Silje Brøns Petersen
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Herlev, Denmark
| Silje Brøns Petersen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Brøns in January 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
5 December 1994 Herlev, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | German/Danish | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | BSV Sachsen Zwickau | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2011–2013 | Rødovre HK | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2013–2015 | Virum-Sorgenfri HK | ||
2015–2016 | Siófok KC | ||
2016 | Virum-Sorgenfri HK | ||
2016–2020 | HSG Blomberg-Lippe | ||
2021–2022 | TuS Metzingen | ||
2022–1/2024 | København Håndbold | ||
1/2024–7/2024 | PDO Handball Team Salerno | ||
7/2024–2025 | EH Aalborg | ||
2025– | BSV Sachsen Zwickau | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Germany | 23 | (23) |
Silje Brøns Petersen (born 5 December 1994) is a Danish-German handball player who plays for PDO Handball Team Salerno and since 2024 the German national team.[1] She is under contract with German Bundesliga club BSV Sachsen Zwickau.
Brøns Petersen comes from the Copenhagen suburb of Herlev. She comes from a handball family: Her father was a player and is now a coach, her mother was a Champions League winner and her older sisters Emilie and Nikoline also play handball professionally as well.[2]
Club career
As a teenager, Brøns Petersen was part of the Danish team at Rødovre HK and moved to the second division team Virum-Sorgefri HK in 2013.
In 2015, she moved to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Siófok KC.[3] In Spring 2016, her one-year contract was extended,[4] but in May of the same year the contract was terminated[5] and Petersen returned to Virum-Sorgefri. In December 2016 she moved to HSG Blomberg-Lippe.[2] In February 2018, her contract was extended to 2020.[6] She then moved to TuS Metzingen.[7] From the summer of 2022, she was under contract with the Danish first division club København Håndbold.[8] In January 2024, she moved to the Italian first division club PDO Handball Team Salerno.[9] In the summer of 2024, she signed a contract with the Danish club EH Aalborg.[10] For the 2025/26 season, Silje Brøns Petersen moved to the German Bundesliga club BSV Sachsen Zwickau.[11]
