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Niklas Landin Jacobsen (born 19 December 1988) is a Danish handballer for THW Kiel and the Denmark national team.[1]
He has previously played for Rhein-Neckar Löwen. He is European Champion with the Danish national team, after winning the 2012 Championship in Serbia, defeating the host nation in the final, 21–19. Niklas Landin is the captain of the Denmark national team.[2][3]
In 2011 and 2013, he won silver medal at the World Men's Handball Championship. In 2016, he was part of the Danish team that won Olympic gold. With the Danish national team, he won the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. He is the older brother of fellow THW Kiel player and Danish international Magnus Landin Jacobsen. Landin Jacobsen was named the IHF World Player of the Year for 2019 and for 2021. He was the first player to be named two consecutive times. In 2021, he won the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship, posting a save rate of 30%.
Club career GOG Svendborg TGI
In 2006 Landin signed with GOG Svendborg TGI. He stayed with the club until the start of 2010, where the club faced financial distress and players were allowed to negotiate with other clubs.
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
Landin signed with Bjerringbro-Silkeborg a contract starting from the 2010 season, but due to GOG Svendborg financial distress, Landin joined BSV in the beginning of 2010. He quickly became first choice and remained with club until 2012.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Landin joined the club on a three-year deal, starting 2012–13 season. He was a part of the team that won the 2012–13 EHF Cup.
THW Kiel
On 7 August 2014, THW Kiel announced that Landin would join the club on a three-year contract, starting from the 2015 season.[4] He won the 2015 Super Cup with THW Kiel in a close match against SG Flensburg-Handewitt.
Honours
EHF Champions League: Gold: 2020
EHF Cup: Gold: 2013, 2019
German Championship: Gold: 2019/20, 2020/21
DHB-Pokal: Gold: 2017, 2019, 2022
German Super Cup: Gold: 2015
Danish Championship:
Gold: 2007 Silver: 2011, 2012 Bronze: 2010
Danish Handball Cup Silver: 2007, 2008
Individual awards
IHF World Player of the Year – Men: 2019, 2021
All-Star Goalkeeper of the Olympic Games: 2016
All-Star Goalkeeper of the World Championship: 2013,[10] 2019
All-Star Goalkeeper of the European Championship: 2014
All-Star Goalkeeper of the Youth World Championship: 2007
Danish Player of the Year: 2012,[12] 2014,[13] 2020
Danish National team Player of the year: 2014,[15] 2020,[16] 2021[17]
Handball-Bundesliga Best Goalkeeper: 2014, 2015,[18] 2017[19]
All-Star Goalkeeper of the EHF Champions League: 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021,[20] 2022[21]
Handball Player of the Year in Germany: 2021
2023! Niklas Landin to join Aalborg Handbold
The Danish world star Niklas Landin will change from the summer of 2023 to Aalborg Handball on a 4-year contract.
In his career, Niklas Landin has built up an impressive CV, which under the auspices of the club, among others. counts German champion and EHF Champions League winner, while he with the Danish national team has helped to win both the Olympics, World Cup and European Championships.
Personally, the world-class goalkeeper has also reaped a lot of honors. In 2019, he was named the world’s best player by the International Handball Federation, and last week he received the same prestigious award for 2021. Niklas Landin is thus the first male player to win the prestigious title twice in a row, as there was no found a winner in 2020.
In 2008, he made his debut on the Danish national team, and he is now listed for 241 matches in the national team. Today, Niklas Landin is the national team captain, and for the past two seasons he has been named Male National Team Player of the Year for the second and third time in his career, respectively.
At club level, he has since 2015 represented the German big club THW Kiel, and from the summer of 2023 he pulls on the Aalborg goalkeeper uniform – and that is of course something that pleases a proud director.
– It is huge for all of us in Aalborg Handball. Niklas has proven over the past many seasons that he is rightly considered to be the world’s best goalkeeper, and it is of course with great pride that we can now present him. He has time and time again decided some of the greatest handball matches, and his unique qualities speak for themselves. I am sure that he will be a decisive factor in the hunt for even more titles for the club, says director Jan Larsen.
Niklas Landin most recently played in the Danish league back in 2012, and the main character is looking forward to a reunion with everyday life in Denmark and not least to become part of Aalborg Handball.
– I have had some fantastic years in Germany, but recently there have been some family challenges that we solve best by returning home to Denmark. At the same time, I also continue to have great sporting ambitions, and here Aalborg Handball was the perfect match.
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