Morten_Olsen_(handballer)

Morten Olsen (handballer)

Morten Olsen (handballer)

Danish handball player (born 1984)

Morten Toft Olsen (born 11 October 1984) is a Danish handballer for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg.[1]

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He has previously played for Danish side clubs GOG and Viborg HK. He was released early from his contract with Saint-Raphaël Var Handball to rejoin TSV Hannover-Burgdorf whom he played for in the period 2010 to 2013. He has rejoined TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 1 July 2015 after a short term contract with Al Rayyan SC.[2][3][4] Since 2020 he is back in Denmark.

He debuted for the Danish national team in 2006, but it would take almost a decade before he became a part of the national team setup on a permanent basis, and even then he often acted as backup.[5]

In 2021 he announced his retirement from the national team in order to spend more time with his family.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    EHF profile
  2. [2]
    "Morten Olsen returns to Hannover (deutsch)". sport1.de. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. [3]
    "2005 IHF Men's Junior World Championship" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 5 September 2005.
  4. [4]
    "Statistic Men's National Team. Team Roster, Denmark". DHF. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Morten Olsen stopper på landsholdet". Sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Morten Olsen stopper på landsholdet". Sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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