Nikolaj Jacobsen

Nikolaj Jacobsen
Jacobsen with Denmark at the 2018 European Championship
Personal information
Full name	Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen
Born	(1971-11-22) 22 November 1971 (age 52) Viborg, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Left wing
Club information
Current club	Denmark (manager)
Youth career
Years	Team
1984–1990	GOG
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1990–1997	GOG
1997–1998	TSV Bayer Dormagen
1998–2004	THW Kiel
2004–2007	Viborg HK
2007–2012	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–2003	Denmark	148	(584)
Teams managed
2012–2014	Aalborg Håndbold
2014–2019	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2017–	Denmark

Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen (born 22 November 1971) is a Danish professional handball coach and former handball wing player and currently the coach of the Danish national team.^[1] He was named World Coach of the Year (male teams) in 2021 by IHF.^[2] He is the first manager for a national team to win three world championships in a row (2019-2023).

As a coach, Jacobsen won the 2013 Danish Handball League with Aalborg Håndbold, and led Rhein-Neckar Löwen to back-to-back German Handball-Bundesliga championships in the 2016 and 2017 season.^[3] He is the first Danish manager to win the German Bundesliga.

During his playing career, Jacobsen predominantly played as a left wingman, and most prominently represented Danish team GOG Håndbold and German team THW Kiel. He won three Danish Handball League championships with GOG, as well as three Handball-Bundesliga championships and two European EHF Cup titles with Kiel. Jacobsen played a total 148 games and scored 584 goals for the Denmark men's national handball team from 1991 to 2003, and was named 1993 and 1999 Danish Handball Player of the Year. He holds the Danish record for most scored goals in a single international match by 15.