Mette Tranborg (born 1 January 1996) 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

Team Esbjerg Team Esbjerg is a professional women's handball team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, that competes in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and the 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League. They play their home matches in Blue Water Dokken, which have capacity for ...

and the Danish national team.

Club career

Mette Tranborg broke though the

SK Aarhus Sportsklub Aarhus was a Danish women's handball club based in Aarhus. They played in Danish Women's Handball League, Damehåndboldligaen when the team closed after the 2016–17 Damehåndboldligaen, 2016-17 season because of financial issues. Aarh ...

first team at the age of 16. She was the first player in Danish league to be exempted from the minimum age requirements to play. She was awarded the Best Female Talent in the Danish league in the 2014/2015 season. In 2017 she switched to league rivals

Odense Håndbold Odense Håndbold (in its first season: Odense GOG and after that Handball Club Odense) is a Danish professional women's handball team, that plays in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier women's handball league. The team's home court is Sydb ...

, where she was one of the key players for 2.5 seasons. She missed the last half season due to a

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injury. In 2020 she switched to

. In the 2021-22 in the final, she missed a second shot against

, which would have taken the final to extra time. The year after she won the Danish Championship. In April 2025 it was announced that from the 2025-26 season she will join Hungarian Ferencvaros.

Achievements

Club competitions

* Danish Championship: **''Winner'':

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**''Silver Medalist'':

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Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

: **''Winner'': 2021, 2022 **''Runners-up'':

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 ...

**''Bronze Medalist'':

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Individual awards

* MVP () of the

Danish Handball Cup The Danish Men's Handball cup () is the nationwide cup tournament for men's handball teams in Denmark. It’s also known as Santander Cup for sponsorship reasons. The competition has been played annually since 1964. Tournament structure The i ...

* Youth player of the Year in

Damehåndboldligaen The Kvindeligaen () is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league was previously called Bambusa Kvindeligaen ...

: 2014/15

References

External links

* 1996 births Living people Handball players from Aarhus Danish female handball players Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Denmark Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball 21st-century Danish sportswomen Team Esbjerg players Odense Håndbold players {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub