Erlend Mamelund

Erlend Mamelund (born 1 May 1984) is a retired Norwegian handball player who played for Haslum HK and for the Norwegian national team.^[1]

Erlend Mamelund
Personal information
Born	(1984-05-01) 1 May 1984 (age 40) Lørenskog, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Haslum HK
Number	11
Youth career
Years	Team
0000–2001	Helset
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2001–2007	Haslum HK
2007–2009	HSG Nordhorn
2009	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2009–2010	FCK Håndbold
2010–2012	Haslum HK
2012–2013	Montpellier HB
2013–2015	Haslum HK
2015–2016	THW Kiel
2016–2017	Haslum HK
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2016	Norway	132	(353)

Club career

Mamelund played professionally in the German Bundesliga. He won the EHF Cup with HSG Nordhorn in 2007-08. Former clubs are Helset IF and Haslum HK. Mamelund has signed a transfer to the Danish Handball League side FCK Håndbold, which will be his club from July 2009.^[2] In his first season, he won the Danish Men's Handball Cup and was named MVP for the tournament.^[3]

On 19 August 2015 it was announced that Erlend Mamelund would join German side THW Kiel immediately on a one-year deal.^[4] He then finished his career at Haslum HK in 2017. He wore the Haslum jersey 311 times and scored 1811 goals in 13 seasons. He then signed a three-year deal as the assistant coach of Haslum from 2017 to 2020.

International career

Mamelund made his debut on the Norwegian national handball team in 2005.

Personal life

His older brother Håvard and younger sister Linn Therese both played handball in the highest league in Norway.^[5] He is married to Karoline Mamelund.

References

1. "XI European Championship 2014. Team Roster, Norway" (PDF). EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
2. "Mamelund til Danmark". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 9 January 2009. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
3. "Tidligere pokalfightere". tophaandbold. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
4. "Erlend Mamelund is new "Zebra": Only Kiel could take me out of Norway!". www.handball-planet.com. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
5. Øen, Sindre (13 October 2006). "Misunnelig på lillebror". Budstikka (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2009.

External links

• Erlend Mamelund at the European Handball Federation
• Erlend Mamelund at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
• Erlend Mamelund at THW Kiel (in German)