Mathias Gidsel

Mathias Gidsel (born 8 February 1999) is a Danish handball player for Füchse Berlin and the Danish national team.[2][3][4]

Mathias Gidsel
Personal information
Born (1999-02-08) 8 February 1999
Skjern, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Füchse Berlin
Number 19
Youth career
Years Team
0000–2014
 Skjern Håndbold
2014–2017
 GOG Håndbold
Senior clubs
Years Team
2017–2022
 GOG Håndbold
2022–
 Füchse Berlin
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–
 Denmark 48[1] (244)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2021 Egypt
Gold medal – first place2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Youth World Championship
Bronze medal – third place2017 Georgia

He represented Denmark at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.[5][6] He also participated at the 2020 Olympics, and the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.

Honours
Individual awards
  • All-Star Right back of the World Championship: 2021[7]
  • All-Star Right back of the European Championship: 2022[8]
  • Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Olympic Games: 2020[9]
  • Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the World Championship: 2023[10]
  • Top Scorer at the World Championship: 2023 (60 goals)
  • Handball-Planet - Best young player in the world: 2021[11]
  • Danish Player of the year: 2021[12]
  • Danish National team Player of the year: 2022[13]
  • EHF Excellence Awards Best right back of the season: 2022/23[14]

References
  1. "Gidsel national team stats". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. EHF profile
  3. "Gidsel kan få landsholdsdebut" (in Danish). Ekstrabladet.dk. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. "Mathias Gidsel". dhf.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. "Nikolaj Jacobsen indkalder 20 spillere til VM". Danish Handball Federation (DHF). 17 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  6. "Team Roster Denmark" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  7. "Egypt 2021 All-star Team". ihf.info. 31 January 2021.
  8. "MVP Gottfridsson leads seven-nation All-star Team". eurohandball.com. 30 January 2022.
  9. "Tokyo 2020 Men's All-Star Team". IHF. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  10. "Poland/Sweden 2023 All-Star Team Revealed". IHF. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  11. "Best young player 2021". 1 April 2022.
  12. "Mathias Gidsel er årets mandlige håndboldspiller 2021". hbold.dk. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  13. "Årets mandlige landsholdsspiller er fundet: – Den mest fortjente kåring længe, understreger ekspert". Hbold.dk. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  14. "Danish players snap up big awards". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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