Hans Lindberg
Danish handball player (born 1981)
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Hans Óttar Lindberg Tómasson (born 1 August 1981) is a Danish handball player of Icelandic descent[1] for HØJ Elite and a former player of Danish national team.[2] He has played the second most matches for the Danish national team,[3] and measured in years he has the record for longest time on the national team ever[4] as well as oldest player for the Danish team.[5] He is also the all time German Bundesliga top scorer.[6]
Høje-Taastrup, Denmark
| Hans Lindberg | |||
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Lindberg with HSV Hamburg in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Hans Óttar Lindberg Tómasson | ||
| Born |
1 August 1981 Høje-Taastrup, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | Danish | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | HØJ Elite | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
– | Høj Ølstykke | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1999–2005 | Team Helsinge | ||
2005–2007 | Viborg HK | ||
2007–2016 | HSV Hamburg | ||
2016–2024 | Füchse Berlin | ||
2024– | HØJ Elite | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2024 | Denmark | 308 | (809) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 29. January 2024 | |||
He won the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship and the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship with the Danish national team.[7][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]
From 2016 to 2024 he played for Füchse Berlin.
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.[20]
Individual awards
- All-Star Right wing of the World Championship: 2013[21]
- Top scorer EHF Champions League: 2012–2013.[22]
- Top scorer of the Handball-Bundesliga (HBL): 2009–2010, 2012–2013, 2021–2022
- EHF Excellence Awards Best right wing of the season: 2022–2023[23]
