Hans Lindberg

For Swedish ice hockey player, see Hans Lindberg (ice hockey).
Hans Lindberg

Hans Lindberg with HSV Hamburg in 2008
Personal information
Full nameHans Óttar Lindberg Tómasson
Born1 August 1981
Høje-Taastrup, Denmark
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight88 kilograms (194 lb)
Playing positionRight wing
Club information
Current clubHSV Hamburg
Number18
Senior clubs
1999–2005
2005–2007
2007–		Team Helsinge
Viborg HK
HSV Hamburg
National team
2003–Denmark192 (545)[1]

Hans Lindberg (born 1 August 1981) is a Danish handball player, formerly an Icelandic citizen. He is of Icelandic ancestry, and was raised by his Icelandic parents from Hafnarfjörður.[2] He won the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship and the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship with the Danish national handball team.[3] He currently plays for German Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) side HSV Handball.

Career

Hans Lindberg started his career in Team Helsinge. In 2006 Team Helsinge merged with Hillerød HK, and is now Nordsjælland Håndbold.

Hans Lindberg became the 2009–2010 and 2012–2013 season's Bundesliga Best Goal Scorer[4]

He won 2012–13 EHF Champions League with HSV Hamburg, becoming top scorer in the tournament.

Individual awards

References

  1. ↑ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Íslendingurinn í danska landsliðinu". Vísir. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Denmark" – European Handbal Federation (Retrieved on January 31, 2008)
  4. ↑ "Bundesliga Season 09/10 Best Goal Scorer" – Handball-Bundesliga (Retrieved on November 11, 2010)
  5. ↑ "All Star Team of the World Championship 2013". ihf.info. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  6. ↑ Top scorers