Martin Albertsen

{{Short description|Danish handball coach (born 1974)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Martin Albertsen | image = København Håndbold (2013) (cropped).jpg | caption = Albertsen in 2013 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1974|4|10}} | birth_place = | nationality = Danish | height = 1.80 m | position = | currentclub = Bjerringbro FH | manageryears1 = 1989–1998 | managerclubs1 = Vorup FB | manageryears2 = 1998–1999 | managerclubs2 = AGF Håndbold | manageryears3 = 2001–2004 | managerclubs3 = Viborg HK | manageryears4 = 2004–2006 | managerclubs4 = HC Leipzig | manageryears5 = 2006–2008 | managerclubs5 = Randers HK | manageryears6 = 2011–2013 | managerclubs6 = Viborg HK | manageryears7 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs7 = København Håndbold | manageryears8 = 2014–2019 | managerclubs8 = SG BBM Bietigheim | manageryears9 = 2018–2023 | managerclubs9 = Switzerland women | manageryears10 = 2022– | managerclubs10 = Switzerland women junior | manageryears11 = 2023 | managerclubs11 = Ferencváros | manageryears12 = 2025– | managerclubs12 = Bjerringbro FH }} '''Martin Albertsen''' (born 10 April 1974<ref>{{cite web | url=http://europamester.dk/tema-martin.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511182248/http://europamester.dk/tema-martin.htm | archive-date=11 May 2012 | title=Line Daugaard - Olympisk Mester }}</ref>) is a Danish handball coach, who is currently coaching Bjerringbro FH.

== Career == Between 2018 and 2023 he was the head coach of the Switzerland women's national handball team. He qualified the Swiss team for their first international competition at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship in North Macedonia, Slovenia and Montenegro. Despite the qualification, they were eliminated in the preliminary round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.handball.ch/de/news/2022/aufgebot-bekannt-diese-18-spielerinnen-fahren-an-die-em/|title=Aufgebot bekannt – diese 18 Spielerinnen fahren an die EM|publisher=handball.ch|date=13 October 2022|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://res.ehf.eu/doxtore/yw3Gt-tcW42UODFy29JOy1cm-LT_qLPvJ3RLPFgaPSk|title=Team Roster Switzerland|website=eurohandball.com|date=4 November 2022|access-date=27 December 2022}}</ref>

In 2002 and 2004 he won the Danish Women's Handball League with Viborg HK, as his first professional coaching job. Albertsen also won the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen in 2006 and with SG BBM Bietigheim in 2017 and 2019. He also qualified the Bietigheim team for the 2016–17 Women's EHF Cup final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/rostov-claim-ehf-cup-with-another-win/|title=Rostov claim EHF Cup with another win|date=13 May 2017|access-date=27 December 2022|website=European Handball Federation}}</ref>

In 2025 he became the head coach of Bjerringbro FH.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bfh.dk/liga/martin-albertsen-bliver-ny-cheftraener-i-bjerringbro-fh/ |publisher=Bjerringbro FH |title=Martin Albertsen bliver ny cheftræner i Bjerringbro FH|access-date=7 April 2025|language=da}}</ref>

== Private == He is the cousin of handball players Katrine Fruelund and Mikael Fruelund.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/katrine-fruelund-afviser-randers-hk-0|publisher=Danmarks Radio|title=Katrine Fruelund afviser Randers HK|date=31 December 2005|access-date=27 April 2026|language=da}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Switzerland squad 2022 European Women's Handball Championship}}

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