Danish handball player (born 1996)
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| Full name | Magnus Saugstrup Jensen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
(1996-07-12) 12 July 1996 (age 28) Aalborg, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Pivot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | SC Magdeburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Nøvling IF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2021 | Aalborg Håndbold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | SC Magdeburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Denmark | 80 | (177) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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National team caps and goals correct as of 29. January 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Magnus Saugstrup Jensen (born 12 July 1996) is a Danish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Denmark national team.
Career
Saugstrup started playing handball in his hometown at Nøvling IF. In 2014 he switched to Danish top club Aalborg Håndbold. He won the Danish Championship 4 times; in 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Additionally he won the Danish cup in 2018.
For the 2021/2022 season he signed a three-year contract for the German club SC Magdeburg. Here he 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.
National Team
He debuted for the Denmark national team on 7 April 2018 against Iceland. His first major international tournament was the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship. The year after he became a World Champion with the Danish national team at 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt. In 2023 he won the World Championship for the second time.
At the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship he won a silver medal and was selected for the tournament all star team as the defensive player.
In November 2024 he became the captain of the Danish national team following Niklas Landins retirement.
Honours
- EHF Champions League
- EHF European League:
Silver: 2022
- IHF Super Globe:
- Handball-Bundesliga:
- DHB-Pokal:
- Danish League
Gold: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Danish Cup
- Gold: 2018
- Danish Super Cup
- Gold: 2019, 2020
Individual awards
- Best defender of the European Championship: 2024
- MVP Handball-Bundesliga: 2023–24
References
- "European Handball Federation – Magnus Saugstrup Jensen / Player". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- "SC Magdeburg: Moritz Preuss bleibt, Magnus Saugstrup kommt". handball-world (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- Sigaard, Anton (28 January 2024). "Her er EM's All Star-hold". TV 2 (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- Juulsager, Jens Jacob (6 November 2024). "Ny anførerduo i front for Håndboldherrerne". Dansk Håndbold (in Danish). Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- "Six nations featured in EHF EURO 2024 All-star Team". eurohandball.com. 28 January 2024.
- "Magnus Saugstrup ist "DKB MVP der Saison 2023/24"!". liquimoly-hbl.de (in German). Retrieved 8 June 2024.
External links
- Magnus Saugstrup at the European Handball Federation
- Magnus Saugstrup at Handball-Bundesliga (in German)
- Magnus Saugstrup at Olympedia
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Danish male handball players
- Handball players from Aalborg
- Aalborg Håndbold players
- Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Denmark
- Olympic medalists in handball
- SC Magdeburg players
- Olympic handball players for Denmark
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen
- Danish expatriate handball players in Germany
- Handball-Bundesliga players
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Denmark
- Danish handball biography stubs
- Danish Olympic medalist stubs