Jakob Larsen (handballer)

Jakob Rosbach Larsen (born 4 July 1974) is a Greenlandic/Danish retired handball player and current manager of the Danish club Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub, where he has coached since 2017. He has previously been the manager of GOG Gudme. Larsen became Danish champion, as player, with GOG in 2007. He has a Master of Science degree in sport sciences from the University of Southern Denmark.

Jakob Larsen
Personal information
Full name	Jakob Rosbach Larsen
Born	(1974-07-04) 4 July 1974 Maniitsoq, Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (Manager)
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1994-1998	Nyborg GIF Håndbold
1998-2000	GOG
2001-2001	Otterup HK
2001	Zaragoza
2001-2004	GOG
2004-2006	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
2006-2010	GOG
2010-2012	Faaborg HK
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997-2010	Greenland	87	(502)
Teams managed
2011	Odense HF
2011-2012	HC Odense & HC FYN
2012-2017	GOG
2017-	Nykøbing Falster

Career

Larsen played for four years for the Danish club, Nyborg GIF Håndbold, moving to the Danish Handball League at GOG. He played to season with GOG before moving to Otterup HK in the 2000–201 season. The Spanish side Zaragoza noticed Jakob Larsen during the 2001 World Championship in a match against Spain and Larsen was sold to Zaragoza in February 2001.

Larsen returned to Denmark that same year and joined a local club in Odense in order to combine handball and his studies. He later rejoined GOG. In 2004, he signed with the French side Saint-Raphaël Var Handball, playing for two seasons with the club. In 2006, he returned to GOG and played until the club's bankruptcy in 2010. In all, Larsen won two Danish championships with GOG. He played the following two season for Faaborg HK on an amateur contract before starting his career as a trainer.