Jesper Meinby

Jesper Meinby

Personal information
Full name	Jesper Meinby Pedersen
Nationality	Danish
Born	24 April 1987 (1987-04-24) (age 39) Sundby [da], Denmark
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport	Handball
Position	Right Back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2005-2007	Mors-Thy Håndbold
2007–2012	Viborg HK
–	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

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

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. He then joined Viborg HK, where he played for 5 years, before returning to Mors-Thy. He then joined Aalborg Håndbold, where he played until 2016. He then joined French side Massy Essonne Handball for year, before returning to Aalborg Håndbold.

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. Here he won the EHF European Cup with the club. Afterwards he returned to Drammen, where he played until 2021. He then returned to Denmark to join KIF Kolding on a two-year deal. He left KIF Kolding after his contract expired in 2023. He played 57 league matches for the team, scoring 99 goals.

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

References

External links

• Player info at VHK.dk
• EHF Profile