Top 7 Handball Players in the World
Handball is a group sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball by means of their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team. Following are the famous 7 handball players in the world.
Nikola Karabatic
Nikola is a French handball player who plays for the Paris Saint-Germain handball club and the French national team. He has 2 Olympic golds to his name along with 4 World Cup golds and 3 European Championship golds. Nikola Karabatic was awarded the most valuable player award at the 2017 Men’s Handball Championship. With a record 3 times the IHF World Player of the Year to his name, Nikola is regarded as one of the greatest players in handball history.
Cristina Neagu
Romanian, Cristina Georgiana Neagu, is considered by many to be the best in the world and the female handball player has won 3 times the IHF World Player of the Yearwhich is equal to her counterpart, Nikola Karabatic. Neagu has played 3 finals of the Champions League and has been named in the All-star team of the European Championship for 3 times.
Mikkel Hansen
Mikkel Hansen is another Paris Saint-Germain player who is one of the best in the world. The Danish international player has been named the IHF World Player of the Year 2 times in 2011 and 2015, respectively. He led the Denmark national handball team to a win in the 2016 Summer Olympics and was awarded the most valuable player award at competition held in Brazil.
Eduarda Amorim
Eduarda Idalina “Duda” Amorim Taleska is a Brazilian handball player who plays at the left back position both for her Hungarian club Gyori Audi ETO KC and the Brazilian national team. In the year 2014, she was voted as the World Handball Player of the Year by the International Handball Federation.
Bjarte Myrhol
Myrhol is a Norwegian handballer for Skjern and the Norwegian national team. Bjarte Hakon Myrhol is also the captain of the Norwegian national team. Under his leadership the national handball team of Norway went to the finals of the 2017 World Men’s handball tournament. He was named in the all-star team of the same tournament as a player who plays the pivot position.
Uwe Gensheimer
The only German on the list, although the German team is in the 1st position of the world rankings is another Paris Saint-Germain handballer Uwe Gensheimer. Gensheimer was a key player who led the Germans to win a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was an exceptional talent since his youth giving him many titles at a very young age.
Nedim Remili
Nedim Remili, another French handball player who plays for the club Paris Saint-Germain is a handball talent with a bright future ahead of him. In 2017, he was named the right back of the World Men’s Handball Championship’s all-star team over many others. He is already a World Champion and was named by Handball-Planet among the best 8 handball players of the year 2017.
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