Michael Damgaard

Michael Damgaard
Personal information
Full nameMichael Damgaard Nielsen
NationalityDanish
Born (1990-03-18) 18 March 1990 (age 36)
Rødby, Denmark
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
SportHandball
PositionLeft back
Current clubHØJ Elite
Number34
Youth career
YearsTeam
–Rødby HK
–HMH Maribo
–Ajax København
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2008–2010GOG Svendborg TGI
2010–2015TTH Holstebro
2015–2025SC Magdeburg
2025-HØJ Elite
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Denmark 103 (264)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2024 Germany
Junior World Championship
Silver medal – second place2011 Greece
Updated on 29. January 2024

Michael Damgaard Nielsen (born 18 March 1990) is a Danish handball player for HØJ Elite and the Danish national team.

Career

He has previously played for Danish sides GOG and Team Tvis Holstebro.

He debuted for the Danish national team in October 2014 and his first major international tournament was the 2015 World Championship in Qatar.

At the end of the 2014–15 season Damgaard had a shoulder injury, that required operation and kept him out for the rest of the season.

The following seasons he joined SC Magdeburg.

With SC Magdeburg he has 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 when Magdeburg beat Polish team KS Kielce in the final 30–29. In 2024 he won the Bundesliga for the second time.

At the 2016 Olympics he won a gold medal with the Danish team; the first time ever the team won that medal.

Private

He is the brother of fellow handball players Allan Damgaard Espersen and Morten Damgaard.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ EHF profile
  2. ↑ "Statistic Men's National Team. Team Roster, Denmark". DHF. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Tidligere OL-vinder bekræfter: - Team Sydhavsøerne er en mulighed". folketidende.dk (in Danish). 20 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Michael Damgaard skal opereres" (in Danish). TV Midt/Vest. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Magdeburg holt dänischen Toptorjäger" (in German). handball-world.news. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Bo Bentsen (21 August 2016). "Danmark slår Frankrig i OL-finalen og vinder historisk guld". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 5 March 2025.