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| Emil Madsen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Madsen in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Emil Wernsdorf Madsen | ||
| Born |
1 January 2001 Svendborg, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | Danish | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | THW Kiel | ||
| Number | 45 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
– | GOG Håndbold | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2019–2024 | GOG Håndbold | ||
2024– | THW Kiel | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023– | Denmark | 10 | (23) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2024 | |||
Emil Wernsdorf Madsen (born 1 January 2001) is a Danish handball player for THW Kiel and the Danish national team.[1][2]
Career
[edit]In November 2020, he signed a contract with Skanderborg Håndbold for the upcoming season,[3] however he chose to terminate the contract only three months later and instead stayed in GOG.[4] With GOG he won the Danish Championship twice and the Danish Cup three times.
In 2024 he joined German top team THW Kiel.[5] Here he won the DHB-Pokal in 2025.
National team
[edit]He made his debut for the national team on 27 April 2023.[6]
Madsen's first appearance in an international tournament came at the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.[7] He ended up playing in just two matches - the group stage game against Greece, where he scored seven goals, and the final main round game against Slovenia - as Denmark finished second, losing out on the title to France.[8]
At the 2025 World Championship he won gold medals with the Danish team.[9]
Achievements
[edit]- Danish League:
Gold: 2022, 2023
- Danish Cup:
- Gold: 2019, 2022, 2023
- DHB-Pokal
- Gold: 2025
- Individual awards
- MVP (Pokalfighter) Danish Cup 2021[10]
- Top scorer 2022–23 Danish League (252 goals),[11] 2023–24 (192 goals)[12]
- Top scorer 2022–23 EHF Champions League (107 goals)[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Emil Wernsdorf Madsen". eurohandball.com. EHF. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ↑ "Spillertrup". tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ↑ "GOG-talent skifter til Skanderborg". tv3sport.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ↑ "GOG-talent har fortrudt skifte - sportschef er utrolig skuffet". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ↑ "Torgefährlicher Linkshänder aus Dänemark: Emil Madsen wird ab 2024 ein Zebra" (in German). thw-handball.de. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ↑ "Landsholdsdata". dhf.dk. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ↑ "Nikolaj Jacobsen udtager alsidig EM-trup" (in Danish). danskhaandbold.dk. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ↑ "EMIL WERNSDORF MADSEN - Career & Statistics | EHF". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ↑ Christian Ipsen (2 February 2025). "Her er Danmarks utrolige rekorder" [Here are Denmark's unbelievable records] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ "Pokalfinale: Aalborg - GOG". sport.tv2.dk. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ↑ "Målscorer" [goalscorers]. Tophaandbold.dk. Danish Handball Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ↑ "målscorer" [goalscorers]. tophaandbold.dk. Danish Handball Federation. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ↑ "Top scorers". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
External links
[edit]- Emil Wernsdorf Madsen at the European Handball Federation
- Emil Wernsdorf Madsen at THW Kiel (in German)
- Emil Wernsdorf Madsen at InterSportStats
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