Henrik Møllgaard Jensen (born 2 January 1985) is a Danish handballer for Aalborg Håndbold and the Danish national team.[1]
He is famous for his versatility, especiaclly in the latter half of his career. He is mostly a leftback, but has sometimes played any of the three back positions as well as pivot, when needed.
He has previously played in PSG Handball, KIF Kolding, Kongeå HK, Ribe HK and Skjern Håndbold.[2][3]
Career
He started his senior career at Kolding IF, before moving to AaB Håndbold, and later to Skjern Håndbold in 2012.[4]
In the 2013/2014 he was the topscorer in the Danish League and on the league all-star team as a left back.[5] In that season he won the Danish Cup.[6]
In May 2014 he joined the Qatari club Lekhwiya SC for four weeks on a loan deal.[7]
On 25 June 2015 it was announced that Henrik Møllgaard would be joining PSG Handball on a one-year loan contract, due to a long-term injuries with William Accambray.[8] On 4 January 2016, Skjern Håndbold announced that Henrik Møllgaard would be joining PSG Handball permanently from the start of 2016/2017 season on a three-year contract. PSG Handball paid an undisclosed fee for the transfer. Here he won the French championship in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and the French cup in 2018.
On 27 October 2017, it was announced that he would return to play for Aalborg Håndbold in 2018.[9] Here he won the Danish championship in 2019. 2020, 2021 and 2024.[10][11]
In 2024 Henrik Møllgaard became the player-assistant coach at Aalborg Håndbold, when the club fired head coach Maik Machulla midway through the season. The club decided to promote the former assistant coach to Machulla, Simon Dahl to head coach, and give Møllgaard the position as assistant to Dahl.[12][13]
In December 2024 he announced that he would retire as a player at the end of the season, and leave Aalborg Håndbold. He will then join his former team PSG Handball as assistant coach.[14][15] He played his last match for the Danish national team on 15 March 2025 against France, and was celebrated by the Danish fans after the match.[16]
In February 2025 he won the Danish Cup with Aalborg Håndbold, beating Bjerringbro-Silkeborg in the final.[17]
Individual awards
- Best Defence Player of the European Championship: 2016[18]
- Top Goalscorer of the Danish Handball League: 2014
- Best Defence Player of EHF Champions League: 2021[19]
- Danish Handball Cup MVP 2012[20]
References
- ^ EHF profile
- ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "2005 IHF Men's Junior World Championship" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 5 September 2005.
- ^ "Henrik Møllgaard til Skjern Håndbold". Tv Midtvest.
- ^ "Herreligaens All Star-hold er fundet" [Herreligaens All star team found] (in Danish). www.hbold.dk. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ "Skjerns pokalguld i tal" [Skjerns Cup Gold in numbers]. www.skjernhaandbold.dk (in Danish). Skjern Håndbold. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "Skjern sender Møllgaard til Qatar" [Skjern sends Møllgaard to Qatar] (in Danish). hbold.dk. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ^ "Henrik Møllgaard in Paris for one season". psghand.fr. PSG. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ Vikkelsø Andersen, Steven (27 October 2017). "Landsholdsstjerne Henrik Møllgaard er tilbage i Aalborg". TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Aalborg vinder historisk pokaltitel efter stort drama" [Aalborg wins historic cup title after huge drama]. sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Aalborg sichert sich Meisterschaft im entscheidenden dritten Spiel" [Aalborg secures championship in crucial last game] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Überraschendes Aus für Maik Machulla in Aalborg" [Surprise for Maik Machulla at Aalborg] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ "Aalborg tog et opgør – og det kostede cheftræneren jobbet" [Aalborg picked a fight - and it cost the head coach his job]. sport.tv2.dk/ (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Olympiasieger kündigt Karriereende an" [Olympic Champion announces retirement] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Paris St. Germain löst die Trainerfrage" [PSG solves the coach question] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Farvel til Møllgaard" [Goodbye Møllgaard]. sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ Christensen, Mikkel (16 February 2025). "Aalborg vinder pokalturneringen" [Aalborg wins the cup] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark.
- ^ "EHF EURO 2016 All-Stars named". EHF EURO 2016 official website. 31 January 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Barça All-star Team favourites; Landin and Hansen top votes". eurohandball.com. 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Tidligere pokalfightere". tophaandbold. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
External links
- Henrik Møllgaard at the European Handball Federation
- Henrik Møllgaard at the Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French)
- Henrik Møllgaard at Olympedia
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