Mathias Gidsel
Appearance
Mathias Gidsel | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born |
Skjern, Denmark | 8 February 1999||
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 | ||
–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 | 75 | (420) |
Mathias Gidsel (born 8 February 1999) is a Danish handball player for Füchse Berlin and the Danish national team.[1][2][3]
A two times winner of the World Championship with Denmark, and the 2023 winner of the Handball-Planet – Best World Handball Player, he is widely recognized as one of the great players of his generation.
At the 2024 European Championship, Gidsel became the highest scorer of the tournament with 54 goals and was included in the All Star Team as the best right back, with Denmark reaching the final but losing out to France in extra time.[4][5]
Honours
[edit]- Danish Handball League:
- Winner: 2022
- EHF European League:
- Winner: 2023
- Individual awards
- IHF World Player of the Year – Men: 2023[6]
- All-Star Right back of the World Championship: 2021[7]
- All-Star Right back of the European Championship: 2022,[8] 2024[9]
- Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Olympic Games: 2020, 2024[10]
- Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the World Championship: 2023[11]
- Top Scorer at the Olympic Games: 2024
- Top Scorer at the World Championship: 2023 (60 goals)
- Top Scorer at the European Championship: 2024 (54 goals)
- Handball-Planet - Best young player in the world: 2021[12]
- Danish Player of the year: 2021[13]
- Danish National team Player of the year: 2022[14]
- EHF Excellence Awards Best right back of the season: 2022/23[15]
- Handball-Planet – Best World Handball Player: 2023[16]
League statistics
[edit]Season | Club | League | GP | Goals | 7-Meter | OPG |
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2017–18 | GOG Håndbold | Håndboldligaen | 4 | 4 | 0/0 (-%) | 4 |
2018–19 | 34 | 28 | 0/0 (-%) | 28 | ||
2019–20 | 24 | 51 | 0/0 (-%) | 51 | ||
2020–21 | 35 | 173 | 3/3 (100%) | 170 | ||
2021–22 | 22 | 116 | 1/1 (100%) | 115 | ||
2022–23 | Füchse Berlin | Bundesliga | 26 | 139 | 0/0 (-%) | 139 |
2017–2023 | combined | combined | 145 | 511 | 4/4 (100%) | 507 |
Note: Games Played and Goals include Play-offs[17]
Major tournament statistics
[edit]Legend | |||||||
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Tnmt | Tournament | GP | Games played | Gls | Goals | ||
Sh | Shots | G% | Goal percentage | 7G | 7-meter goals | ||
7S | 7-meter shots | As | Assists | AG | Assists and Goals | ||
St | Steals | Bl | Blocks | 2M | 2 Minute Suspensions | ||
RC | Red Cards | Pl | Placement of National Team | Bold | Career high | ||
Led the Tournament | Tournament MVP | On All-Star Team |
Tnmt | GP | Gls | Sh | G% | 7G | 7S | As | AG | St | Bl | 2M | RC | Pl |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 WC | 9 | 39 | 49 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1st |
2020 OG | 8 | 46 | 57 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2nd |
2022 EC | 7 | 38 | 43 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3rd |
2023 WC | 9 | 60 | 80 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 102 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1st |
2024 EC | 8 | 54 | 66 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2nd |
References
[edit]- ^ "Mathias Gidsel". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation.
- ^ "Gidsel kan få landsholdsdebut" [Gidsel can make his national team debut]. Ekstrabladet.dk (in Danish). 19 October 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Mathias Gidsel". dhf.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Marjanovic, Marko (28 January 2024). "EHF EURO 2024 ALL-STAR TEAM". Handball Planet. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Handball-EM: Riesige Enttäuschung bei Dänemark - "Das ist brutal"" [European Handball Championship: Huge disappointment for Denmark - "That's brutal"]. handball-world (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "2023 IHF WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNERS REVEALED". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Egypt 2021 All-star Team". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 31 January 2021.
- ^ "MVP Gottfridsson leads seven-nation All-star Team". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Six nations featured in the EHF EURO 2024 All-Star Team". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Men's All-Star team revealed". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Poland/Sweden 2023 All-Star Team Revealed". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Best young player 2021". handball-world. 1 April 2022. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "Mathias Gidsel er årets mandlige håndboldspiller 2021" [Mathias Gidsel is the male handball player of the year 2021]. hbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Årets mandlige landsholdsspiller er fundet: – Den mest fortjente kåring længe, understreger ekspert" [The male national team player of the year has been found: - The most deserved award for a long time, emphasizes the expert]. hbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Danish players snap up big awards". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Mathias Gidsel is HP World Handball Player 2023". Handball-planet.com. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "Spiller data: Mathias Gidsel" [Player data: Mathias Gidsel]. tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Denmark – Players, Team and Season Information". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "IHF Top Scorers Statistics World Championships". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "IHF Top Scorers Statistics Olympics". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- Mathias Gidsel at the International Handball Federation
- Mathias Gidsel at the European Handball Federation
- Mathias Gidsel at Olympedia (archive)
- Mathias Gidsel at Olympics.com
- Mathias Gidsel at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Mathias Gidsel on Instagram
Categories:
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Danish male handball players
- Handball-Bundesliga players
- Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf HBC players
- Olympic handball players for Denmark
- Olympic gold medalists for Denmark
- Olympic silver medalists for Denmark
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Danish expatriate handball players in Germany
- People from Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen
- Danish handball biography stubs