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Jesper Nøddesbo
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Personal information
Full name Jesper Brian Nøddesbo
Born (1980-10-23) 23 October 1980 (age 44)
Herning, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.99 m (6 ft 6+12 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
Number 18
Youth career
Years Team
-1999
Hauge GIF
Senior clubs
Years Team
1999–2004
Team Tvis Holstebro
2004–2007
KIF Kolding
2007–2017
FC Barcelona
2017–2021
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2017
Denmark 223 (450)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Silver 2011 Sweden
Silver 2013 Spain
Bronze 2007 Germany
European Championship
Gold 2008 Norway
Silver 2014 Denmark
Bronze 2006 Switzerland

Jesper Brian Nøddesbo (born 23 October 1980) is a Danish former handball player.

He is European Champion by winning the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship in Norway with the Danish national team. He received a bronze medal at the 2006 European Men's Handball Championship, and again at the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship.

Career

Nøddesbo joined Danish top league team Team Tvis Holstebro in 1999, where he played for 5 years, before joining KIF Kolding. Here he won the Danish Championship twice in 2005 and 2006, and the Danish Cup in 2005 and 2007. Nøddesbo was top scorer in the Danish Handball league in 2006. In 2007 he joined Spanish FC Barcelona where he won the league 7 times in a row from 2011 to 2017, as well as the EHF Champions League in 2011 and in 2015.

In 2017 he returned to Denmark to join Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, where he played for four years before retiring in 2021.

See also

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