Anne Mette Hansen

Anne Mette Hansen (born 25 August 1994) is a Danish handball player for Metz Handball and the Danish national team.^[1]

Anne Mette Hansen
Personal information
Born	(1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 (age 30) Glostrup, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Metz Handball
Number	8
Youth career
Team
–	FHH90
2010–2013	Ajax København
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2012–2014	Ajax København
2014–2017	København Håndbold
2017–2023	Győri ETO KC
2023–2025	Metz Handball
2025–	CSM București
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–	Denmark	186	(555)
Medal record Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team World Championship 2013 Serbia 2021 Spain 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden European Championship 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro 2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland Youth World Championship 2012 Montenegro European Junior Championship 2013 Denmark European Youth Championship 2011 Czech Republic
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 16 January 2025

National team career

She debuted for the Danish national team on 27 October 2013, and the same year she represented Denmark at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia, where the Danish team won bronze medals beating Poland in the third place playoff 30-26.^[2] She has been a mainstay on the national setup since.^[3] Since then she has won two additional bronze medals in 2021 and 2023.

At the 2024 Olympics she won another bronze medals.^[4] Later the same year, she won silver medals at the 2024 European Championship, losing to Norway in the final.^[5]

Club career

Anne Mette Hansen started playing handball at the age of 10 at FHH90. In 2010 she went to Københavns Idrætsefterskole (KIES) while at the same time switching to Ajax København. Here she made her senior league debut in the Danish 1st Division (second tier) in 2014, before signing her first professional contract with København Håndbold. She played at København Håndbold for three years before moving to Hungarian side Győri Audi ETO KC at the age of 22. She played with Győri for 6 years, where she won EHF Champions League two times in a row in 2018 and 2019.

In 2023 she switched to the French league champions Metz Handball. She said regarding the transfer, that she look forward to playing alongside national team colleagues Kristina Jørgensen and Louise Burgaard.^[6]

Achievements

• EHF Champions League:
  • Winner: 2018, 2019
• European Junior Championship:
  • Bronze Medalist: 2013
• Nemzeti Bajnokság I
  • Gold Medalist: 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
• Magyar Kupa:
  • Winner: 2018, 2019, 2021

Individual awards

• All-Star Left Back of the European Junior Championship: 2013
• All-Star Left Back of the EHF Champions League: 2019
• Youth player of the Year in Damehåndboldligaen: 2013/14^[7]