| Nationality | German |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 23 December 1976 (age 49) |
| Birth place | Adenau, West Germany |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Position | Left Wing |
| Clubnumber | 5 |
| Youthyears 1 | 1982–1992 |
| Youthclubs 1 | TV Witzhelden |
| Youthyears 2 | 1992–1994 |
| Youthclubs 2 | Wermelskirchener TV |
| Years 1 | 1994–1995 |
| Clubs 1 | TUSEM Essen |
| Years 2 | 1995–2001 |
| Clubs 2 | SG Solingen |
| Years 3 | 2001–2003 |
| Clubs 3 | HSG Nordhorn |
| Years 4 | 2003–2015 |
| Clubs 4 | HSV Hamburg |
| Years 5 | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs 5 | THW Kiel |
| Years 6 | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs 6 | HSV Hamburg |
| Nationalyears 1 | 1999–? |
| Nationalteam 1 | Germany |
| Nationalcaps 1 | 178 |
| Nationalgoals 1 | 503 |
| Manageryears 1 | 2017– |
| Managerclubs 1 | HSV Hamburg |
Torsten "Toto" Jansen (born 23 December 1976) is a former German handballer, who spent the majority of his career playing for HSV Hamburg in the Bundesliga. He was also a regular member of the German national team. He was known as a good defensive player. In March 2017 he took over as head coach of the Handball Sport Verein Hamburg.
He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and also represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1] Jansen became a World champion in 2007, and European champion in 2004.[2] He has been awarded the Silbernen Lorbeerblatt for his triumph at the 2007 world championship.[3]
Career
Jansen won the Bundesliga 2011 with HSV Hamburg.
Jansen was early in his career known to be a fair play player, but was suspended for 10 matches in 2013 after head butting Ivan Ninčević during a match between Füchse Berlin and HSV Hamburg. He was also fined 15,000 euros for the incident.[4]
In 2015-16 he transferred to THW Kiel to replace Dominik Klein who was out with a long term injury due to a torn cruciate ligament.[5]
Coaching career
On March 29th 2017 he took over the coaching position at his former club HSV Hamburg replacing Jens Häusler. In 2021 he managed to get the club promoted to the Handball-Bundesliga.[6]
Titles
Club
- Bundesliga 2011
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup 2007
- DHB-Pokal-Sieger 2006 und 2010
- DHB-Supercup 2004, 2006, 2009 und 2010
- EHF Champions League 2013
References
- ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 2, 2008)
- ^ Staff (2008-07-04), "Team Hamburg – Athleten" (in German), Team Hamburg of the Hamburg Sport Federation and the Olympic point Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein, archived from the original on 2008-08-16, retrieved 2008-08-17
- ^ "Handball – WM: Merkel lädt Handball-Weltmeister ins Kanzleramt". focus.de. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Kopfstoß bringt Rekordstrafe für Torsten Jansen" (in German). welt.de. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "THW Kiel verpflichtet Linksaußen Torsten Jansen" (in German). thw-handball.de. THW Kiel. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "HSV-Handballer machen Aufstieg in die Bundesliga perfekt" (in German). ndr.de. Retrieved 22 June 2021.