Kevin Møller

Kevin Møller
Møller in 2024
Personal information
Full name Kevin Kam Møller
Born (1989-06-20) 20 June 1989
Løgumkloster, Tønder, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Youth career
Years Team
–2005
 Tinglev IF
2005–2008
 GOG
Senior clubs
Years Team
2008–2010
 Faaborg HK
2010–2011
 Viking HK
2011–2014
 GOG
2014–2018
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2018–2021
 FC Barcelona
2021–2026
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2026–
 GOG
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–
 Denmark 79 (7)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
2021 Egypt
2023 Poland/Sweden
2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway
European Championship
2026 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
2022 Hungary/Slovakia

Kevin Kam Møller (born 20 June 1989) is a Danish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and for the Danish national team.[1][2]

Career

Møller started playing handball at Tinglev IF. He later joined the youth team of GOG Svendborg TGI, where he won the Danish U18 Championship in 2008. Afterwards he joined Faaborg HK for 2 years,[3] before joining Norwegian side Viking Stavanger.

In 2011m he returned to GOG. In the 2014/2015 season he was named the best goalkeeper in the Danish league as part of the all-star team.[4]

In 2014m he joined German Bundesliga team SG Flensburg-Handewitt,[5] Here he won the DHB-Pokal in 2014/15, and the German Championship in 2018.

In 2018m he joined Spanish top club FC Barcelona Handbol.[6] Here he won the Spanish treble (Liga ASOBAL, Copa del Rey de Balonmano, Copa ASOBAL) three times, in 2019, 2020 and 2021. He also won the 2021 EHF Champions League.

In 2021 he returned to Flensburg Handewitt,[7] where he won the EHF European League in 2023/24.

National team

On the Danish national team, he has mostly acted as a backup keeper to first Niklas Landin, and later to Emil Nielsen.[8]

He won the 2021 and 2023 World Championships with the Danish national team.[9]

At the 2020 Olympics, he won silver medals.

At the 2025 World Men's Handball Championshipm he was initially part of the squad, but left the tournament, when his wife went into labour. He was replaced by Jannick Green.[10] Denmark later went on to win the tournament.[11]

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'.[12] He acted mainly as a back-up to Emil Nielsen during the tournament, but would be substituted in and played a key role in the final against Germany, where he won the Player of the Match award.[8]

Honours

References

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ "2018 European Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Nye unge talenter til Faaborg" [New young talents to Faaborg]. www.tv2fyn.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 25 June 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Herreligaens All Star-hold er fundet" [Herreligaens Aal Star team found] (in German). hbold.dk. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Ebenfalls ein Däne: Flensburg findet Rasmussen-Nachfolger" [Another dane: Flensburg finds Rasmussen replacement] (in German). www.handball-world.com. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Barcelona bestätigt Verpflichtung von Flensburg-Keeper Møller" [Barcelona signs Flensburg Keeper Møller] (in German). www.handball-world.news. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Kevin Møller kehrt zur SG Flensburg-Handewitt zurück" [Kevin Møller returns to SG Flensburg-Handewitt] (in German). handball-world.news. 8 October 2020. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  8. ^ a b Jonas Fonnesbæk Madsen (2 February 2026). "Da guldet skulle afgøres, trådte uforudset helt frem i lyset" [When the gold medals was decided, an unexpected hero entered the spotlight] (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Niklas Landin hält den Titel fest: Dänemark ist Handball-Weltmeister 2021" [Niklas Landin holds the title: Denmark is handball world champions 2021] (in German). handball-world.news. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Jannick Green indkaldt til landsholdet" [Jannick Green called up to the national team] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  11. ^ Christian Ipsen (2 February 2025). "Her er Danmarks utrolige rekorder" [Here are Denmark's unbelievable records] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  12. ^ "Euro 2026 Final - Match Report". European Handball Federation. 1 February 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
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