Stories by and about Hans Lindberg could fill a book. In January 2021, he chased a burglar barefoot through wintry East Berlin until he caught him together with the police. The criminal had climbed through the tilted balcony door into the Lindberg house and met a defensive Dane who did not let go. The fact that Lindberg still runs fast and persistently at all is by no means a matter of course after his kidney tear in 2015. The collision during a counter-attack made the fans shudder. Doctors at the Charité saved the organ.
A few times it was thought that this was the end of the "beautiful Hans", but the now 41-year-old right-winger keeps going. The bankruptcy of his Bundesliga parent club HSV Hamburg seven years ago would have been reason enough for a change of course towards home, so disappointed was he at the time by promises that were not kept.
Hand fracture under the influence of red wine
Due to dubious real estate deals, which he and other professionals had eaten up, his highly remunerated contract had an immense importance. But "Hans Majestæt" ("His Majesty"), as the Danish newspapers have called him since his youth, did not think of abdicating: he found his happiness in Berlin, where he now lives and plays with his wife Jeanette and their two sons.
On Saturday evening, the Füchse's game against GWD Minden (42:35) was even interrupted when he scored his 2906th Bundesliga goal, replacing Kyung-Shin Joon as the record scorer in the Handball Bundesliga. Good genes, few injuries, said the son of Icelandic parents who emigrated to Copenhagen, about the secret of his success, although he preferred to conceal the hand fracture under the influence of red wine in February - they didn't like that at all with the Foxes, as he is one of the few leading players of the highly talented team.
He owns a stake in a fashion brand, a management consultancy, and is known in Denmark like a colorful dog. He wants to stay on the ball. After some wrangling, the Foxes realized what they have in him in April and extended his contract until June 30, 2024. So it will be able to extend its record – and add chapters to the book?