Magnus Saugstrup

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Magnus Saugstrup
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Personal information
Full name Magnus Saugstrup Jensen
Born (1996-07-12) 12 July 1996 (age 29)
Aalborg, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club SC Magdeburg
Number 23
Youth career
Team
–
 Nøvling IF
Senior clubs
Years Team
2014–2021
 Aalborg Håndbold
2021–
 SC Magdeburg
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–
 Denmark 103 (204)
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
Gold medal – first place 2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2024 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 2 February 2025

Magnus Saugstrup Jensen (born 12 July 1996) is a Danish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Denmark national team.[1]

Career

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Saugstrup started playing handball in his hometown at Nøvling IF. In 2014 he switched to Danish top club Aalborg Håndbold. He won the Danish Championship four times: in 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021. He also won the Danish Cup in 2018.

For the 2021–22 season he signed a three-year contract with the German club SC Magdeburg.[2] With Magdeburg he won the IHF Super Globe three consecutive times (2021, 2022 and 2023), the German Bundesliga in 2022 and 2024, the EHF Champions League in 2023 and 2025, and the DHB-Pokal in 2024.

National team

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He debuted for the Denmark national team on 7 April 2018 against Iceland. His first major international tournament was the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship. The following year he became a World Champion with Denmark at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt.[3] He won the World Championship for the second time in 2023 and for the third time in 2025.

At the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship he won a silver medal and was selected for the All-star team as the best defensive player.[4]

In November 2024 he became the captain of the Danish national team following Niklas Landin Jacobsen's retirement.[5]

Outside the court

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Magnus Saugstrup is the chair person of the Danish labour union for Handball players 'spillerforeningen'.[6]

Honours

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Club
Individual

References

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