Erik Veje Rasmussen

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Erik Veje Rasmussen
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Veje Rasmussen in September 2011. (Photo: Lars Schmidt)
Personal information
Born (1959-04-09) 9 April 1959 (age 65)
Hørve, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
Vallekilde-Hørve
Helsingør IF
TuS Nettelstedt (Flag of Germany.svg  Germany)
S.C. Malaga (Flag of Spain.svg  Spain)
VfL Gummersbach (Flag of Germany.svg  Germany)
VHG Dragsholm
Pfadi Winterthur (Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland)
Roar Roskilde
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen (Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland)
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1993
Denmark 233 (1015)
Teams managed
1994–1998
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen (as player-coach)
1998–2003
SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2003–2009
Århus GF Håndbold
2010–2021
Århus GF Håndbold
2023–2024
Randers HH (sporting consultant)
2024–
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (assistant coach)

Erik Veje Rasmussen (born April 9, 1959) is a former Danish handball player and handball coach who competed in the 1982 World Men's Handball Championship and 1984 Summer Olympics. In addition to Handball he is also an author and inventor of sports clothing. [1]

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Playing Career

Veje Rasmussen started playing handball at Vallekilde-Hørve, his local club. From there he moved to Danish top club Helsingør IF, and was the top goalscorer of the 1983 Danish Handball League season. [2]

After 2 seasons he moved abroad playing in both Germany, Switzerland and Spain. At St. Otmar he acted as player-coach in multiple instances.

During the 1980s he was one of the central players at the Danish National Team. In 1984 he finished fourth with the Denmark men's national handball team in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored 25 goals. [3] Rasmussen played a total 233 games for the national team scoring 1015 goals. [4] This makes him both the third most capped player and the thirds most scoring player for the Danish national team ever. [5]

Coaching Career

Veje Rasmussen ended his playing career at the age of 39 to coach full time.He went on to coach the german club SG Flensburg-Handewitt from 1998 to 2003 before moving to Danish club Aarhus GF Håndbold. He led Århus to silver medals in the Danish League in 2005. In periods with many injuries, he did take the field himself. In 2009 he stopped at AGF due to health concerns, but his successor, René Hamann-Boerith, did not have success and was fired for bad results, and thus Veje Rasmussen returned to Aarhus Handball.

Despite the club having economic problems and had to release many key players, Veje Rasmussen managed a top half finish and reached the Cup final in the 10/11 season. He continued at Aarhus GF for 10 years, but after the club declared bankruptcy and fusioned with Skanderborg Håndbold, Veje Rasmussen decided not to continue. [6] [7]

In 2023 he began as a sports consulent for the Danish league club Randers HH. [8]

Private life

Veje Rasmussen is educated as a teacher in 1986 and later in law in 1991. At the end of his playing career he worked as lawyer. He has also worked as an inventor of sports clothing. [1]

He is married and has four children. One of his children, Nikolaj Veje Rasmussen, is also a professional handball player.

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