{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{short description|Danish handball player (born 1996)}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Magnus Saugstrup | fullname = Magnus Saugstrup Jensen | nationality = Danish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|07|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Aalborg, Denmark | height = 1.95 m | position = Pivot | currentclub = SC Magdeburg | clubnumber = 23 | youthclubs1 = Nøvling IF | years1 = 2014–2021 | clubs1 = Aalborg Håndbold | years2 = 2021– | clubs2 = SC Magdeburg | nationalyears1 = 2018– | nationalteam1 = Denmark | nationalcaps1 = 116 | nationalgoals1 = 220 | ntupdate = 2 February 2026 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|2024 Paris|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalGold|2021 Egypt|}} {{MedalGold|2023 Poland/Sweden|}} {{MedalGold|2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway|}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalGold|2026 Denmark/Norway/Sweden|}} {{MedalSilver|2024 Germany|}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Hungary/Slovakia|}} }}
'''Magnus Saugstrup Jensen''' (born 12 July 1996) is a Danish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Denmark national team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/q_gwc2y9aM7Nq4HnAJKOXQ/magnus-saugstrup-jensen/|title=European Handball Federation – Magnus Saugstrup Jensen / Player|website=eurohandball.com|language=en|access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref> He is considered one of the best pivots and defensive players of his generation.
==Career== Saugstrup started playing handball in his hometown at Nøvling IF. In 2014 he switched to Danish top club Aalborg Håndbold. He won the Danish Championship four times: in 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021. He also won the Danish Cup in 2018.
For the 2021–22 season he signed a three-year contract with the German club SC Magdeburg.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SC Magdeburg: Moritz Preuss bleibt, Magnus Saugstrup kommt|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-1-127588.html|access-date=2024-08-30|website=handball-world.news|language=de}}</ref> With Magdeburg he won the IHF Super Globe three consecutive times (2021, 2022 and 2023), the German Bundesliga in 2022 and 2024, the EHF Champions League in 2023 and 2025, and the DHB-Pokal in 2024.
===National team=== He debuted for the Denmark national team on 7 April 2018 against Iceland. His first major international tournament was the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship. The following year he became a World Champion with Denmark at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/denmark-write-history-otherworldly-three-peat|title=Denmark write history with otherworldly three-peat|date=29 January 2023|access-date=29 January 2023|publisher=International Handball Federation|website=ihf.info}}</ref> He won the World Championship for the second time in 2023 and for the third time in 2025.
At the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship he won a silver medal and was selected for the All-star team as the best defensive player.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sigaard|first=Anton|date=2024-01-28|title=Her er EM's All Star-hold|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2024-01-28-her-er-ems-all-star-hold|access-date=2024-08-30|website=TV 2|language=da}}</ref>
In November 2024 he became the captain of the Danish national team following Niklas Landin Jacobsen's retirement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Juulsager|first=Jens Jacob|title=Ny anførerduo i front for Håndboldherrerne|url=https://danskhaandbold.dk/nyheder/ny-anforerduo-i-front-for-handboldherrerne|access-date=18 January 2025|date=6 November 2024|website=Dansk Håndbold|language=da}}</ref>
At the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship he won gold medals, meaning that Denmark held both the World, European and Olympic titles at the same time, as only the second team ever after France's 'Les Experts'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/men/2026/matches/details/202611010101065/Denmark-Germany|publisher=European Handball Federation|title=Euro 2026 Final - Match Report|date=1 February 2026|access-date=1 February 2026}}</ref> During the tournament he did not miss a single shot.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2026-02-01-flere-faar-topkarakter-af-kasper-hvidt|publisher=TV2 Danmark|title=Flere får topkarakter af Kasper Hvidt|date=1 February 2026|access-date=1 February 2026|language=da|author=Joachim Glenthøj}}</ref>
== Outside the court == Magnus Saugstrup is the chair person of the Danish labour union for Handball players 'spillerforeningen'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haandboldspiller.dk/nyheder/magnus-saugstrup-er-ny-formand-i-spillerforeningen-h%C3%A5ndbolds-bestyrelse|publisher=spillerforeningen|title=Magnus Saugstrup er ny formand i Spillerforeningen Håndbolds bestyrelse|date=30 June 2025|language=da|access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Club * '''EHF Champions League''' ** {{gold1}} 2023, 2025 ** {{silver2}} 2021 * '''EHF European League''' ** {{silver2}} 2022 * '''IHF Super Globe''' ** {{gold1}} 2021, 2022, 2023 * '''Handball-Bundesliga''' ** {{gold1}} 2022, 2024 * '''DHB-Pokal''' ** {{gold1}} 2024 ** {{silver2}} 2022, 2023 * '''Danish League''' ** {{gold1}} 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 * '''Danish Cup''' ** {{gold1}} 2018 * '''Danish Super Cup''' ** {{gold1}} 2019, 2020
;Individual * Best defender of the European Championship 2024<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/six-nations-featured-in-ehf-euro-2024-all-star-team/|title=Six nations featured in EHF EURO 2024 All-star Team|date=28 January 2024|website=eurohandball.com}}</ref> * EHF Excellence Awards Defender of the Season: 2024/25<ref>{{Cite web|title=EHF Excellence Awards 2025: Men’s Team of the Season revealed|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/ehf-excellence-awards-2025-men-s-team-of-the-season-revealed/|access-date=25 June 2025|website=eurohandball.com}}</ref> * MVP of the Handball-Bundesliga: 2023/24<ref>{{Cite web|title=Magnus Saugstrup ist “DKB MVP der Saison 2023/24”!|url=https://www.liquimoly-hbl.de/de/n/saison-23-24/lm-hbl/intern/magnus-saugstrup-ist--dkb-mvp-der-saison-2023-24-----news/|access-date=8 June 2024|website=liquimoly-hbl.de|language=de}}</ref>
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