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Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen


Personal data

Nick name:
Niko
Position:
left wing
Number:
5
Date of birth:
22.11.1971
Place of birth:
Viborg (DEN)
Nationality:Nationalflagge DEN
Danish
Height:
1.84m
Weight:
90kg
Marital status:
married with Lenette, two daughters (Freja and Sille)
Occupation:
handball professional, clerk
Hobbies:
football, golf
In club since:
1998
In club until:
2004
Clubs:
1984 GOG Gudme (DEN)
1997 Bayer Dormagen
1998 THW Kiel
2004 Viborg HK (DEN)
2007 end of career
Coached clubs:
2004 Viborg HK (DEN) (assistant coach)
2007 BSV Bjerringbro Silkeborg (DEN) (assistant coach)
2012 Aalborg Haandbold (DEN)
2014 - 2019 Rhein-Neckar-Löwen
2017 danish national team
Career highlights:
As player:
  • German champion 1999, 2000 and 2002
  • German cup winner 1999 and 2000
  • Champions League final 2000
  • EHF cup winner 2002 and 2004
  • 3 times Danish champion mit Gudme and 5 times Danish cup winner
  • 2nd place in top-scorer list in German 1st division 2001/2002 and 1998/1999, 3rd place 2000/2001 and 1997/1998
  • Holds Danish national team record with 15 goals in one match
  • Danish "handballer of the year" in 1993 and 1999
  • Voted into the German 1st division all star team 1999/2000
  • EHF Hall Of Fame (left wing)
As coach:
  • Silver medal olympics 2020
  • German cup winner 2018 with Rhein-Neckar Löwen
  • Super cup winner 2016 with Rhein-Neckar Löwen
  • German champion 2016 and 2017 with Rhein-Neckar Löwen
  • Danish champion 2013 with Aalborg
     
  • Gold medal Olympics 2024 with Denmark
  • 2nd place Euro 2024 with Denmark
  • 3rd place Euro 2022 with Denmark
  • Silver medal Olympics 2020 with Denmark
  • World champion 2019, 2021 and 2023 with Denmark
  • 4th place Euro 2018 with Denmark
Wikipedia:
de | en | da
More information:
transfer of Jacobsen fan page

Career in national team

Appearances in the national team:
139A for Denmark (as at 17 Mar 2003)
Goals in the national team:
552 (as at 16 Mar 2003)
First match for national team:
30.11.91 against the Netherlands
Successes:
  • holds the danish national team record for most goals in one match: 15 goals on 27.9.98 in WCM-Qualification in Athens against Greece
Goals and matches for the DHF:
YearMatchesGoalsGoals per match
1991 1 00,00
1992 9283,11
199315533,53
199419683,58
199512544,50
199621864,10
199715634,20
1998 3279,00
199917653,82
200017714,17
20015153,00
Sum1345283,94
(as at 22.05.2001)
Nikolaj Jacobsen in the national dress.
Nikolaj Jacobsen in the national dress.
Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen.
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Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen in action.
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Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen in action.
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His statistics for THW Kiel

seasontype goalspenaltiesfield goalsmatchesgoals per match
with pen.w/o pen.
98/99 BL 223 93 130 29 7,7 4,5
98/99 CL 59 26 33 9 6,6 3,7
98/99 DHB 43 18 25 5 8,6 5,0
98/99 sum 325 137 188 43 7,6 4,4
99/00 BL 216 95 121 31 7,0 3,9
99/00 CL 85 33 52 14 6,1 3,7
99/00 DHB 46 20 26 6 7,7 4,3
99/00 sum 347 148 199 51 6,8 3,9 Details
00/01 BL 280 93 187 37 7,6 5,1
00/01 CL 48 9 39 9 5,3 4,3
00/01 DHB 15 8 7 2 7,5 3,5
00/01 sum 343 110 233 48 7,1 4,9 Details
01/02 BL 24 11 13 7 3,4 1,9
01/02 DHB 9 4 5 1 9,0 5,0
01/02 EHF 4 1 3 1 4,0 3,0
01/02 VEM 5 2 3 2 2,5 1,5
01/02 sum 42 18 24 11 3,8 2,2 Details
02/03 BL 152 67 85 26 5,8 3,3
02/03 CL 37 9 28 7 5,3 4,0
02/03 DHB 17 8 9 4 4,3 2,3
02/03 VEM 7 0 7 2 3,5 3,5
02/03 sum 213 84 129 39 5,5 3,3 Details
03/04 BL 52 30 22 16 3,3 1,4
03/04 DHB 2 1 1 1 2,0 1,0
03/04 EHF 22 9 13 4 5,5 3,3
03/04 sum 76 40 36 21 3,6 1,7 Details
 
Total BL 947 389 558 146 6,5 3,8
Total EC 255 87 168 44 5,8 3,8
Total DHB 132 59 73 19 6,9 3,8
Total VEM 12 2 10 4 3,0 2,5
Total Sum 1346 537 809 213 6,3 3,8
 
BL=German 1st divison, BLO=1st division play offs, DHB=German cup, CL=Champions League, EHF=EHF cup, EL=European League, CUP=European cup of cup winners, IHF=IHF cup, VEM=Team EC, VWM=Team WC, LM=European cup of national champions

Statistics for other clubs

seasonLeagueclub goalspenaltiesfield goalsmatchesgoals per match
with pen.w/o pen.
97/98 1. BL Bayer Dormagen 189 74 115 28 6,8 4,1
04/05 1. dän. Liga Viborg HK (DEN) 38 0 38 7 5,4 5,4
05/06 1. dän. Liga Viborg HK (DEN) 27 0 27 16 1,7 1,7
06/07 1. dän. Liga Viborg HK (DEN) 6 0 6 5 1,2 1,2
08/09 1. dän. Liga Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (DEN) 6 0 6 3 2,0 2,0
11/12 1. dän. Liga BSV Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (DEN) 0 0 0 1 0,0 0,0
Saisons in der ersten Bundesliga sind fett markiert.

Total statistics for all 1st German division matches

seasongoalspenaltiesfield goalsmatchesgoals per match
with pen.w/o pen.
Total 1136 463 673 174 6,5 3,9