Kristian Asmussen (born 16 April 1971) is a Danish former

handballer 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 thro ...

, who played as the

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. He played for 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 ...

side

KIF Kolding København KIF Kolding is a professional handball club based in Kolding, Denmark who competes in the Danish Handball League. KIF Kolding has won the Danish Handball League, Danish Handball Championship a record 14 times. It is a part of the broader sports ...

and

Nordsjælland Håndbold Nordsjælland Håndbold is a handball club, based in Helsinge, Denmark. Currently, Nordsjælland Håndbold competes in the men's Danish Handball League, and plays its home matches in Helsinge-Hallen in Helsinge. The women's team is competing in t ...

, and he has played abroad for the

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club BM Altea and the

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club

OV Helsingborg HK OV Helsingborg HK, is a handball team from Helsingborg, Sweden, which currently plays in Handbollsligan, the top level of Swedish men's handball. The club was founded in 1994 as a merger of Vikingarnas IF (founded in 1941) and HF Olympia (founde ...

. He was until 2023 the most capped player for

with 181 matches. His record was overtaken by his own nephew Carl-Emil Haunstrup. Asmussen has played 74 matches for the Danish national handball team.

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1971 births Living people Danish male handball players People from Gribskov Municipality Handball players from the North Jutland Region Danish expatriate handball players in Germany Danish expatriate handball players in Sweden Danish expatriate handball players in Spain SC Magdeburg players KIF Kolding players {{denmark-handball-bio-stub