Silje Brøns Petersen (born 5 December 1994) is a Danish-German handball player who plays for PDO Handball Team Salerno and since 2024 the German national team.[1]
| Silje Brøns Petersen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Brøns in January 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
5 December 1994 Herlev, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | German/Danish | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | PDO Handball Team Salerno | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2011–2013 | Rødovre HK | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2013–2015 | Virum-Sorgenfri HK | ||
2015–2016 | Siófok KC | ||
2016 | Virum-Sorgenfri HK | ||
2016–2020 | HSG Blomberg-Lippe | ||
2021–2022 | TuS Metzingen | ||
2022–2024 | København Håndbold | ||
2024– | PDO Handball Team Salerno | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Germany | 23 | (23) |
Early life edit
Brøns Petersen comes from the Copenhagen suburb of Herlev. She comes from a handball family: Her father was a player and is now a coach, her mother was a Champions League winner and her older sisters Emilie and Nikoline also play handball professionally as well.[2]
Club career edit
As a teenager, Brøns Petersen was part of the Danish team at Rødovre HK and moved to the second division team Virum-Sorgefri HK in 2013.
In 2015, she moved to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Siófok KC.[3] In Spring 2016, her one-year contract was extended,[4] but in May of the same year the contract was terminated[5] and Petersen returned to Virum-Sorgefri. In December 2016 she moved to HSG Blomberg-Lippe.[2] In February 2018, her contract was extended to 2020.[6] She then moved to TuS Metzingen.[7]
International career edit
Brøns Petersen was called up to the German national team by head coach Henk Groener in November 2021.[8] She made her international debut against Russia on 7 November.[9]
References edit
- ^ handball-world.news: Elf Debütantinnen und eine Dänin im 34er-Kader von Deutschland für die Handball-WM der Frauen 2 November 2021, retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Silje Brons Petersen überzeugt im Probetraining – HSG verpflichtet Dänin". hsg-blomberg-lippe.de. 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ "Hivatalos:Silje Brons Petersen aláírt!". siofokkc.hu (in Hungarian). 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ "Elghaoui, Aguilar,Gonzalez, Petersen és Deáki is Siófokon marad". siofokkc.hu (in Hungarian). 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ "Gyökeres változások: Dalmose és 5 játékos távozik". siofokkc.hu (in Hungarian). 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ "Silje Brøns Petersen verlängert bei der HSG". hsg-blomberg-lippe.de. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ "Drei Neuzugänge, vier Abgänge, sieben Verlängerungen: Metzingen schließt Personalplanung ab". handball-world.news. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ www.dhb.de, retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ dhb.de: Alina Grijseels entscheidet Thriller gegen Russland, retrieved 7 November 2021.
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