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Sandra Toft
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Sandra Toft (born 18 October 1989) is a Danish professional handball goalkeeper for Győri ETO KC and the Danish national team.[1] She is the fifth most capped player ever on the Danish national team with 195 appeances.

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She made her debut on the Danish national team on 27 March 2008, against Czech Republic.[2]

She participated for the first time in a major international at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil, where she was the third choice keeper behind Karin Mortensen and Christina Pedersen.[3]

She missed the 2013 World Cup in Serbia due to illness.

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Pre-professional career

Toft started playing handbold at Team Helsinge, before joining Virum-Sorgenfri Håndboldklub in 2002 at the age of 14. In 2007, she joined Team Tvis Holstebro for her first professional contract.

Team Tvis Holstebro

At TTH Holstebro, she was part of the team that reached the 2010/2011 Women's EHF European League final, where they lost to league rivals FC Midtjylland Håndbold.[4] In 2012/2013, TTH Holstebro with Toft in goal manage to reach the final once again and win it this time.[5] Toft almost missed the match due to an injury in her left knee in January 2012.[6]

Car crash in 2009

In 2009, Toft was driving back home from North Zealand when she lost control over her vehicle. At 10 pm, north of the city Give, the car spun off the road, flew 50 metres across a field and made four rollovers. Toft survived the car crash, but suffered a severe neck vertebra collapse. Only five months later, she was back on court for Team Tvis Holstebro.[7]

Larvik

In the summer 2014, Toft signed with Norwegian club Larvik HK.[8] Here, she won the Norwegian Championship and the norwegian cup three times each in the four years she played for the club.

She also reached the EHF Champions League final in 2015 where Larvik HK lost to Montenegrin side ŽRK Budućnost. After the tournament She was a part of the tournament all star team as the Best EHF Goalkeeper 2014/2015.[9]

Team Esbjerg

Toft returned to Danish handball in 2017/2018 on a two-year contract.[10] She won the Danish Cup in 2017 and the 2018–19 Danish League with the club.[11] In 2019, Toft once again reached the Women's EHF European League final, but this time her club lost to Hungarian side Siófok KC.[12]

Brest

In 2019, she joined the French top club Brest Bretagne Handball,[13] where she reached the final of the 2020–21 Women's EHF Champions League. Once again, Toft lost a European final, this time to Norwegian Vipers Kristiansand.[14] The same season she won the domestic double with the club.

Győr

In 2022, she signed with Hungarian side Győri ETO KC, where she won the Hungarian Championship in her first season.

She then won the 2023–24 Women's EHF Champions League and the 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League.

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