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Silje Brøns Petersen

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Silje Brøns Petersen
Brøns in January 2023
Personal information
Born (1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 30)
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)

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]

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Silje Brons Petersen überzeugt im Probetraining – HSG verpflichtet Dänin". hsg-blomberg-lippe.de. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Hivatalos:Silje Brons Petersen aláírt!". siofokkc.hu (in Hungarian). 25 June 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Elghaoui, Aguilar,Gonzalez, Petersen és Deáki is Siófokon marad". siofokkc.hu (in Hungarian). 16 April 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Gyökeres változások: Dalmose és 5 játékos távozik". siofokkc.hu (in Hungarian). 26 May 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Silje Brøns Petersen verlängert bei der HSG". hsg-blomberg-lippe.de. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Drei Neuzugänge, vier Abgänge, sieben Verlängerungen: Metzingen schließt Personalplanung ab". handball-world.news. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  8. ^ www.dhb.de, retrieved 4 November 2021.
  9. ^ dhb.de: Alina Grijseels entscheidet Thriller gegen Russland, retrieved 7 November 2021.
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