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Henrik Møllgaard
Danish handball player (born 1985) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Henrik Møllgaard Jensen (born 2 January 1985) is a Danish handballer for Aalborg Håndbold and the Danish national team.[1]
He is famous for his versatility, especiaclly in the latter half of his career. He is mostly a leftback, but has sometimes played any of the three back positions as well as pivot, when needed.
He has previously played in PSG Handball, KIF Kolding, Kongeå HK, Ribe HK, and Skjern Håndbold.[2][3]
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He started his senior career at Kolding IF, before moving to AaB Håndbold, and later to Skjern Håndbold in 2012.[4]
In the 2013/2014 season, he was the topscorer in the Danish League and on the league all-star team as a left back.[5] In that season, he won the Danish Cup.[6]
In May 2014, he joined the Qatari club Lekhwiya SC for four weeks on a loan deal.[7]
PSG
On 25 June 2015, it was announced that Henrik Møllgaard would be joining PSG Handball on a one-year loan contract, due to a long-term injuries with William Accambray.[8] On 4 January 2016, Skjern Håndbold announced that Henrik Møllgaard would be joining PSG Handball permanently from the start of 2016/2017 season on a three-year contract. PSG Handball paid an undisclosed fee for the transfer. Here he won the French championship in 2016, 2017, and 2018 and the French cup in 2018.
Return to Aalborg Håndbold
On 27 October 2017, it was announced that he would return to play for Aalborg Håndbold in 2018.[9] Here he won the Danish championship in 2019. 2020, 2021 and 2024.[10][11]
In 2024, Henrik Møllgaard became the player-assistant coach at Aalborg Håndbold, when the club fired head coach Maik Machulla midway through the season. The club decided to promote the former assistant coach to Machulla, Simon Dahl to head coach, and give Møllgaard the position as assistant to Dahl.[12][13]
In December 2024, he announced that he would retire as a player at the end of the season, and leave Aalborg Håndbold. He will then join his former team PSG Handball as assistant coach.[14][15] He played his last match for the Danish national team on 15 March 2025 against France, and was celebrated by the Danish fans after the match.[16]
In February 2025, he won the Danish Cup with Aalborg Håndbold, beating Bjerringbro-Silkeborg in the final.[17] Later the same season he won the Danish championship.[18]
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Individual awards
- Best Defence Player of the European Championship: 2016[19]
- Top Goalscorer of the Danish Handball League: 2014
- Best Defence Player of EHF Champions League: 2021[20]
- Danish Handball Cup MVP 2012[21]
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