Hans Lindberg

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

Hans Lindberg
Lindberg with HSV Hamburg in 2008
Personal information
Full name Hans Óttar Lindberg Tómasson
Born (1981-08-01) 1 August 1981
Høje-Taastrup, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club HØJ Elite
Youth career
Team
–
 Høj Ølstykke
Senior clubs
Years Team
1999–2005
 Team Helsinge
2005–2007
 Viborg HK
2007–2016
 HSV Hamburg
2016–2024
 Füchse Berlin
2024–
 HØJ Elite
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2024
 Denmark 308 (809)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Germany/Denmark
Gold medal – first place 2023 Poland/Sweden
Silver medal – second place 2011 Sweden
Silver medal – second place 2013 Spain
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2008 Norway
Gold medal – first place 2012 Serbia
Silver medal – second place 2014 Denmark
Silver medal – second place 2024 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 29. January 2024

Hans Óttar Lindberg Tómasson (born 1 August 1981) is a Danish handball player of Icelandic descent[1] for HØJ Elite and a former player of Danish national team.[2] He has played the second most matches for the Danish national team,[3] and measured in years he has the record for longest time on the national team ever[4] as well as oldest player for the Danish team.[5] He is also the all time German Bundesliga top scorer.[6]

He won the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship and the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship with the Danish national team.[7] He currently plays for Füchse Berlin.[8]

He is of Icelandic descent[9] as both of Lindberg's parents, Tómas Erling Lindberg and Sigrún Sigurðardóttir, are Icelandic. His parents played handball in Iceland with Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar.[9] He had Icelandic citizenship until he was 18. His paternal grandparents immigrated to Iceland from Suduroy on the Faroe Islands in the mid-1940s.[10]

He is sometimes referred to as the Icelander on the Danish national team in Icelandic media.[11][10] He understands Icelandic in conversation but is unable or refuses to speak Icelandic when speaking to media.[12]

Career

Lindberg played primarily football as a kid, but later switched to handball.[13] He started playing handball at the club Høj Ølstykke. His professional career in Team Helsinge. In 2006, Team Helsinge merged with Hillerød HK, and is now Nordsjælland Håndbold.[14] Between 2005 and 2007 he played for Viborg HK In the 2006-07 season, he was the top scorer in the Danish league with 187 goals in 26 matches. Viborg reached the final of the Danish Championship, but lost to GOG Svendborg TGI.[15][16]

In 2007, he joined German club HSV Hamburg. It was reported in Danish media that THW Kiel was also interested in him, but it was denied by the club.[17] With HSV, he won the DHB-Supercup in 2009. He won 2012–13 EHF Champions League with HSV Hamburg, becoming top scorer in the tournament.

Lindberg became the 2009–2010, 2012–2013, and 2021–2022 season's Bundesliga Best Goal Scorer.[18]

On 20 May 2023, Lindberg became the highest scoring player in Bundesliga history.[19] The 12 goals he scored against GWD Minden took him past the 2905 goals scored by Yoon Kyung-shin.

He won the 2022–23 EHF European League with Füchse Berlin.

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ "Hans Lindberg skipt út úr danska hópnum". 12 January 2019.
  2. ^ EHF profile
  3. ^ "Haandbold info - Herre A-landsholdspillere - Rangliste landskampe". www.haslund.info. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Håndbold info - Herre A-landsholdspillere - Længst fra debut til sidste". www.haslund.info. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Haandbold info - Herre A-landsholdspillere - Ældst på landsholdet". www.haslund.info. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Neuer Rekordschütze der Handball Bundesliga: Hans Lindberg zieht an Kyung-Shin Yoon vorbei" (in German). handball-world.news. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Denmark" Archived 29 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine – European Handbal Federation (Retrieved on 31 January 2008)
  8. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Hans Lindberg skipt út úr danska hópnum" (in Icelandic). 12 January 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Íslendingurinn í danska landsliðinu" (in Icelandic). Vísir. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Hans Óttar Lindberg: Svolítið sérstakir leikir".
  12. ^ @thorkellg (10 January 2020). "@tomthordarson Ég tala alltaf við..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "Lindberg schweigt und trifft" (in German). welt.de. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  14. ^ "Daníel til liðs við Team Helsinge" (in Icelandic). mbl.is. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  15. ^ Archived (Date missing) at dhf.dk (Error: unknown archive URL)
  16. ^ Archived (Date missing) at dhf.dk (Error: unknown archive URL)
  17. ^ ""Wir wollten Lindberg nicht" ["We don't want Lindberg"] (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt. 16 January 2007.
  18. ^ "Bundesliga Season 09/10 Best Goal Scorer" – Handball-Bundesliga (Retrieved on 11 November 2010)
  19. ^ "2907: Målkongen Hans Lindberg skriver sit navn ud for vanvittig rekord". DR (in Danish). 20 May 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  20. ^ "All Star Team of the World Championship 2013". ihf.info. 27 January 2013. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  21. ^ Top scorers
  22. ^ "Danish players snap up big awards". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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