Silje Brøns Petersen

Silje Brøns Petersen (born 5 December 1994) is a Danish-German handball player who plays for PDO Handball Team Salerno and since 2024 the German national team.^[1]

Silje Brøns Petersen
Brøns in January 2023
Personal information
Born	(1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 30) Herlev, Denmark
Nationality	German/Danish
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	PDO Handball Team Salerno
Number	23
Youth career
Years	Team
2011–2013	Rødovre HK
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2013–2015	Virum-Sorgenfri HK
2015–2016	Siófok KC
2016	Virum-Sorgenfri HK
2016–2020	HSG Blomberg-Lippe
2021–2022	TuS Metzingen
2022–2024	København Håndbold
2024–	PDO Handball Team Salerno
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–	Germany	23	(23)

Early life

Brøns Petersen comes from the Copenhagen suburb of Herlev. She comes from a handball family: Her father was a player and is now a coach, her mother was a Champions League winner and her older sisters Emilie and Nikoline also play handball professionally as well.^[2]

Club career

As a teenager, Brøns Petersen was part of the Danish team at Rødovre HK and moved to the second division team Virum-Sorgefri HK in 2013.

In 2015, she moved to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Siófok KC.^[3] In Spring 2016, her one-year contract was extended,^[4] but in May of the same year the contract was terminated^[5] and Petersen returned to Virum-Sorgefri. In December 2016 she moved to HSG Blomberg-Lippe.^[2] In February 2018, her contract was extended to 2020.^[6] She then moved to TuS Metzingen.^[7]

International career

Brøns Petersen was called up to the German national team by head coach Henk Groener in November 2021.^[8] She made her international debut against Russia on 7 November.^[9]