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Emil Nielsen
Emil Nielsen
Personal information
Full name	Emil Nielsen
Born	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
2018–	Denmark
Medal record
World Championship
	1 National team caps and goals correct ; as of 22 January 2024

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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

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]

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.^[9] Here he won the treble in his first season.

Honours

Danish Championship
- Winner: 2018
Coupe de la Ligue
- Winner: 2021–22
Liga ASOBAL
- Winner: 2023
Copa ASOBAL
- Winner: 2023, 2024
Copa del Rey
- Winner: 2023
Supercopa Ibérica
- Winner: 2022
EHF Champions League
- Bronze medal: 2023
IHF Super Globe
- Silver medal: 2022
- Bronze medal: 2023

Individual awards

Best Goalkeeper of the European Men's U-18 Handball Championship: 2014^[10]

References

^ "Emil Nielsen Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
^ "Emil Nielsen – Statistik – Håndbold.dk". Dansk Håndbold Forbund. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
^ "Nikolaj Jacobsen indkalder 20 spillere til VM". Danish Handball Federation (DHF). 17 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
^ "Team Roster Denmark" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ https://politiken.dk/sport/haandbold/art5638517/Fra-meningitis-til-topkontrakt?track=lokalavisen
^ https://www.alt.dk/sundhed/emil-nielsen-haandbold
^ https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2018-03-26-udtaget-til-landsholdet-efter-alvorlig-sygdom-fuldstaendig-surrealistisk
^ https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2018-03-26-udtaget-til-landsholdet-efter-alvorlig-sygdom-fuldstaendig-surrealistisk
^ https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2022-07-06-landsholdsspiller-skifter-til-barcelona
^ "All-star team nominated at Men's 18 EHF EURO 2014". European Handball Federation. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

External links

Emil Nielsen at the European Handball Federation
Emil Nielsen at the Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French)

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[1] "Emil Nielsen Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

[2] "Emil Nielsen – Statistik – Håndbold.dk". Dansk Håndbold Forbund. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

[3] "Nikolaj Jacobsen indkalder 20 spillere til VM". Danish Handball Federation (DHF). 17 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.

[4] "Team Roster Denmark" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[5] ttps://politiken.dk/sport/haandbold/art5638517/Fra-meningitis-til-topkontrakt?track=lokalavisen

[6] ttps://www.alt.dk/sundhed/emil-nielsen-haandbold

[7] ttps://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2018-03-26-udtaget-til-landsholdet-efter-alvorlig-sygdom-fuldstaendig-surrealistisk

[8] ttps://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2018-03-26-udtaget-til-landsholdet-efter-alvorlig-sygdom-fuldstaendig-surrealistisk

[9] ttps://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2022-07-06-landsholdsspiller-skifter-til-barcelona

[10] "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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-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]].<ref>https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2022-07-06-landsholdsspiller-skifter-til-barcelona</ref>
+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]].<ref>https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2022-07-06-landsholdsspiller-skifter-til-barcelona</ref> Here he won the treble in his first season.
 ==Honours==