Jesper Meinby

Jesper Meinby Pedersen (born 24 April 1987) is a Danish handball player.

Jesper Meinby
Personal information
Full name	Jesper Meinby Pedersen
Born	24 April 1987 (1987-04-24) (age 38) Sundby [da], Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Right Back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2005-2007	Mors-Thy Håndbold
2007–2012	Viborg HK
2012–2015	Mors-Thy Håndbold
2015–2016	Aalborg Håndbold
2016-2017	Massy Essonne Handball
2017-2019	Aalborg Håndbold
2019–2020	Drammen HK
2020–2021	AEK Athens
2021	Drammen HK
2021-2023	KIF Kolding

Career

He started his career at Mors-Thy Håndbold, where he was promoted from the Danish 1st Division to the Herrehåndboldligaen in his first season.^[1] He then joined Viborg HK, where he played for 5 years, before returning to Mors-Thy.^[1] He then joined Aalborg Håndbold, where he played until 2016.^[2] He then joined French side Massy Essonne Handball for year, before returning to Aalborg Håndbold.^[2]

He then played for two years at Norwegian Drammen HK. In 2020 while the Norwegian League was closed down due to Covid-19 he was loaned to Greek side AEK Athens.^[1] Here he won the EHF European Cup with the club.^[1] Afterwards he returned to Drammen, where he played until 2021. He then returned to Denmark to join KIF Kolding on a two year deal.^[3] He left KIF Kolding after his contract expired in 2023.^[4] He played 57 league matches for the team, scoring 99 goals.^[5]

During his youth career, Meinby played several matches for the Danish national youth handball teams.^{[citation needed]}