Michael Bruun Pedersen (born 8 October 1970) is a Danish

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 ...

and current handball coach. Bruun has made 92 appearances for the Danish national handball team, most notably participating in the

2002 European Men's Handball Championship The 2002 Men's European Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the tournament and took place from 25 January to 3 February 2002 in Sweden. Qualification Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that ...

, in which he won the bronze medal with the Danish team.

Playing career

He was the

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

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

Team Tvis Holstebro TTH Holstebro is a men's handball club from Holstebro, Denmark. The team is playing in the Danish Primo Tours Ligaen and play their home matches in Gråkjær Arena. History The club was founded on 1 May 2000, when Holstebro Håndbold 90 ...

twice from 2000-2002 and again from 2005-2011.www.haslund.info ''Michael Bruun''
retrieved 14 February 2025 In 2009 he won the

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 ...

with the club. Otherwise he played for

Bjerringbro FH Bjerringbro FH is a women's handball club from Bjerringbro, Denmark. Currently, Bjerringbro FH competes in the Danish Women's Handball League, since the 2023/24 season. The home arena of the club is Bjerringbro Idræts & Kulturcenter. For the f ...

between 2002 and 2005 and at

Mors-Thy Håndbold Mors-Thy Håndbold is a handball club, based in Nykøbing Mors and Thisted, Denmark. Currently, Mors-Thy Håndbold competes in the men's Danish Handball League. The home arena of the team is Sparekassen Thy Arena and Thyhallen in Thisted. It ...

in 2011-12. He retired in 2012 at the age of 41.

Coaching career

After his retirement from playing handball, he became the assistant coach at

where he was until 2017. Since then he has acted as goalkeeping coach for numerous Danish clubs as well as the Denmark Women's national team since 2018. In 2021 he became the goalkeeping coach of the German club SG Flensburg Handewitt. In the summer 2024 he left Flensburg-Handewitt and became returned to Denmark to become the goalkeeping coach at

Aalborg Håndbold Aalborg Handball () is a professional handball club from Aalborg, Denmark that competes in the Danish Handball League. Aalborg Håndbold play their home games in the Gigantium arena in Aalborg – known as Jutlander Bank Arena for sponsorship rea ...

References

External links

player infowww.haslund.info ''Michael Bruun''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruun, Michael 1970 births Living people Danish male handball players Danish handball coaches Sportspeople from Skive Municipality Handball players from the Central Denmark Region TTH Holstebro players Expatriate handball coaches