{{short description|Danish handballer (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Jacob Bagersted | image = | fullname = Jacob Haubirk-Bagersted | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|03|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark | nationality = Danish | height = {{height|m=1.96|precision=0}} | position = Pivot | currentclub = SønderjyskE Håndbold | clubnumber = 14 | years1 = {{0|0000}}–2008 | clubs1 = Ajax København | years2 = 2008–2010 | clubs2 = FCK Håndbold | years3 = 2010–2011 | clubs3 = AG København | years4 = 2011–2014 | clubs4 = Aalborg Håndbold | years5 = 2014–2017 | clubs5 = SC Magdeburg | years6 = 2017–2022 | clubs6 = Frisch Auf Göppingen | years7 = 2022–2026 | clubs7 = SønderjyskE Håndbold | nationalyears1 = 2007–2018 | nationalteam1 = Denmark | nationalcaps1 = 32 | nationalgoals1 = 48 | ntupdate = 11 March 2026<ref name=retirement /> | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{DEN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Sweden|Team}} }}
'''Jacob Bagersted''' (born 25 March 1987) is a Danish handballer, currently playing for Danish side SønderjyskE Håndbold. He has previously played for German sides SC Magdeburg and Frisch Auf Göppingen.
He debuted for the Danish national handball team in 2007 at the age of 20.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sonderborgnyt.dk/soenderjyske-siger-farvel-til-en-af-holdets-baerende-kraefter/|publisher=Sønderborgnyt|title=Sønderjyske siger farvel til en af holdets bærende kræfter|date=3 February 2026|access-date=11 March 2026|language=da}}</ref> In 2011 he won World Cup silver medals with the Danish team,<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/handball/9381674.stm France win World Championships to reach London 2012] , BBC, 30 January 2011.</ref> but would during his career fade out of contention for the Danish national team.<ref name=retirement />
== Club Career == He started his career at Ajax Heroes in Copenhagen in the Danish second tier. In 2008 he signed a three year contract with FCK Handball.<ref>{{cite news | first = Hans-Henrik| last =Hare | title = FCK henter stortalent | url=http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/haandbold/article966815.ece| publisher= Ekstra Bladet| date = 21 January 2008| access-date = 29 December 2010 | language =DA|trans-title=FCK signs wonderkid}}</ref> When AG AG København took over most of FCK's players, Bagersted went along.<ref>{{cite news | first = Annebeth| last =Mortensen | title = Bagersted: Et godt udstillingsvindue | url=http://www.hbold.dk/index.php?id_parent=2&id=79&id_nyhed=7994| publisher= Hbold.dk| date = 26 March 2010| access-date = 29 December 2010 | language =DA|trans-title=Bagersted: A good exhibition window}}</ref> Here he won the Danish Championship in 2011 with AG København. In 2011 he joined league rivals Aalborg Håndbold.<ref>{{cite news | title = AaB jubler over forstærkninger til næste sæson | author = Ritzau | url = http://tv2sport.dk/node/74200 | publisher = TV2 Danmark | date = 10 March 2011 | access-date = 30 January 2012 | language = DA|trans-title=Aalborg celebrates signings for next season | url-status = dead }}</ref> Here he won the Danish Championship once again in 2013.
For the 2014/2015 he joined German side SC Magdeburg,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-1-51256.html | publisher = www.handball-world.news |title=''SC Magdeburg verpflichtet dänischen Champions-League-Teilnehmer''| access-date =10 August 2021|language=DE}}</ref> where he played for three years. In the meantime he won the DHB-Pokal. In 2017 he joined Frisch Auf Göppingen,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-1-87762.html | publisher =handball-world.news|title=''Bagerstedt wechselt nach Göppingen''| access-date =10 August 2021|language=DE|trans-title=Bagerstedt transfers to Göppingen}}</ref> before returning to Denmark in 2022 to join SønderjyskE Håndbold.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nordschleswiger.dk/de/sport-sonderjyske-handball/sonderjyske-angelt-sich-jacob-bagersted |title=SønderjyskE angelt sich Jacob Bagersted | publisher =Der Nordschleswiger | access-date =1 January 2022|language=DE }}</ref> In February 2026 he announced his retirement after the 2025-26 season.<ref name=retirement>{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/live/haandbold/2025-09-14-seneste-nyt-fra-em-dansk-og-international-haandbold/tidligere-landsholdsspiller-stopper-karrieren?entry=872aaeda-3766-440e-8c0e-dda77f2d0c60|publisher=Tv2 Danmark|title=Tidligere landsholdsspiller stopper karrieren|date=3 February 2026|access-date=11 March 2026|language=da}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://aalborghaandbold.dk/spillere/11/Jacob%20Bagersted Aalborg Håndbold home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303170158/http://aalborghaandbold.dk/spillere/11/Jacob%20Bagersted |date=2014-03-03 }} * [https://danskhaandbold.dk/statistik/spillere/698940 Dansk Håndbold profile] * [https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/mW0-EMGKJQLQE-p6z9svSw/Jacob-HaubirkBagersted/ EHF Profile]
{{Denmark squad 2011 World Men's Handball Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bagersted, Jacob}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Danish expatriate handball players in Germany Category:Danish male handball players Category:Handball players from Copenhagen Category:SC Magdeburg players Category:Aalborg Håndbold players Category:Frisch Auf Göppingen players Category:SønderjyskE Damehåndbold players Category:21st-century Danish sportsmen Category:Handball-Bundesliga players