Niklas Landin Jacobsen
Niklas Landin Jacobsen is a Danish handballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Aalborg Håndbold. Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of handball, he is a two-time IHF World Player of the Year —the first player ever to win it consecutively and the only goalkeeper to claim the award twice. He served as captain of the Denmark national team from 2012 until his international retirement in 2024.
He is a European Champion and helped Denmark win Olympic gold in 2016 and 2024, silver in 2020, and three consecutive World Championships. He made his senior international debut on 28 October 2008.
Club career
GOG Svendborg TGI
In 2006 Landin signed with GOG Svendborg TGI. The club declared bankruptcy early 2010, allowing players to leave.Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
He joined Bjerringbro-Silkeborg mid-2010 and stayed until 2012. In the 2010-11 season the team reached to final of the Danish Championship, despite a lackluster 6th place in the regular season. They lost the final to AG København 2-0 in matches. In the following season, they reached the final again, but once again they lost to AG København.Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Landin moved to Rhein-Neckar Löwen for the 2012–13 season on a three-year deal and won the 2012–13 EHF Cup.THW Kiel
Signed by THW Kiel in August 2014 for the 2015 start, he won the 2015 Super Cup, DHB-Pokal, EHF Cup, Bundesliga, and EHF Champions League. He was named German Handballer of the Year in 2021. From 2018, his brother Magnus Landin also played for Kiel.Aalborg Håndbold
Returned to Denmark in 2023, winning the Danish league in 2024 and 2025, the Danish Cup in 2025, and reaching the 2024 EHF Champions League final.After his retirement from the Danish national team in 2024, he did however announce that he would potentially be ready to be called up for the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship in case of an injury crisis.
Honours
- EHF Champions League: 2020; 2024
- EHF Cup: 2013, 2019
- German Championship: 2019/20, 2020/21, 2022/23
- DHB-Pokal: 2017, 2019, 2022
- German Super Cup: 2015
- Danish Championship: 2007, 2024, 2025; 2011, 2012; 2010
- Danish Handball Cup: 2025; 2007, 2008
Individual awards
- IHF World Player of the Year – Men: 2019, 2021
- All-Star Goalkeeper – Olympics: 2016, 2024
- All-Star Goalkeeper – World Championship: 2013, 2019
- All-Star Goalkeeper – European Championship: 2014
- All-Star Goalkeeper – Youth World Championship: 2007
- Danish Player of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2020
- Danish National Team Player of the Year: 2014, 2020, 2021
- Handball-Bundesliga Best Goalkeeper: 2014, 2015, 2017
- All-Star Goalkeeper – EHF Champions League: 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Handball Player of the Year in Germany: 2021
- EHF Excellence Awards Best Goalkeeper: 2022/23
Personal life