Emil Nielsen (handballer)

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Emil Nielsen
Personal information
Born (1997-03-10) 10 March 1997 (age 27)
Aarhus, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club FC Barcelona
Number 12
Youth career
Team
 AGF/Viby Håndbold
Senior clubs
Years Team
2015–2017
 Aarhus Håndbold
2017–2019
 Skjern Håndbold
2019–2022
 HBC Nantes
2022–
 FC Barcelona
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–
 Denmark 37 (2)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Egypt
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2024 Germany
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 29 January 2024

Emil Nielsen (born 10 March 1997) is a Danish professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the Danish national team.[1]

He made his debut on the Danish national team on 5 April 2018.[2] He represented Denmark at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.[3][4]

Career[edit]

Emil Nielsen started playing handball at the age of 10. When he was only 17 he debuted for Aarhus Håndbold. In his debut season in 2014/15 he had the best save ratio in the Danish league at 38% for the year. When he was 19, Danish coach Ulrik Wilbek called him the 'biggest talent' at his position. [5] When he was 20 years old at the end of the 2016 season, he was diagnosed with meningitis, which nearly ended his career.[6] Despite his health issues, he was still wanted by the Danish club Skjern Håndbold, which signed him despite the fact that he could not start the season.[7]

Two years after he debuted for Danish national team.[8] He did, however, not have immediate success with the Danish national team, and was left out because the national coach Nikolaj Jacobsen did "live up to the requirements of a professional sportsperson" in 2019.[9][10] He was supposedly not stable enough in his goalkeeping, and he did not follow his training regime closely enough, according to the national team goalkeeping coach, Michael Bruun.[11]

In 2019 he signed for the French club HBC Nantes. According to Tv2 Denmark, Nantes paid a transfer fee of around 1.000.000 DKK. Nielsen enjoyed succes at Nantes, and in 2022 he signed with FC Barcelona Handbol.[12] Here he won the treble in his first season.

His breakthrough on the Danish national team would come at the 2024 European Championship, where he had the tournament's overall highest saving percentage and the third most overall saves.[13] Nielsen ended up starring in the final, being named player of the match, though he was unable to secure victory, as Denmark lost to France in extra time.[14]

Honours[edit]

Individual awards

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Emil Nielsen Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Emil Nielsen – Statistik – Håndbold.dk". Dansk Håndbold Forbund. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Nikolaj Jacobsen indkalder 20 spillere til VM". Danish Handball Federation (DHF). 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Team Roster Denmark" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  5. ^ https://politiken.dk/sport/haandbold/art5638517/Fra-meningitis-til-topkontrakt?track=lokalavisen
  6. ^ https://www.alt.dk/sundhed/emil-nielsen-haandbold
  7. ^ https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2018-03-26-udtaget-til-landsholdet-efter-alvorlig-sygdom-fuldstaendig-surrealistisk
  8. ^ https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2018-03-26-udtaget-til-landsholdet-efter-alvorlig-sygdom-fuldstaendig-surrealistisk
  9. ^ https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2019-05-24-han-overholder-ikke-kravene-som-serioes-sportsmand-siger-jacobsen
  10. ^ https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2024-01-29-paa-sin-vej-til-toppen-har-emil-nielsen-rejst-sig-fra-offentlig-kritik-fra-landstraeneren-og-en-alvorlig-sygdom
  11. ^ https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2019-05-24-han-overholder-ikke-kravene-som-serioes-sportsmand-siger-jacobsen
  12. ^ https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2022-07-06-landsholdsspiller-skifter-til-barcelona
  13. ^ https://europamester.dk/emil-nielsen-eneste-over-40-redningsprocent-em
  14. ^ Jiwani, Rory (28 January 2024). "Men's EHF Euro 2024: France defeat Denmark in extra-time final thriller after Sweden clinch Paris 2024 quota berth". olympics.com.
  15. ^ "All-star team nominated at Men's 18 EHF EURO 2014". European Handball Federation. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

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