Erik Veje Rasmussen

Erik Veje Rasmussen
Veje Rasmussen in September 2011. (Photo: Lars Schmidt)
Personal information
Born	(1959-04-09) 9 April 1959 (age 65) Hørve, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Senior clubs
Years	Team
–	Vallekilde-Hørve
	Helsingør IF
	TuS Nettelstedt ( Germany)
	S.C. Malaga ( Spain)
	VfL Gummersbach ( Germany)
	VHG Dragsholm
	Pfadi Winterthur (  Switzerland)
	Roar Roskilde
	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen (  Switzerland)
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1993	Denmark	233	(1015)
Teams managed
1994–1998	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen (as player-coach)
1998–2003	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2003–2009	Århus GF Håndbold
2010–2021	Århus GF Håndbold
2023–2024	Randers HH (sporting consultant)
2024–	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (assistant coach)

Erik Veje Rasmussen (born April 9, 1959) is a former Danish handball player and handball coach who competed in the 1982 World Men's Handball Championship and 1984 Summer Olympics. In addition to Handball he is also an author and inventor of sports clothing.^[1]

Playing Career

Veje Rasmussen started playing handball at Vallekilde-Hørve, his local club. From there he moved to Danish top club Helsingør IF, and was the top goalscorer of the 1983 Danish Handball League season.^[2]

After 2 seasons he moved abroad playing in both Germany, Switzerland and Spain. At St. Otmar he acted as player-coach in multiple instances.

During the 1980s he was one of the central players at the Danish National Team. In 1984 he finished fourth with the Denmark men's national handball team in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored 25 goals.^[3] Rasmussen played a total 233 games for the national team scoring 1015 goals.^[4] This makes him both the third most capped player and the thirds most scoring player for the Danish national team ever.^[5]

Coaching Career

Veje Rasmussen ended his playing career at the age of 39 to coach full time.He went on to coach the german club SG Flensburg-Handewitt from 1998 to 2003 before moving to Danish club Aarhus GF Håndbold. He led Århus to silver medals in the Danish League in 2005. In periods with many injuries, he did take the field himself. In 2009 he stopped at AGF due to health concerns, but his successor, René Hamann-Boerith, did not have success and was fired for bad results, and thus Veje Rasmussen returned to Aarhus Handball.

Despite the club having economic problems and had to release many key players, Veje Rasmussen managed a top half finish and reached the Cup final in the 10/11 season. He continued at Aarhus GF for 10 years, but after the club declared bankruptcy and fusioned with Skanderborg Håndbold, Veje Rasmussen decided not to continue.^[6][7]

In 2023 he began as a sports consulent for the Danish league club Randers HH.^[8]

Private life

Veje Rasmussen is educated as a teacher in 1986 and later in law in 1991. At the end of his playing career he worked as lawyer. He has also worked as an inventor of sports clothing.^[1]

He is married and has 4 kids. One of his kids, Nikolaj Veje Rasmussen, is also a professional handball player.

See also

• List of handballers with 1000 or more international goals

References

1. Boserup, Rasmus (8 December 2008). "Erik Veje stopper som skohandler". stiften.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 September 2024.
2. Topscorere siden 1946 - Herrer Archived March 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine at Danish Handball Federation
3. Sports-Reference profile Archived 2012-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
4. En gentleman runder 200 landskampe at Danish Handball Federation
5. "Herre A-Landskampe: Rangliste 1934–2024". www.haslund.info (in Danish). Retrieved 4 September 2024.
6. Bruun-Mortensen, Lars; Bentsen, Bo (5 April 2021). "Officielt: Århus Håndbold konkurs - fusionerer med Skanderborg". TV 2 (in Danish). Retrieved 4 September 2024.
7. "Erik Veje stopper efter konkurs - gik rundt med 'voldsomt ubehagelig viden' - TV 2". 5 April 2021.
8. Nørgård Dupont, Tobias (13 December 2023). "Vildt scoop: Randrusiansk klub ansætter jobløs håndboldlegende". amtsavisen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 September 2024.