Silje Brøns Petersen
Brøns in January 2023
Personal information
Born (1994-12-05) 5 December 1994
Herlev, Denmark
Nationality German
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club København Håndbold
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–
 København Håndbold
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–
 Germany 15 (15)

Silje Brøns Petersen (born 5 December 1994) is a handball player who plays for København Håndbold and since 2022 the German national team.[1]

Early life

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

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

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

  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. 1 2 "Silje Brons Petersen überzeugt im Probetraining – HSG verpflichtet Dänin". hsg-blomberg-lippe.de. 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  3. ↑ "Hivatalos:Silje Brons Petersen aláírt!". siofokkc.hu (in Hungarian). 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  4. ↑ "Elghaoui, Aguilar,Gonzalez, Petersen és Deáki is Siófokon marad". siofokkc.hu (in Hungarian). 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  5. ↑ "Gyökeres változások: Dalmose és 5 játékos távozik". siofokkc.hu (in Hungarian). 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  6. ↑ "Silje Brøns Petersen verlängert bei der HSG". hsg-blomberg-lippe.de. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  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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