Mads Mensah Larsen
| Mads Mensah Larsen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Larsen in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
12 August 1991 Holbæk, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | Danish | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Skjern Håndbold | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
– | Himmelev | ||
– | Holbæk | ||
– | FIF | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2009–2012 | AG København | ||
2010–2011 | → Nordsjælland Håndbold (loan) | ||
2012–2014 | Aalborg Håndbold | ||
2014–2020 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | ||
2020–2025 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
2025– | Skjern Håndbold | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2026 | Denmark | 225 | (341) |
Medal record | |||
Mads Mensah Larsen (born 12 August 1991) is a Danish handball player for Skjern Håndbold and formerly the Denmark national team.[1]
Mensah started his senior career at AG København, where he won the Danish Championship in 2012. In 2010-11 he was loaned out to Nordsjælland Håndbold. He left AGK in 2012, when the team went bankrupt.[2][3] He then joined Aalborg Håndbold,[4] where he also won the Danish Championship. In 2014 he went abroad to the German clubs Rhein-Neckar Löwen and SG Flensburg-Handewitt. In 2025 he returned to Denmark to join Skjern Håndbold, despite his contract with Flensburg-Handewitt running until 2026.[5] After the club told him his contract would not be extended after 2026, he made the decision to return to Denmark.[5]
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'.[6] He acted mainly as a back-up during the tournament. Due to Denmark's many injuries at the pivot position, he did play there as a makeshift solution in the final.[7] After the tournament, he retired from the Danish national team.[8] Afterwards, the Danish head coach Nikolaj Jacobsen said that he wished Mensah had continued, although he did respect the decision.[9]
He studied Humanistic informatics at Aalborg University. He has a Danish mother and a Ghanaian father.[10]
Honours
References
- ^ "Mads Mensah Larsen". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "AG København er gået konkurs" [AG København is bankrupt] (in Danish). Politiken. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "Kasi-Jesper færdig med AG København" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ^ "Statistic Men's National Team. Team Roster, Denmark". DHF. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Mensah forlader storklub og skifter til Danmark". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ "Euro 2026 Final - Match Report". European Handball Federation. 1 February 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ "Mensah som vikar på stregen" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 1 February 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ "Mensah stopper på landsholdet" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 5 February 2026. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ "Landstræner er ikke enig i beslutning – men respekterer den" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 5 February 2026. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ Browne, Ken (24 September 2020). "Mads Mensah Larsen: Denmark handball's creative force". Retrieved 7 August 2021.
External links
- Mads Mensah Larsen at the European Handball Federation
- Mads Mensah Larsen at Handball-Bundesliga (in German)
- Mads Mensah Larsen at Olympedia
- Mads Mensah Larsen at InterSportStats