Jakob Larsen (handballer)

Jakob Rosbach Larsen (born 4 July 1974) is a Greenlandic/Danish retired handball player and current manager of the Danish club Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub, where he has coached since 2017.[1] He has previously been the manager of GOG Gudme. Larsen became Danish champion, as player, with GOG in 2007. He has a Master of Science degree in sport sciences from the University of Southern Denmark.

Jakob Larsen
Personal information
Full name Jakob Rosbach Larsen
Born (1974-07-04) 4 July 1974
Maniitsoq, Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (Manager)
Senior clubs
Years Team
1994-1998
 Nyborg GIF Håndbold
1998-2000
 GOG
2001-2001
 Otterup HK
2001
 Zaragoza
2001-2004
 GOG
2004-2006
 Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
2006-2010
 GOG
2010-2012
 Faaborg HK
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997-2010
 Greenland 87 (502)
Teams managed
2011
 Odense HF
2011-2012
 HC Odense & HC FYN
2012-2017
 GOG
2017-
 Nykøbing Falster

Career

Larsen played for four years for the Danish club, Nyborg GIF Håndbold, moving to the Danish Handball League at GOG. He played to season with GOG before moving to Otterup HK in the 2000–201 season. The Spanish side Zaragoza noticed Jakob Larsen during the 2001 World Championship in a match against Spain and Larsen was sold to Zaragoza in February 2001.

Larsen returned to Denmark that same year and joined a local club in Odense in order to combine handball and his studies. He later rejoined GOG. In 2004, he signed with the French side Saint-Raphaël Var Handball, playing for two seasons with the club. In 2006, he returned to GOG and played until the club's bankruptcy in 2010. In all, Larsen won two Danish championships with GOG. He played the following two season for Faaborg HK on an amateur contract before starting his career as a trainer.

References
  1. Hounsgaard, Hardy (January 26, 2017). "GOG-træner ny træner i Nykøbing Falster | fyens.dk". fyens.dk.


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