Hans Lindberg

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He won the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship and the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship with the Danish national team.[7] He currently plays for Füchse Berlin.[8]

He is of Icelandic descent[9] as both of Lindberg's parents, Tómas Erling Lindberg and Sigrún Sigurðardóttir, are Icelandic. His parents played handball in Iceland with Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar.[9] He had Icelandic citizenship until he was 18. His paternal grandparents immigrated to Iceland from Suduroy on the Faroe Islands in the mid-1940s.[10]

He is sometimes referred to as the Icelander on the Danish national team in Icelandic media.[11][10] He understands Icelandic in conversation but is unable or refuses to speak Icelandic when speaking to media.[12]

Career

Lindberg played primarily football as a kid, but later switched to handball.[13] 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.[14] 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.[15][16]

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.[17] 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.[18]

On 20 May 2023, Lindberg became the highest scoring player in Bundesliga history.[19] 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

References

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