{{short description|Danish handball coach (born 1975)}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Jakob Vestergaard | fullname = Jakob Vestergaard | image = Jakob Vestergaard - Viborg HK.jpg | nationality = Danish | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|1|3|df=y}} | birth_place = | height = | manageryears1 = 2007–2008 | managerclubs1 = Australia Women | manageryears2 = 2008–2011 | managerclubs2 = Viborg HK | manageryears3 = 2011 | managerclubs3 = Aalborg Håndbold | manageryears4 = 2012–2013 | managerclubs4 = CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea | manageryears5 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs5 = CSM Bucharest <small>(technical director)</small> | manageryears6 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs6 = Germany Women | manageryears7 = 2016 | managerclubs7 = CSM Bucharest | manageryears8 = 2018 | managerclubs8 = Randers HH | manageryears9 = 2018–2023 | managerclubs9 = Viborg HK |managerclubs10 = SG BBM Bietigheim |manageryears10 =2023–2025 |managerclubs11 = Odense Håndbold |manageryears11 =2025– }} '''Jakob Vestergaard''' (born 3 January 1975) is a Danish handball coach who is the manager of the HB Ludwigsburg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/handbal/video-jakob-vestergaard-este-oficial-noul-antrenor-al-echipei-csm-bucuresti-danezul-a-semnat-un-contract-pe-2-ani-cu-campioana-europei-15395874|title=Jakob Vestergaard este oficial noul antrenor al echipei CSM București. Danezul a semnat un contract pe 2 ani cu campioana Europei |language=Romanian|publisher=ProSport.ro|date=30 May 2016}}</ref>
==Coaching career== Vestergaard was in charge by Romanian top division side CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea for the 2012–2013 season.<ref name=oltchim1>{{cite web|url=http://www.cs-oltchim.com/pagini/679/DREAM-TEAM-OLTCHIM-ARE-BANCA-TEHNICA-NOUA.html|title=DREAM TEAM OLTCHIM ARE BANCA TEHNICA NOUA|publisher=CS Oltchim official website|date=8 June 2012|language=Romanian|access-date=8 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610181646/http://www.cs-oltchim.com/pagini/679/DREAM-TEAM-OLTCHIM-ARE-BANCA-TEHNICA-NOUA.html|archive-date=10 June 2012|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://adevarul.ro/news/sport/oltchim-ramas-antrenor-jakob-vestergaard-parasit-campioana-romaniei-handbal-1_51779d77053c7dd83f3ff7d0/index.html|title=Oltchim a rămas fără antrenor! Jakob Vestergaard a părăsit campioana României la handbal|publisher=Adevărul|date=24 April 2013|language=Romanian}}</ref> He later coached the Germany Women's national team from 2015 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.handball-planet.com/germany-believes-in-danes-jakob-vestergaard-is-new-nt-head-coach/|title=GERMANY BELIEVES IN DANES: Jakob Vestergaard is new NT head-coach!|publisher=Handball-Planet|date=25 February 2015}}</ref>
==International honours== *'''Champions League''': **''Winner'': 2009, 2010
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Germany squad 2015 World Women's Handball Championship}}
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