Gitte Aaen

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Gitte Aaen
Personal information
Full name Gitte Aaen
Born (1981-11-07) 7 November 1981 (age 42)
Frederikshavn, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left Wing
Youth career
Team
 Strandby/Elling IF
–
 Sindal IF
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
0000–2002
 Sindal IF
2002–2006
 Frederikshavn Fox
2006–2010
 Viborg HK
2010
 FC Midtjylland Håndbold
2010–2012
 Randers HK
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2010
 Denmark 36 (101)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 7 December 2010

Gitte Aaen (born 7 November 1981) is a Danish former handballer. She won the Champions League with Viborg in 2009 [1]

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She started playing Handball at the age of 5 at Strandby/Elling IF, before switching to Frederikshavn fI. While playing in Frederikshavn, she took an education as a nurse.

At the age of 20 in 2006 she switched to Viborg HK, [2] one of the most successful clubs in Denmark. She had an initial contract of 3 years, which was extended only a year after by an additional year. [3] With Viborg HK she won the EHF Champions League twice in 2009 and 2010 as well as the Danish League 3 times.

In the Spring of 2010, she was informed that her contract would not be extended past 2010, so she signed with the Austrian club Hypo Niederösterreich. [4] She did however never join the club, as they changed managers, and canceled all contracts initiated by the former manager Gunnar Prokop. [5]

Instead she played as an amateur for the Danish club FC Midtjylland, [6] before signing a 3-year contract with Randers HK. [7] After two years, in 2012, Randers HK however used an option to cancel the contract, citing as the reason, that they could not afford to pay for two left wing players, and they preferred Mie Augustesen. [8]

She debuted for the Danish national team in 2003, and was at her first major international tournament in 2008. In 2010 she was initially left out of the squad, but due to injuries she played twice 2010 European Women's Handball Championship.

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile: Gitte Aaen" (in Danish). Viborg Håndbold Klub A/S. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009. and 2010.
  2. ↑ ""Gitte Aaen til Viborg HK"". Nordjyske Stiftstidende.
  3. ↑ ""Viborg forlænger med Gitte Aaen"". TV2 Sporten.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ ""VHK-profil på plads i Hypo"". Viborg Folkeblad.
  5. ↑ ""Gitte Aaen slæber østrigsk klub i retten"". Politiken.
  6. ↑ ""Gitte Aaen fortsætter som amatør"". TV2 Sporten.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ ""Gitte Aaen til Randers HK"". BT.
  8. ↑ ""Randers: Derfor dropper vi Aaen"". TV2 Sporten. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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