Emil Jakobsen
Danish handball player (born 1998)
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Emil Jakobsen (born 24 January 1998) is a Danish handball player for the German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Danish national team.[1]
Kerteminde, Denmark
| Emil Jakobsen | |||
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Jakobsen in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Emil Manfeldt Jakobsen | ||
| Born |
24 January 1998 Kerteminde, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | Danish | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2001–2011 | Kerteminde HK | ||
2011–2016 | GOG Håndbold | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2016–2021 | GOG Håndbold | ||
2021– | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Denmark | 111 | (406) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 1 February 2026 | |||
He joined his current club, Flensburg-Handewitt in 2021 on a three-year contract. In 2022 he announced that he had prolonged the contract until 2026.[2]
He represented Denmark at the 2021,[3][4] 2023, and the 2025 World Championships,[5] where he won gold medals on all three occasions.[6][7] Furthermore, he also won gold modals at the 2024 Olympics.[8]
Career
Jakobsen started playing handball in his hometown at Kerteminde HK. He switched to the GOG Håndbold youth team in 2011. In the 2016/2017, he debuted for the league senior team. In the 2017/18 season, he came third in the league, and in 2018/2019, he came second with GOG. In both season he was named as the 'talent of the season' in Danish handball.[9] In 2019, he won the Danish Men's Handball Cup. In the 2020-2021 season with GOG Håndbold, he was the top scorer in the EHF European League. In the 2020-21 season, he was the topscorer in the ordinary season in the Danish league with 244 goals.[10]
In 2021, he joined the German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt.[11] Here he won the EHF European League in 2024.
At the EHF Excellence Awards in both 2024 and 2025, he was named best left wing in the previous season.[12][13]
At the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship he won gold medals, meaning that Denmark held both the World, European and Olympic titles at the same time, as only the second team ever after France's 'Les Experts'.[14]
Personal life
He was in a relationship with Danish women's handball player Helena Elver until 2025.[15]
Achievements
- EHF Excellence Awards: Left Wing of the Season 2023/24,[13] 2024/25[12]
- Top Scorer at the 2020–21 EHF European League[16] (96 goals)
- All-Star Team as Best Left wing Danish League: 2019–20, 2020–21[17]
- All-Star Team as Best Left Wing at the 2017 Youth World Championship[18]
- Årets Talent (talent of the year): 2018, 2019[9]
- Danish league topscorer 2021-2022[10]
