Mathias Gidsel

Mathias Gidsel
Personal information
Born (1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 (age 25)
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 75 (420)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Egypt
Gold medal – first place 2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2024 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Youth World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Georgia

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]

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ "Gidsel kan få landsholdsdebut" (in Danish). Ekstrabladet.dk. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Mathias Gidsel". dhf.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ^ Marjanovic, Marko (28 January 2024). "EHF EURO 2024 ALL-STAR TEAM". Handball Planet. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Handball-EM: Riesige Enttäuschung bei Dänemark - "Das ist brutal"". handball-world (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2024.