Anders Zachariassen

Anders Zachariassen is a Danish handball player for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg and the Danish national team.
He has previously played in Denmark for GOG Håndbold, SønderjyskE and in Germany for SG Flensburg-Handewitt.

Career

Zachariassen started playing handball at Ulkebøl I&UF before joining HF Sønderborg and later SønderjyskE Håndbold in the Danish second tier. In 2011 he was promoted to the Herrehåndboldligaen. In the 2013-14 he was included in the league All-star team as the pivot.
In 2014 he joined German Bundesliga team SG Flensburg-Handewitt on a three year deal to replace his compatriate Michael V. Knudsen on a three year deal.
He was named Player of the Season by fans in his first season with SG Flensburg-Handewitt. With Flensburg he won the 2014-15 DHB-Pokal and the German Championship in 2018 and 2019.
In 2020 he returned to Denmark to join GOG Håndbold.
In 2019 he won the Danish Men's Handball Cup and was named MVP for the tournament. In 2022 and 2023 he won the Danish Championship, and in 2023 the Danish cup once again.
In 2024 he joined Bjerringbro-Silkeborg.

National team

Zachariassen debuted for the U21 Danish team on March 11th, 2011 against Portugal. At the 2011 U21 World Championship he won silver medals with the Danish team.
At the 2019 and 2021 World Championships he won back-to-back World Championships. The 2019 were the first time Denmark won the title.