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Latest revision as of 18:47, 14 September 2025
Finnish basketball player (born 1995)
Alexander Thor Bjerregård Madsen (born 26 January 1995) is a Finnish professional basketball player who plays for Força Lleida of the Liga ACB, and for the Finland national team.
In Finland, Alexander Madsen played for Kouvot from 2012–2016.[1]
He later played for USK Praha of the National Basketball League (Czech Republic) from 2016 to 2018.[1]
After playing three seasons for VEF Rīga in Latvia, on July 25, 2022, Madsen signed a one-year contract with AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the FIBA Champions league.[2] In 20 domestic league games, he averaged 6.2 points and 2.5 rebounds, playing around 14 minutes per contest.
He returned to VEF Riga for the 2023–24 season. After the team was knocked out of the FIBA Champions league, he terminated his contract with the club in the end of 2023.[3]
On 29 December 2023, Madsen signed with BC Andorra of the Spanish Liga ACB.[4]
In July 2024, Madsen joined newly promoted Liga ACB team Força Lleida.[5]
Madsen played 64 matches combined for his country’s youth national teams.[1]
Later, he became a member of the senior Finnish national basketball team.[6] He represented Finland in the EuroBasket 2022 and in the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Madsen also played in the 2024 FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament.[7]
Madsen was born in Valkeala, Kouvola, Finland, to a Danish father and Finnish mother. His parents played volleyball in Finland: Niels Madsen played in the Finland Volleyball League and Vuokko Naukkarinen in the Finnish Women’s Volleyball League.[8][9][10] His older sister Michaela Madsen and younger sister Yasmine Madsen are Finnish international volleyball players,[11] and his cousin Joel Naukkarinen is a World Champion rower. Madsen is a cook by education.
Madsen started his mandatory military service in Santahamina, Helsinki, in April 2019
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- ^ a b c Susijengin Alexander Madsen siirtyy Kanarialle: “Tilaisuutena liian hyvä jättää käyttämättä” JONAS KUISMA (Yle), 28 July 2018. Accessed 29 September 2021.(in Finnish)
- ^ “Υπέγραψε ο Μάντσεν”. aekbc.gr. Online. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ Alexander Madsen kevätkaudeksi Espanjan liigaan basket.fi, 29 December 2023
- ^ Alexander Madsen kevätkaudeksi Espanjan liigaan, Yle
- ^ Alexander Madsen Espanjan liiganousija Lleidaan, basket.fi, 19 July 2024
- ^ “Kouvojen Alexander Madsen laittaa ruokaa ja syö kuudesti päivässä — ”Jos tekee mieli napostella, otan näkkileipä䔓. Kouvolan Sanomat (in Finnish). 18 March 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ Susijengin pelaajatusina olympiakarsintoihin on vahvistettu, basket.fi, 30 June 2024
- ^ Tuominen, Pasi (28 April 2020). “Suomen lentopalloilun monikulttuurinen tähdistö 2020”. Lentopallo.info (in Finnish). East Side Media. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ Einiö, Matti (4 February 2015). “ISTV klo 18.30: Kouvot–Seagulls – Urheiluperheen suurlupaus näyttää taitojaan”. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ Honkanen, Pasi (20 May 2016). “Michaela Madsenin kevät huipentui tuplajuhlaan”. Hämeenlinnan Kaupunkiuutiset (in Finnish). Keskisuomalainen. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ Koko kausi sivu suun – nyt kutsu maajoukkueeseen, lentopallo.info, 30 March 2018
