Michael Damgaard

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Michael Damgaard
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Personal information
Full name Michael Damgaard Nielsen
Born (1990-03-18) 18 March 1990 (age 34)
Rødby, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club SC Magdeburg
Number 34
Youth career
Team
Rødby HK
HMH Maribo
Ajax København
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2008–2010
GOG Svendborg TGI
2010–2015
TTH Holstebro
2015–
SC Magdeburg
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–
Denmark 103 (264)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Germany
Junior World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Greece
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 29. January 2024

Michael Damgaard Nielsen (born 18 March 1990) is a Danish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Danish national team. [1]

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Career

He has previously played for Danish sides GOG and Team Tvis Holstebro. [2]

He debuted for the Danish national team in October 2014 and his first major international tournament was the 2015 World Championship in Qatar. [3]

At the end of the 2014-15 season Damgaard had a shoulder injury, that required operation and kept him out for the rest of the season. [4]

The following seasons he joined SC Magdeburg. [5]

With SC Magdeburg he has won the IHF Super Globe three consecutive seasons; in 2021, 2022 and in 2023, the German Bundesliga in 2022, and the EHF Champions League 2023 when Magdeburg beat Polish team KS Kielce in the final 30-29. In 2024 he won the Bundesliga for the second time.

At the 2016 Olympics he won a gold medal with the Danish team; the first time ever the team won that medal. [6]

Private

He is the brother of fellow handball players Allan Damgaard Espersen and Morten Damgaard.

Honours

References

  1. EHF profile
  2. "Statistic Men's National Team. Team Roster, Denmark". DHF . Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. "Tidligere OL-vinder bekræfter: - Team Sydhavsøerne er en mulighed". folketidende.dk (in Danish). 20 February 2025.
  4. "Michael Damgaard skal opereres" (in Danish). TV Midt/Vest. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  5. "Magdeburg holt dänischen Toptorjäger" (in German). handball-world.news. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  6. Bo Bentsen (21 August 2016). "Danmark slår Frankrig i OL-finalen og vinder historisk guld". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark . Retrieved 5 March 2025.