Mads Mensah Larsen | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | Holbæk, Denmark | 12 August 1991||
Nationality | Danish | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
–2012 | AG København | ||
2010–2011 | → Nordsjælland Håndbold (loan) | ||
2012–2014 | Aalborg Håndbold | ||
2014–2020 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | ||
2020– | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
National team 1 | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011– | Denmark | 201 | (323) |
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 29. January 2024 |
Mads Mensah Larsen (born 12 August 1991) is a Danish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Denmark national team. [1]
He previously played for the clubs AG København, Nordsjælland Håndbold and Aalborg Håndbold in Denmark [2] and the German club Rhein-Neckar Löwen.
He studied Humanistic informatics at Aalborg University. He has a Danish mother and a Ghanaian father. [3]
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