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Magnus Saugstrup
Danish handball player (born 1996) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Magnus Saugstrup Jensen (born 12 July 1996) is a Danish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Denmark national team.[1]
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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.[2] 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.[3] In 2023 he won the World Championship for the second time.[4]
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.[5]
In November 2024 he became the captain of the Danish national team following Niklas Landins retirement.[6]
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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[7]
- EHF Excellence Awards: Defender of the Season 2024/25[8]
- MVP Handball-Bundesliga: 2023–24[9]
References
External links
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