Johan Hansen
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| Full name | Jóhan á Plógv Hansen | ||||||||||||||
| Born |
1 May 1994 Thórshavn, Faroe Islands | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kilograms (180 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Right Wing | ||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Youth clubs | |||||||||||||||
| 1999-2010 2010-2011 |
Kyndil SEHA | ||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||
| 2011-2015 2015- |
Skanderborg Håndbold Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | ||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| 2011-2012 2015- |
Faroe Islands Denmark[1] |
4 (18) 2 (5) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jóhan á Plógv Hansen (born 1 May 1994) is a Danish/Faroese handballer, currently playing for Danish club Bjerringbro-Silkeborg. He has previously represented Faroe Islands national team, but due to the structure of the Danish Realm Greenlandic and Faeroese players can themselves decide which national team they wish to represent. As Johan Hansen had already played for Faroe Islands national team, his wishes about representing the Danish national team resulted in a two-year suspension from international handball. Former Danish national coach Ulrik Wilbek expressed that he hoped and wished for Johan Hansen to change his nationality in order to be available for various Danish national team.[2]
On May 29, 2015 he was called up to the Danish national team as a part of the squard in the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship qualification.[3] He made debut for the Danish national team on the 10th of June 2015 in a match against Lithuania.
In 2012 he represented Faroe Islands in the 2012 EHF Challenge Trophy. They made it all the way to final, where they lost to Moldovia.[4]
Club career
Hansen started his handball career with the faroese club Kyndil in Thórshavn at the age of 4. He played football alongside his handball and made the cut for the Faroe Island U17 national footballteam. However, in the end he decided to stick with handball.
Skanderborg Håndbold
In 2010 he was selected to join SHEA - Skanderborg Håndbold Elite Academy and moved to Denmark shortly after turning 16 years old.
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
On 3 March 2015 it was announced that Johan Hansen would join Bjerringbro-Silkeborg on a three-year contract, starting at the 2015-16 season.[5][6] The transfer meant that Johan Hansen was bought free of his contract with Skanderborg Håndbold, with whom he had one year left on his contract.
National team career
Jóhan á Plógv Hansen won silver with the Danish national U21 handball team in 2015 in Brazil. He was chosen as one of the best players and became one of the All Star team as the best right wing player.[7][8]
References
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- ↑ "SLOVENIA READY FOR EHF EURO 2016; FRANCE, DENMARK REMAIN UNBEATEN". EHF. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ↑ hbold.dk - Wilbek vil have nationaliseret en spiller
- ↑ "UNGE FLØJE FÅR CHANCEN PÅ A-LANDSHOLDET(Danish)". DHF. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ↑ "2012 Men's Challenge Trophy Final". EHF. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ↑ Nielsen, Kasper Højstrup (3 March 2015). "Talentfuld topscorer skifter til topklub" (in Danish). Sporten.TV2.dk. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ↑ Løytved, Jonas. "Fløjtalent skifter til Bjerringbro-Silkeborg" (in Danish). bjerringbro-silkeborg.dk. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ↑ sporten.tvs.dk
- ↑ Egholm, Sverri (2 August 2015). "Jóhan á Plógv er heimsins besti høgri vongur" (in Faroese). Portal.fo. Retrieved 25 October 2015.