Mette Tranborg

Mette Tranborg
Personal information
Born (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996
Aarhus, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Ferencvárosi TC
Number 18
Youth career
Team
–
 VRI
–
 SK Aarhus
Senior clubs
Years Team
2012–2017
 SK Aarhus
2017–2020
 Odense Håndbold
2020–2025
 Team Esbjerg
2025–
 Ferencvárosi TC
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–
 Denmark 129 (281)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2024 Paris Team
World Championship
2021 Spain
European Championship
2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro
2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland
IHF Junior World Championship
2014 Croatia
IHF Youth World Championship
2012 Montenegro
European Junior Championship
2013 Denmark
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 3 December 2025

Mette Tranborg (born 1 January 1996) is a Danish handball player for Ferencvárosi TC and the Danish national team.[1][2][3]

Club career

Mette Tranborg broke though the SK Aarhus first team at the age of 16. She was the first player in Danish league to be exempted from the minimum age requirements to play.[4] She was awarded the Best Female Talent in the Danish league in the 2014/2015 season.[5]

In 2017 she switched to league rivals Odense Håndbold, where she was one of the key players for 2.5 seasons. She missed the last half season due to a Cruciate ligament injury.

In 2020 she switched to Team Esbjerg. In the 2021-22 season she came second in the Danish Championship. In the final, she missed a second shot against Odense Håndbold, which would have taken the final to extra time.[6] The year after she won the Danish Championship.[7] In April 2025 it was announced that from the 2025-26 season she would join Hungarian Ferencvaros.[8]

National team

Tranborg was part of the Danish youth team that won gold medals at the 2012 Women's Youth World Handball Championship.[4] At the 2013 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship and the 2014 Women's Junior World Handball Championship she won bronze medals.[9][10]

She played her first match for the Danish senior national team on 4 June 2014. Her first major international tournament was the 2014 European Championship.[11]

At the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship she won bronze medals, and silver medals at the 2022 European Championship.[12][13]

She missed the 2023 World Championship due to a cruciate ligament injury.[14]

At the 2024 Olympics she won bronze medals.[15][16] This was the first time the Denmark team participated in the Olympics in 12 years.

As the injury was still nagging her and due to exhaustion after the Olympics, she opted out of participating in the 2024 European Championship. She did however enter the squad after an injury to Stine Eiberg.[17] She then went on to she win silver medals losing to Norway in the final.[18]

She missed the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship due to injury.[19]

Achievements

Club competitions

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ "Mette Tranborg: Career & Statistics". EHF. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  2. ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ^ "23rd Women's World Championship 2017" (PDF). International Handball Federation.
  4. ^ a b "Den ydmyge storskytte" (in Danish). Aarhus Stiftstidende. 29 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Årets Kvindelige Talent". Top Håndbold (in Danish).
  6. ^ "Drama: Odense Håndbold genvinder kvindernes DM-guld" (in Danish). TV2 Fyn. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Esbjerg ydmyger Odense og vinder DM-guld" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Landsholdsspillers skifte til storklub er officielt". Tv2. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Jublende U19-piger: Den fik max røv" (in Danish). sport.tv2.dk. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Nur sechs Treffer in der zweiten Halbzeit: Deutschland verliert Bronze nach 20:21 gegen Dänemark" (in German). German Handball Association. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Danmark må undvære Stine Jørgensen i EM-drama" (in Danish). jyllands-posten.dk. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Håndboldkvinder slår Spanien og tager VM-bronze" (in Danish). tvmidtvest.dk. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Denmark - Team report 2022 European Championship". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  14. ^ "Efter frygtelig nyhed har Tranborg fundet roen: 'Ved at jeg kommer ud på den anden side'". Danmarks Radio. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  15. ^ olympics.com: Paris 2024: Medallists, retrieved 11 August 2024
  16. ^ "Håndboldkvinderne vinder EM-sølv" (in Danish). danskhaandbold.dk. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  17. ^ "Fænomenal forsvarsspiller indkaldt for at undgå dansk skrøbelighed". Danmarks Radio. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Norway take ninth EHF EURO trophy". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  19. ^ Rasmus Lomholdt Leth (21 November 2025). ""Et stort tab" – danske stjerner ude af VM" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  20. ^ "Pokalfightere" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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