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{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1981)}}
{{For|Swedish ice hockey player|Hans Lindberg (ice hockey)}}
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{{Infobox handball biography
| name                = Hans Lindberg
| fullname            = Hans Óttar Lindberg Tómasson
| image               = Hans Lindberg 05.jpg
| image_size          = 220
| caption             = Lindberg with [[HSV Hamburg]] in 2008
| nationality         = Danish
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1981|8|1|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Høje-Taastrup Municipality|Høje-Taastrup]], Denmark
| height              = 1.88 m
| position            = Right wing
| currentclub         = [[HØJ Elite (men's handball)|HØJ Elite]]
| clubnumber          = 
| youthyears1         =
| youthclubs1         = Høj Ølstykke
| years1              = 1999–2005
| clubs1              = [[Team Helsinge]]
| years2              = 2005–2007
| clubs2              = [[Viborg HK]]
| years3              = 2007–2016
| clubs3              = [[HSV Hamburg]]
| years4              = 2016–2024
| clubs4              = [[Füchse Berlin (Handball)|Füchse Berlin]]
| years5              = 2024–
| clubs5              = [[HØJ Elite (men's handball)|HØJ Elite]]
| nationalyears1      = 2003–
| nationalteam1       = [[Denmark men's national handball team|Denmark]]
| nationalcaps1       = 308
| nationalgoals1      = 809
| ntupdate            = 29. January 2024
| medaltemplates      =
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|[[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IHF World Men's Handball Championship|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2019 World Men's Handball Championship|2019 Germany/Denmark]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2023 World Men's Handball Championship|2023 Poland/Sweden]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2011 World Men's Handball Championship|2011 Sweden]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2013 World Men's Handball Championship|2013 Spain]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Men's Handball Championship|European Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 European Men's Handball Championship|2008 Norway]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 European Men's Handball Championship|2012 Serbia]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2014 European Men's Handball Championship|2014 Denmark]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2024 European Men's Handball Championship|2024 Germany]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 European Men's Handball Championship|2022 Hungary/Slovakia]]|}}
}}
'''Hans Óttar Lindberg Tómasson''' (born 1 August 1981) is a Danish [[handball]] player of Icelandic descent<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/hans-lindberg-skipt-ut-ur-danska-hopnum|title = Hans Lindberg skipt út úr danska hópnum|date = 12 January 2019}}</ref> for [[HØJ Elite (men's handball)|HØJ Elite]] and the [[Denmark men's national handball team|Danish national team]].<ref>[http://www.eurohandball.com/player/509658 EHF profile]</ref> He has played the second most matches for the Danish national team,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Haandbold info - Herre A-landsholdspillere - Rangliste landskampe |url=https://www.haslund.info/haandbold/10_herre/30_diverse_ranglister/rangliste_kampe.asp |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=www.haslund.info}}</ref> and measured in years he has the record for longest time on the national team ever<ref>{{Cite web |title=Håndbold info - Herre A-landsholdspillere - Længst fra debut til sidste |url=https://www.haslund.info/haandbold/10_herre/30_diverse_ranglister/debsid.asp |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=www.haslund.info}}</ref> as well as oldest player for the Danish team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Haandbold info - Herre A-landsholdspillere - Ældst på landsholdet |url=https://www.haslund.info/haandbold/10_herre/30_diverse_ranglister/%C3%A6ldst.asp |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=www.haslund.info}}</ref> 
He is also the all time German [[Handball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] top scorer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-1-151975.html |title=Neuer Rekordschütze der Handball Bundesliga: Hans Lindberg zieht an Kyung-Shin Yoon vorbei |publisher=handball-world.news |date=2023-02-20 |language=de |accessdate=2023-02-20}}</ref>

He won the [[2008 European Men's Handball Championship]] and the [[2012 European Men's Handball Championship]] with the Danish national team.<ref>[http://www.ehf-euro.com/mens-euro-2008/teams/group-b/denmark.html "Denmark"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129062414/http://www.ehf-euro.com/mens-euro-2008/teams/group-b/denmark.html |date=29 January 2008 }} – ''European Handbal Federation'' (Retrieved on 31 January 2008)</ref> He currently plays for [[Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf HBC|Füchse Berlin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/153/pdf/DEN.pdf|title=2015 World Championship Roster|publisher=[[International Handball Federation|IHF]]|access-date=15 January 2015}}</ref>

He is of Icelandic descent<ref name=iceland>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/hans-lindberg-skipt-ut-ur-danska-hopnum|title = Hans Lindberg skipt út úr danska hópnum|date = 12 January 2019|language=is}}</ref> as both of Lindberg's parents, Tómas Erling Lindberg and Sigrún Sigurðardóttir, are [[Icelanders|Icelandic]]. His parents played handball in Iceland with [[Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar]].<ref name=iceland /> He had Icelandic citizenship until he was 18. His paternal grandparents immigrated to Iceland from [[Suduroy]] on the [[Faroe Islands]] in the mid-1940s.<ref name=iceland2>{{cite web |url=http://www.visir.is/islendingurinn-i-danska-landslidinu/article/2010198426718|title= Íslendingurinn í danska landsliðinu |publisher=Vísir|access-date=24 January 2015|language=is}}</ref>

He is sometimes referred to as the [[Icelanders|Icelander]] on the [[Denmark men's national handball team|Danish national team]] in Icelandic media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/hm_handbolta/2013/01/16/hans_ottar_lindberg_svolitid_serstakir_leikir/|title = Hans Óttar Lindberg: Svolítið sérstakir leikir}}</ref><ref name=iceland2/> He understands Icelandic in conversation but is unable or refuses to speak Icelandic when speaking to media.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1215567050778775552|user=thorkellg|title=@tomthordarson Ég tala alltaf við...|date=10 January 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
Lindberg played primarily football as a kid, but later switched to handball.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.welt.de/welt_print/vermischtes/hamburg/article5365153/Lindberg-schweigt-und-trifft.html |publisher=welt.de|title=Lindberg schweigt und trifft|accessdate=3 November 2013|language=de}}</ref> He started playing handball at the club Høj Ølstykke.
His professional career in Team Helsinge. In 2006, Team Helsinge merged with Hillerød HK, and is now [[Nordsjælland Håndbold]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1025225/ |publisher=mbl.is|title= Daníel til liðs við Team Helsinge|accessdate=3 November 2013|language=is}}</ref> Between 2005 and 2007 he played for [[Viborg HK]]
In the 2006-07 season, he was the top scorer in the Danish league with 187 goals in 26 matches. Viborg reached the final of the Danish Championship, but lost to [[GOG Svendborg TGI]].<ref>{{Web archive | url=http://www.dhf.dk/composite-1883.htm | wayback=20090313081254 |publisher=[[Danish Handball Federation]]| text=Slutspil herrer 2006/07}}</ref><ref>{{Web archive | url=http://dhf.dk/composite-1886.htm |publisher=[[Danish Handball Federation]]| wayback=20100111181913 | text=Topscorere Tele2 Ligaen 2006/07}}</ref>

In 2007, he joined German club [[HSV Hamburg]]. It was reported in Danish media that [[THW Kiel]] was also interested in him, but it was denied by the club.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2007/01/16/670369.html |publisher=Hamburger Abendblatt |date=16 January 2007|title="Wir wollten Lindberg nicht|language=de|trans-title="We don't want Lindberg"}}</ref> With HSV, he won the [[DHB-Supercup]] in 2009. He won [[2012–13 EHF Champions League]] with [[HSV Hamburg]], becoming top scorer in the tournament.

Lindberg became the 2009–2010, 2012–2013, and 2021–2022 season's Bundesliga Best Goal Scorer.<ref>[http://www.toyota-handball-bundesliga.de/handball/statistik.php?menuid=581&menuid2=558&topmenu=532&liga=1&saison=10&bereich=3&tbl=1 "Bundesliga Season 09/10 Best Goal Scorer"] – ''Handball-Bundesliga'' (Retrieved on 11 November 2010)</ref>

On 20 May 2023, Lindberg became the highest scoring player in Bundesliga history.<ref> {{Cite web |date=2023-05-20 |title=2907: Målkongen Hans Lindberg skriver sit navn ud for vanvittig rekord |url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/2906-maalkongen-hans-lindberg-skriver-sit-navn-ud-vanvittig-rekord |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=DR |language=da-DK}} </ref> The 12 goals he scored against [[GWD Minden]] took him past the 2905 goals scored by [[Yoon Kyung-shin]].

He won the [[2022–23 EHF European League]] with Füchse Berlin.

==Individual awards==
*All-Star Right wing of the World Championship: [[2013 World Men's Handball Championship|2013]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/WorldChampionships/MensWorldChampionships/MensHandballWorldChampionshipSpain2013/News/NewsDetails/tabid/6080/Default.aspx?ID=1485|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914084904/http://ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/WorldChampionships/MensWorldChampionships/MensHandballWorldChampionshipSpain2013/News/NewsDetails/tabid/6080/Default.aspx?ID=1485|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 September 2013|title=All Star Team of the World Championship 2013|date=27 January 2013|publisher=ihf.info|access-date=27 January 2013}}</ref>
*Top scorer [[EHF Champions League]]: [[2012–13 EHF Champions League|2012–2013]].<ref>[http://www.ehfcl.com/men/2012-13/scorers Top scorers]</ref>
*Top scorer of the [[Handball-Bundesliga]] (HBL): 2009–2010, [[2012–13 Handball-Bundesliga|2012–2013]], [[2021–22 Handball-Bundesliga|2021–2022]]
*[[EHF Excellence Awards]] Best right wing of the season: 2022–2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danish players snap up big awards |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/danish-players-snap-up-big-awards/ |access-date=26 June 2023 |website=EHF}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.kindaling.de/blog/kindaling-fragt-nach-hans-lindberg/ Hans Lindberg] at [https://www.kindaling.de/ Kindaling.de]

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