Jesper Nøddesbo

Jesper Brian Nøddesbo (born 23 October 1980) is a Danish former handball player.

Jesper Nøddesbo
Nøddesbo with Denmark in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Jesper Brian Nøddesbo
Born	(1980-10-23) 23 October 1980 (age 44) Herning, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.99 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
Number	18
Youth career
Years	Team
-1999	Hauge GIF
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1999–2004	Team Tvis Holstebro
2004–2007	KIF Kolding
2007–2017	FC Barcelona
2017–2021	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2017	Denmark	223	(450)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2011 Sweden 2013 Spain 2007 Germany European Championship 2008 Norway 2014 Denmark 2006 Switzerland

He is European Champion by winning the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship in Norway with the Danish national team,^[1] and an Olympic champion from 2016. He also received a bronze medal at the 2006 European Men's Handball Championship, and again at the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship.^[2] At the 2014 European Championship he won silver medals. He retired from the Danish national team in 2017.^[3]

Career

Nøddesbo joined Danish top league team Team Tvis Holstebro in 1999, where he played for 5 years, before joining KIF Kolding. Here he won the Danish Championship twice in 2005 and 2006, and the Danish Cup in 2005 and 2007. Nøddesbo was top scorer in the Danish Handball league in 2006. In 2007 he joined Spanish FC Barcelona where he won the league 7 times in a row from 2011 to 2017, as well as the EHF Champions League in 2011 and in 2015.

In 2017 he returned to Denmark to join Bjerringbro-Silkeborg,^[4] where he played for four years before retiring in 2021.^[5]