Nikolaj Jacobsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Nikolaj Jacobsen

Danish handball player

Date of Birth: 22-Nov-1971

Place of Birth: Viborg, Central Denmark Region, Denmark

Profession: coach, handball player, handball coach

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen (born 22 November 1971) is a Danish handball coach and former player.He is former manager of Danish U-19 Girl handball club Gudme HK U-19 and currently Denmark national handball team.
As a coach, Jacobsen won the 2013 Danish Handball League with Aalborg Håndbold, and led Rhein-Neckar Löwen to back-to-back German Handball-Bundesliga championships in the 2016 and 2017 season.
He is the first Danish manager to win the German Bundesliga. During his playing career, Jacobsen predominantly played as a left wingman, and most prominently represented Danish team GOG Håndbold and German team THW Kiel.
He won three Danish Handball League championships with GOG, as well as three Handball-Bundesliga championships and two European EHF Cup titles with Kiel.
Jacobsen played a total 148 games and scored 584 goals for the Denmark national handball team from 1991 to 2003, and was named 1993 and 1999 Danish Handball Player of the Year.