Andrea Jacobsen
| Andrea Jacobsen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Andrea Jacobsen in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
9 April 1998 Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Nationality | Icelandic | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | HSG Blomberg-Lippe | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
-2018 | Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir | ||
2018-2022 | Kristianstad HK | ||
2022-2023 | EH Aalborg | ||
2023-2024 | Silkeborg-Voel KFUM | ||
2024- | HSG Blomberg-Lippe | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | Iceland | 66 | (116) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 November 2025 | |||
Andrea Jacobsen (born 9 April 1998) is an Icelandic handball player for the Icelandic national team and HSG Blomberg-Lippe.
Career
Jacobsen started playing handball at the Icelandic team Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir, where she helped the team getting promoted to the besta deild kvenna in 2017.[1] In 2018 she joined Swedish team Kristianstad HK.[2]
When her former partner Teitur Örn Einarsson signed for SG Flensburg-Handewitt, she started to look for a team closer to Flensburg. Therefore, she signed for the Danish team EH Aalborg in the Danish second tier.[3][4] In 2023 she joined Danish top league team Silkeborg-Voel KFUM.[5] Here she played for a single season before joined German Bundesliga team HSG Blomberg-Lippe in 2024.[6] With the club she reached the Final Four of the EHF European League in her first season.
National team
Jacobsen played with the Icelandic youth team at the 2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, where Iceland finished 10th and Jacobsen scored 10 goals.[7]
In 2017 she made her debut for the Icelandic national team.[8][9]
She represented Iceland at the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship, where Iceland finished 25th. Jacobsen scored 6 goals during the tournament.[10] She represented Iceland again two years later at the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.[11]
References
- ^ "Fjölnir upp í úrvalsdeild" (in Icelandic). mbl.is. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Andrea Jacobsen: "Kastat bort vinsterna"" (in Swedish). handbollsligan.se. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Club in der Nähe von Flensburg gesucht" (in German). fla.de. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "EH Aalborg henter islandsk landsholdsspiller til klubben" (in Danish). europamester.dk. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Islandsk landsholdsspiller til Silkeborg-Voel" (in Danish). Silkeborg-Voel KFUM. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "HSG Blomberg-Lippe holt nächste isländische Nationalspielerin" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "IHF Women's Junior (U20) World Championship: Iceland" (PDF). archive.ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Axel valdi fimm unga nýliða" (in Icelandic). mbl.is. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "A-landslið kvenna l æfingar i lok oktober". hsi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "26th IHF Women's World Championship: Iceland" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ Franz, Daníel (7 November 2025). "A landslið kvenna | 16 manna HM hópur klár". hsi.is. Retrieved 12 November 2025.