Casper U. Mortensen (born 14 December 1989), known professionally as CUM, is a Danish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player for

HSV Hamburg Handball Sport Verein Hamburg is a professional handball club from Germany, located in Hamburg. Currently, Handball Hamburg competes in the Handball-Bundesliga. The full name in German is ''Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V.'' but the club has t ...

and the Danish national team. He is the younger brother of Danish football player Andreas Ulrich Mortensen.

Career

Ajax København

Casper U. Mortensen won the Danish 1st division with

Ajax København Ajax København is a handball club based in southwestern Copenhagen, Denmark, consisting of both a women's and a men's team. As of the 2022–23 season, the women's team compete in 1st Division, the second highest women's league in Denmark. The ...

and played the

Danish Handball League The Herreligaen (men's league), formerly known as Herrehåndboldligaen (men's handball league), is the men's top Danish professional handball league. The winners of the Herreligaen are recognised as the Danish men's handball champions. The curr ...

in the following season. He was a starting player in both season.

Fredericia HK

Casper U. Mortensen changed scenery as he joined

Fredericia HK Fredericia HK is a team handball, handball club from Fredericia, Denmark. Currently, Fredericia HK competes in the men's Danish Handball League. The home arena of the team is Fredericia Idrætscenter, thansen.dk Arena. The club was founded in 19 ...

in the 2009–2010 season, on a two-year contract. Mortensen was voted player of the year while playing for

Viborg HK

Mortensen came to

Viborg HK Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) is a Danish professional handball club from Viborg, Denmark, Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and Euro ...

in the 2011–2012 season, where he was given jersey number 20. Mortensen ended a great first season, where he scored 145 goal in 22 matches. This made him number 2 on the top scorer list, making him the league player with the highest scoring average pr match, as he played 6 matches less than other league player due to injuries.

Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

After just one season with

, Mortensen joined Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, on a three-year contract, in the 2012–2013 season. He was given jersey number 10. Mortensen played a good first season with Bjerringbro-Silkeborg he showed promising signs. He made his debut in the

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

, where he made team of the week. He became the top scorer for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg making 61 goals in 12 matches. Bjerringbro-Silkeborg lost the Round of 16 to

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...

, where Mortensen scored 8 goal in Barcelona in the 26–24 loss away.

SønderjyskE

Mortensen joined

SønderjyskE SønderjyskE is a Denmark, Danish sport corporation. They have a Football (soccer), football team (SønderjyskE Fodbold, based in Haderslev), two team handball, handball teams (SønderjyskE Håndbold, one male based in Sønderborg, one female bas ...

in 2014–2015 season, signed a one-year contract.

announced at the end of the season that they did not expect the contract to be renewed.

HSV Hamburg

On 8 June 2015, Casper U. Mortensen was presented as new player for the German club

, joining the club for the 2015/16 season. Casper U. Mortensen was signed on a three-year contract.

declared insolvent on 15 January 2016.

TSV Hannover Burgdorf

After playing the European Championships in Poland with the national team of Denmark in 2016, Mortensen signed a contract with TSV Hannover-Burgdorff for the rest of 2015–2016 season. The contract was extended later until the summer of 2020. The season 2017-2018 went on to be one of the bests in Mortensen career, where he finished the season strong with Hannover-Burgdorf (6th place in the league - best result in history of Hannover) and was crowned with a personal trophy - the topscorer in the Bundesliga with 230 goals in total.

FC Barcelona

After long negotiations in the spring 2018 between TSV Hannover-Burgdorf and FC Barcelona, a deal was made, and Mortensen was bought of FC Barcelona, where he signed a 3-year contract until the summer of 2021. After 6 months together with his new teammates in Barcelona he finished a strong first half-season in the 2018–2019 season. They had already won multiple titles and Mortensen was named EHF PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2018 by EHF.

Individual awards

* Topscorer of the

Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 to 2012, the league was sponsored by Toyota and was officially called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. In 2012 the Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) became t ...

(HBL):

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* EHF Player of the year 2018

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mortensen, Casper Ulrich 1989 births Living people Danish male handball players Handball players from Copenhagen Handball players from the Capital Region of Denmark SønderjyskE Håndbold players FC Barcelona Handbol players Viborg HK players Handball-Bundesliga players Liga ASOBAL players Danish expatriate handball players in Germany Olympic handball players for Denmark Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball Danish expatriate handball players in Spain TSV Hannover-Burgdorf players Bjerringbro-Silkeborg players 21st-century Danish sportsmen