Helene Kindberg

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Helene Kindberg
Personal information
Full name Helene Kindberg Hansen
Born (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 (age 27)
Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality Danish
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club København Håndbold
Number 2
Youth career
YearsTeam
2015–2017
 FC Midtjylland Håndbold
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2017–2018
 FC Midtjylland Håndbold
2017–2023
 Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
2023–2025
 København Håndbold
2025–
 Team Esbjerg
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–
 Denmark 16 (26)
Medal record
European Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 16 January 2025

Helene Kindberg (born 13 January 1998) is a Danish handball player who plays for Danish team Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team. [1] [2] [3]

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She was elected as the Best Right back in the Danish Women's Handball League in 2019/20. [4]

Career

Kindberg started her senior career at FC Midtjylland in 2017, where she was the back-up to Louise Burgaard. After one season she transferred to local rivals Silkeborg-Voel KFUM, where she once again was a rotational player, this time sharing playing time with the German Susann Müller. After she left the club, Kindberg became the first choice and since became one of the best players for the club.

In 2020 she was selected for the Danish national team [5] , but less than a month later she was sidelined with a cruciate ligament injury for more than a year. [6] She wasn't in national team contention before 2024, where she debuted in a friendly match against Japan.

In 2023 she signed for København Håndbold on a two year contract. [7]

In 2024 she played at her first major tournament, where she acted mainly as a backup. Here Denmark came second. [8] [9] [10]

Individual awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Jesper Jensen fravælger anfører i sin første trup" (in Danish). DR. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. ↑ DHDb profile
  3. ↑ EHF profile
  4. ↑ "Årets Hold i HTH Ligaen kåret – Rejs fantomsæson" (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Silkeborg-Voel-spiller på landsholdet" [Silkeborg-Voel Player on the national team] (in Danish). Midtjyllands Avis . Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Landsholdsbobler slemt skadet i træningskamp: - Det kunne ikke være værre" [National team player badly injured in friendly - Could not be any worse]. TV 2 Danmark (in Danish). 29 July 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "København Håndbold henter Helene Kindberg" [København Håndbold signs Helene Kindberg] (in Danish). kbhbold.dk. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "Helene Kindberg om landsholdsudtagelse" [Helene Kindberg on national team selection]. TV 2 (in Danish). 5 November 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "Jesper Jensen udtager sin første trup frem mod EM 2024". DanskHåndbold (in Danish). danskhaandbold.dk. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "Norge slår Danmark i EM-finalen" [Norway beats Denmark in the Euros final] (in Danish). TV2 . Retrieved 15 December 2024. }}
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