Emil Jakobsen

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Emil Jakobsen

| fullname = Emil Manfeldt Jakobsen

| image = 2024-09-15 Handball TVB Stuttgart - SG Flensburg by mroptimax-36.jpg

| caption = Jakobsen in 2024

| nationality = Danish

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|1|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kerteminde, Denmark

| height = 1.90 m

| position = Left wing

| currentclub = SG Flensburg-Handewitt

| clubnumber = 31

| youthyears1 = 2001–2011

| youthclubs1 = Kerteminde HK

| youthyears2 = 2011–2016

| youthclubs2 = GOG Håndbold

| years1 = 2016–2021

| clubs1 = GOG Håndbold

| years2 = 2021–

| clubs2 = SG Flensburg-Handewitt

| nationalyears1 = 2019–

| nationalteam1 = Denmark

| nationalcaps1 = 67

| nationalgoals1 = 224

| ntupdate = 29. January 2024

| medaltemplates =

}}

Emil Jakobsen (born 24 January 1998) is a Danish handball player for the German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Danish national team.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/xnY60FqjGP9y-SdWl6InwQ/emil-jakobsen/|website=eurohandball.com|title=Jakobsen, EMIL|access-date=20 January 2021}}

He joined his current club, Flensburg-Handewitt in 2021 on a three-year contract. In 2022 he announced that he had prolonged the contract until 2026.{{Cite web|date=2024-08-29|title=Emil Jakobsen|url=https://hbold.dk/emil-jakobsen/|access-date=2024-08-29|website=Hbold.dk|language=da}}

He represented Denmark at the 2021{{cite web|url=https://www.dhf.dk/nyheder-og-presse/nyheder/nikolaj-jacobsen-indkalder-20-spillere-til-vm/|title=Nikolaj Jacobsen indkalder 20 spillere til VM|publisher=Danish Handball Federation (DHF)|date=17 December 2020|access-date=23 December 2020|archive-date=21 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221064803/https://www.dhf.dk/nyheder-og-presse/nyheder/nikolaj-jacobsen-indkalder-20-spillere-til-vm/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/e102b178-e7d0-4980-ba59-fa8d1e43ce93/pdf/DEN.PDF|title=Team Roster Denmark|website=ihf.info|date=15 January 2021|access-date=15 January 2021}} and the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship, where he won gold medals on both occasions.{{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/denmark-write-history-otherworldly-three-peat|title=Denmark write history with otherworldly three-peat|date=29 January 2023|access-date=29 January 2023|publisher=International Handball Federation|website=ihf.info}}

Career

Jakobsen started playing handball in his hometown at Kerteminde HK. He switched to the GOG Håndbold youth team in 2011. In the 2016/2017, he debuted for the league senior team. In the 2017/18 season, he came third in the league, and in 2018/2019, he came second with GOG. In both season he was named as the 'talent of the season' in Danish handball.{{Cite web|title=Emil Jakobsen kåret til Årets talent|url=https://hbold.dk/2019/06/08/emil-jakobsen-kaaret-til-aarets-talent|access-date=27 January 2025|date=8 June 2019|website=hbold.dk|first=Jan|last=Skjødt Østergaard Pedersen|language=da}} In 2019, he won the Danish Men's Handball Cup.

In the 2020-2021 season with GOG Håndbold, he was the top scorer in the EHF European League. In the 2020-21 season, he was the topscorer in the ordinary season in the Danish league with 244 goals.{{cite web|url=https://tophaandbold.dk/tophaandbold-theme/statistics/player-score/2018/8010199|publisher=Danish Handball Federation|website=tophaandbold.dk|title=Målscorer|trans-title=goalscorers|accessdate=13 February 2025}}

In 2021, he joined the German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt.{{Cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-1-128411.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=SG Flensburg-Handewitt verpflichtet Nachfolger von Magnus Jøndal aus Dänemark|access-date=15 December 2020|language=de|trans-title=SG Flensburg Handewitt signs the replacement for Magnus Jøndal from Denmark}} Here he won the EHF European League in 2024.

At the EHF Excellence Awards in 2024, he was named best left wing in the previous season.

Personal life

He is in a relationship with Danish women's handball player Helena Elver.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billedbladet.dk/kendte/romantiske-billeder-emil-jakobsen-fik-kys-af-sin-kendte-kaereste-efter-vm-triumfen |publisher=Billed-bladet |title=Romantiske billeder: Emil Jakobsen fik kys af sin kendte kæreste efter VM-triumfen|access-date=3 November 2023|language=da}}

Achievements

Top Scorer at the 2020–21 EHF European League{{Cite web|title=Mere hæder til Emil Jakobsen|url=https://www.gog.dk/263-nyheder.html?caction=idetail&itid=1703|access-date=7 June 2021|website=GOG|language=danish|archive-date=7 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607201902/https://www.gog.dk/263-nyheder.html?caction=idetail&itid=1703|url-status=dead}} (96 goals)
All-Star Team as Best Left wing Danish League: 2019–20, 2020–21{{Cite web|title=Herreligaen - All-Star|url=https://tophaandbold.dk/kaaringer/herreligaen-all-stars|access-date=10 March 2023|website=tophaandbold.dk}}
All-Star Team as Best Left Wing at the 2017 Youth World Championship{{Cite web|title=All-star Team and MVP|url=http://www.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/men%E2%80%99syouthworldchampionships/mensyouthworldchampionship,geo2017/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=5255|url-status=live|access-date=21 October 2021|website=IHF|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170821052547/http://www.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/men%E2%80%99syouthworldchampionships/mensyouthworldchampionship,geo2017/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=5255|archive-date = 21 August 2017}}
Årets Talent (talent of the year): 2018, 2019
Danish league topscorer 2021-2022