Mathias Gidsel

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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 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–
Denmark 66 (348)
Medal record
Olympic Games
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
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 29. January 2024

Mathias Gidsel (born 8 February 1999) is a Danish handball player for Füchse Berlin and the Danish national team.

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.

Honours

Individual awards
  • IHF World Player of the Year – Men: 2023
  • All-Star Right back of the World Championship: 2021
  • All-Star Right back of the European Championship: 2022, 2024
  • Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Olympic Games: 2020
  • Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the World Championship: 2023
  • 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
  • Danish Player of the year: 2021
  • Danish National team Player of the year: 2022
  • EHF Excellence Awards Best right back of the season: 2022/23
  • Handball-Planet – Best World Handball Player: 2023

League statistics

Season Club League GP Goals 7-Meter OPG
2017–18 GOG Håndbold Håndboldligaen 04 04 0/0 (-%)0 04
2018–19 34 028 0/0 (-%)0 028
2019–20 24 051 0/0 (-%)0 051
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 (-%)0 139
2017–2023 combined combined 145 511 4/4 (100%) 507

Note: Games Played and Goals include Play-offs

Major tournament statistics

Legend
 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
As of conclusion of 2024 European Men's Handball Championship
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

  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.
  6. ^ "2023 IHF WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNERS REVEALED". International Handball Federation. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Egypt 2021 All-star Team". ihf.info. 31 January 2021.
  8. ^ "MVP Gottfridsson leads seven-nation All-star Team". eurohandball.com. 30 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Six nations featured in the EHF EURO 2024 All-Star Team". eurohandball.com. 28 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Men's All-Star Team". IHF. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Poland/Sweden 2023 All-Star Team Revealed". IHF. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Best young player 2021". 1 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Mathias Gidsel er årets mandlige håndboldspiller 2021". hbold.dk. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Årets mandlige landsholdsspiller er fundet: – Den mest fortjente kåring længe, understreger ekspert". Hbold.dk. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Danish players snap up big awards". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Mathias Gidsel is HP World Handball Player 2023". Handball-planet.com. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Spiller data: Mathias Gidsel". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  18. ^ "Denmark – Players, Team and Season Information". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  19. ^ "IHF Top Scorers Statistics World Championships". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  20. ^ "IHF Top Scorers Statistics Olympics". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

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