Michael Damgaard

Michael Damgaard
Personal information
Full name Michael Damgaard Nielsen
Born (1990-03-18) 18 March 1990
Rødby, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club HØJ Elite
Number 34
Youth career
Team
–
 Rødby HK
–
 HMH Maribo
–
 Ajax København
Senior clubs
Years Team
2008–2010
 GOG Svendborg TGI
2010–2015
 TTH Holstebro
2015–2025
 SC Magdeburg
2025-
 HØJ Elite
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–
 Denmark 103 (264)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
2024 Germany
Junior World Championship
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 HØJ Elite and the Danish national team.[1]

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.
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