2020 after having played for

Danish Handball League The Herreligaen (men's league), formerly known as Herrehåndboldligaen (men's handball league), is the men's top Danish professional handball league. The winners of the Herreligaen are recognised as the Danish men's handball champions. The curr ...

side

Aalborg Håndbold Aalborg Handball () is a professional 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 sponsorship rea ...

since 2014. He joined the club from

KIF Kolding København KIF Kolding is a professional handball club based in Kolding, Denmark who competes in the Danish Handball League. KIF Kolding has won the Danish Handball League, Danish Handball Championship a record 14 times. It is a part of the broader sports ...

. He had previously played for league rivals club GOG Svendborg,

TMS Ringsted TMS Ringsted is a 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 ...

and

Nordsjælland Håndbold Nordsjælland Håndbold is a handball club, based in Helsinge, Denmark. Currently, Nordsjælland Håndbold competes in the men's Danish Handball League, and plays its home matches in Helsinge-Hallen in Helsinge. The women's team is competing in t ...

. During his youth career, Westphal played several matches for the Danish national youth handball teams. In 2015 during a playoff match against Herning he had a

cruciate ligament Cruciate ligaments (also cruciform ligaments) are pairs of ligaments arranged like a letter X. They occur in several joints of the body, such as the knee joint, wrist joint and the atlanto-axial joint. In a fashion similar to the cords in ...

injury that kept him out for many months. In February 2017 he got his second concussion in the same season, when the

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 ...

player Bjarte Myrhol hit him in the face during a match. He never truly recovered from the injury, and retired in 2020 as a consequence. He has a mercantile education from

Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School (Danish'': Handelshøjskolen i København'') often abbreviated and referred to as CBS (also in Danish), is a public university situated in Copenhagen, Denmark and is considered one of the most prestigious business scho ...

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1986 births Living people Danish male handball players 21st-century Danish sportsmen Handball players from the Region of Southern Denmark Handball players from Odense Aalborg Håndbold players KIF Kolding players {{denmark-handball-bio-stub