Michael Damgaard

Michael Damgaard Nielsen (born 18 March 1990) is a Danish handball player for HØJ Elite and the Danish national team.

Career He has previously played for Danish sides GOG and Team Tvis Holstebro.

He debuted for the Danish national team in October 2014 and his first major international tournament was the 2015 World Championship in Qatar.

At the end of the 2014-15 season Damgaard had a shoulder injury, that required operation and kept him out for the rest of the season.

The following seasons he joined SC Magdeburg.

With SC Magdeburg he has won the IHF Super Globe three consecutive seasons; in 2021, 2022 and in 2023, the German Bundesliga in 2022, and the EHF Champions League 2023 when Magdeburg beat Polish team KS Kielce in the final 30-29. In 2024 he won the Bundesliga for the second time.

At the 2016 Olympics he won a gold medal with the Danish team; the first time ever the team won that medal.

Private He is the brother of fellow handball players Allan Damgaard Espersen and Morten Damgaard.

Honours EHF Champions League: 2023 2025 EHF Cup/EHF European League: 2021 2022 2013, 2017, 2018 Handball-Bundesliga: 2022, 2024 German Cup 2016, 2024 IHF Super Globe: 2021, 2022, 2023 Danish Championship: 2014 Summer Olympics: 2016