Emil Jakobsen | |||
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![]() Jakobsen in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Emil Manfeldt Jakobsen | ||
Born | Kerteminde, Denmark | 24 January 1998||
Nationality | Danish | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Left wing | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
Number | 31 | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2001–2011 | Kerteminde HK | ||
2011–2016 | GOG Håndbold | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2016–2021 | GOG Håndbold | ||
2021– | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
National team 1 | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Denmark | 67 | (224) |
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 29. January 2024 |
Emil Jakobsen (born 24 January 1998) is a Danish handball player for the German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Danish national team. [1]
He joined his current club, Flensburg-Handewitt in 2021 on a three-year contract. In 2022 he announced that he had prolonged the contract until 2026. [2]
He represented Denmark at the 2021 [3] [4] and the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship, where he won gold medals on both occasions. [5]
Jakobsen started playing handball in his hometown at Kerteminde HK. He switched to the GOG Håndbold youth team in 2011. In the 2016/2017, he debuted for the league senior team. In the 2017/18 season, he came third in the league, and in 2018/2019, he came second with GOG. In both season he was named as the 'talent of the season' in Danish handball. [6] In 2019, he won the Danish Men's Handball Cup. In the 2020-2021 season with GOG Håndbold, he was the top scorer in the EHF European League. In the 2020-21 season, he was the topscorer in the ordinary season in the Danish league with 244 goals. [7]
In 2021, he joined the German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt. [8] Here he won the EHF European League in 2024.
At the EHF Excellence Awards in 2024, he was named best left wing in the previous season.
He is in a relationship with Danish women's handball player Helena Elver. [9]