Anne Mette Hansen
| Anne Mette Hansen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
25 August 1994 Glostrup, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | Danish | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Metz Handball | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
– | FHH90 | ||
2010–2013 | Ajax København | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2012–2014 | Ajax København | ||
2014–2017 | København Håndbold | ||
2017–2023 | Győri ETO KC | ||
2023– | Metz Handball | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013– | Denmark | 158 | (456) |
Anne Mette Hansen (born 25 August 1994) is a Danish handball player for Metz Handball and the Danish national team.[1]
National team career[edit]
She debuted for the Danish national team on 27 October 2013, and the same year she represented Denmark at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia (where the Danish team won bronze medals), and she has been a mainstay on the national setup since.[2] Since then she has won two additional bronze medals in 2021 and 2023.
Club career[edit]
Anne Mette Hansen started playing handball at the age of 10 at FHH90. In 2010 she went to Københavns Idrætsefterskole (KIES) while at the same time switching to Ajax København. Here she made her senior league debut in the Danish 1st Division (second tier) in 2014, before signing her first professional contract with København Håndbold. She played at København Håndbold for three years before moving to Hungarian side Győri Audi ETO KC at the age of 22. She played with Győri for 6 years, where she won EHF Champions League three times in a row in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
In 2023 she switched to the French league champions Metz Handball. She said regarding the transfer, that she look forward to playing alongside national team colleagues Kristina Jørgensen and Louise Burgaard.[3]
Achievements[edit]
- EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 2018, 2019
- European Junior Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2013
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I
- Magyar Kupa:
- Winner: 2018, 2019, 2021
Individual awards[edit]
- All-Star Left Back of the European Junior Championship: 2013
- All-Star Left Back of the EHF Champions League: 2019
- Youth player of the Year in Damehåndboldligaen: 2013/14[4]
References[edit]
- ^ EHF profile
- ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ "Anne Mette Hansens skifte skal gavne landsholdet". TV 2 (Denmark). 6 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Årets Kvindelige Talent". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 September 2021.
External links[edit]
- Anne Mette Hansen at the International Handball Federation
- Anne Mette Hansen at the European Handball Federation
- Danish female handball players
- 1994 births
- Living people
- People from Glostrup Municipality
- Győri Audi ETO KC players
- Danish expatriate handball players
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in France
- Handball players from the Capital Region of Denmark
- 21st-century Danish women