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Mia Rej (born 2 February 1990) 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 HØJ Elite. She has previously played for the Danish national team.


Career

In the summer of 2009 she switched from the 2nd tier team Nordkøbenhavn Håndbold to
FCK Håndbold F.C. Copenhagen Handball (or simply FCK Handball) was a Danish handball team, playing in Copenhagen. They had both a male and a female team, both playing in the best Danish leagues, the Danish Handball League (men) and Danish Women's Handball Le ...
. In the 2010-11 season she played for
Roskilde Håndbold Roskilde Håndbold is a handball club from Roskilde, Denmark. Currently, Roskilde Håndbold competes in the women's Danish 1st Division. The home arena of the club is Roskilde Hallerne. The club has previously been known as Roar Roskilde. H ...
, after which she joined Swedish
H 65 Höör Höörs HK H 65 is a Swedish women's handball club from Höör established in 1965, competing in the Swedish women's handball league, Handbollsligan, since 2011. In 2014 the team won the 2013–14 EHF Challenge Cup. History In 2011–201 ...
. In her last match match for
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in 2014 she got a cruciate ligament injury.


København Håndbold

In 2014 she moved back to Denmark and joined
København Håndbold København Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club from Copenhagen, Denmark. It was established in the winter of 2013. It took over the league licence from Frederiksberg IF and is playing in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen. The club is owned by K ...
. Here she won the 2017-18 Danish Championship, the first in club history. In 2018 she tore her cruciate ligament again while playing for the Danish national team. In the 2019-20 season she was the top scorer in the ordinary season in the Danish top league,
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 ...
with 170 goals.


Odense Håndbold

The following summer she joined 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 ...
. The same season she won the
Danish Women's Handball Cup The Danish Women's Handball Cup (), known as the Santander Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the main domestic cup tournament for Danish women's handball clubs, which is partially organised and supervised by the Danish Handball Federation. The com ...
with Odense. In the 2020-21 season, she won the Danish Championship with
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 ...
. This was the first title in club history. The following season she won the title again.


HØJ Elite

She initially retired in 2023, but in January 2025 she made a comeback for the Danish second tier side HØJ Elite at the age of 35. Later the same season she won the 1st Division and secured promotion to the top flight.


National team

She made her debut on the national team on 9 March 2016 against Russia. She represented Denmark at the
2019 World Women's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 24th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Japan from 30 November to 15 December 2019. The Netherlands won their first title after defeating Spain in the final. Th ...
, after she was added to the team to replace the injured
Simone Böhme Simone Böhme (born 17 August 1991) is a Danish female handballer for HC Dunărea Brăila and the Denmark women's national handball team, Danish national team. Career Böhme won the 2009–10 Women's EHF Cup, 2010 EHF Cup with Randers HK. Despi ...
in the main round. At the
2020 European Championship The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2020 or simply Euro 2020, was the 16th UEFA European Championship, the Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names, quadrennial international men's association footb ...
, she finished 4th with the Danish team. At the 2021 World Championship she won bronze medals with the Danish team.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rej, Mia Danish female handball players 1990 births Living people Handball players from Copenhagen Danish expatriate handball players in Sweden 21st-century Danish sportswomen Odense Håndbold players