Anders Dahl-Nielsen

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Anders Dahl-Nielsen
Personal information
Born (1951-01-27) 27 January 1951 (age 73)
Aarhus, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Club information
Current club Retired as player
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
-1971
 Vejle Idrætsforening
1971-1974
 Tarup-Paarup IF
1974-1980
 Fredericia KFUM
1980
 Ribe HK (as Player-coach)
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973-1984
 Denmark 209 (610)
Teams managed
 Ribe HK
1987-1992
 Denmark national team
1993-1998
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt (Flag of Germany.svg  Germany)
1998-2004
 Skjern Håndbold

Anders Dahl-Nielsen (born 27 January 1951 in Aarhus) is a former Danish handball player and coach. He competed in three olympics; the 1976 Summer Olympics, in the 1980 Summer Olympics, and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the height of his career he was regarded as one of the best handball players of his time. He is with 610 goals the third most scoring player for the danish national team. In 1977 he was awarded the best male player of the year in the Danish League. [1]

He started at Vejle Idrætsforening in the 2. division where he debuted at the age of 17, before he moved on to Tarup-Paarup IF and later Fredericia KFUM. With Fredericia KFUM he won the Danish Men's Handball League in five times in a row in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979.

In 1976 he was part of the Danish team which finished eighth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored 22 goals. Four years later he finished ninth with the Danish team in the 1980 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored twenty goals. In 1984 he was a member of the Danish team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored eight goals.

In 1980 he started his coaching career at Ribe HK as a player-coach, where he got them promoted to the Danish 1st division. [2] From 1987 to 1992 he was the coach of the Denmark men's national handball team. After his national coach tenure he moved on to the recently formed German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt where he won the EHF European League in 1997. [3] He was there for 5 years before returning to Denmark to coach Skjern Håndbold. Here he won the club's first ever Danish Men's Handball League in 1999, as well as the EHF European Cup in 2001/2002 and 2002/2003.

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