Jesper Meinby

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Jesper Meinby
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Personal information
Full name Jesper Meinby Pedersen
Born 24 April 1987 (1987-04-24) (age 37)
Sundby  [ da ], Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Right Back
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2005-2007
 Mors-Thy Håndbold
2007–2012
 Viborg HK
2012–2015
 Mors-Thy Håndbold
2015–2016
 Aalborg Håndbold
2016-2017
 Massy Essonne Handball
2017-2019
 Aalborg Håndbold
2019–2020
 Drammen HK
2020–2021
 AEK Athens
2021
 Drammen HK
2021-2023
 KIF Kolding

Jesper Meinby Pedersen (born 24 April 1987) is a Danish handball player.

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Career

He started his career at Mors-Thy Håndbold, where he was promoted from the Danish 1st Division to the Herrehåndboldligaen in his first season. [1] He then joined Viborg HK, where he played for 5 years, before returning to Mors-Thy. [1] He then joined Aalborg Håndbold, where he played until 2016. [2] He then joined French side Massy Essonne Handball for year, before returning to Aalborg Håndbold. [2]

He then played for two years at Norwegian Drammen HK. In 2020 while the Norwegian League was closed down due to Covid-19 he was loaned to Greek side AEK Athens. [1] Here he won the EHF European Cup with the club. [1] Afterwards he returned to Drammen, where he played until 2021. He then returned to Denmark to join KIF Kolding on a two year deal. [3] He left KIF Kolding after his contract expired in 2023. [4] He played 57 league matches for the team, scoring 99 goals. [5]

During his youth career, Meinby played several matches for the Danish national youth handball teams.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ole Maass. "Dagens KIF-spiller: Jesper Meinby Pedersen" (in Danish). KIF Kolding . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Jesper Meinby vender tilbage til Aalborg Håndbold" (in Danish). Aalborg Håndbold. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Frederik Brogaard (9 April 2021). "KIF Kolding henter højreback hjem til Danmark" (in Danish). JydskeVestkysten. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "2 spillere stopper i KIF Kolding efter denne sæson" (in Danish). KIF Kolding . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Jesper Meinby Pedersen" (in Danish). hbold.dk. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
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