Daniel Pettersson (handballer)

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Daniel Pettersson
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Personal information
Born (1992-05-06) 6 May 1992 (age 33)
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club SC Magdeburg
Number 11
Youth career
YearsTeam
2001-2011
 Eskilstuna Guif
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2011–2016
 Eskilstuna Guif
2016–
 SC Magdeburg
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–
 Sweden 99 (225)
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Egypt
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Germany
Junior World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 14 January 2026

Daniel Pettersson (born 6 May 1992) is a Swedish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Swedish national team. [1]

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Career

Pettersson joined Eskilstuna Guif in 2001. [2] In 2011 he made his senior debut for the club. [3] The same season he finished 2nd with the club.

In 2016 he joined the Bundesliga team SC Magdeburg. [4] Here he won the 2021 EHF European League and IHF Super Globe. In 2022 he won the German Championship and the Super Globe for a second time. In 2023 he won the EHF Champions League and the Super Globe for a third time. In 2024 he won the DHB-Pokal and German Championship. He won the EHF Champions League for a second time in 2024-25.

National team

In 2010 he played at the European Youth Championship and in 2013 he won the U-21 World Championship. [4] At the 2010 he was selected for the tournament all-star team. [5]

Pettersson made international debut on the Swedish national team in March 2014, against Germany. [6]

He participated at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship in Sweden. [7] He also participated in bringing home the silver medal for Sweden in the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship, and gold medal in the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship. [8]

At the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship he won silver medals with Sweden, losing to Denmark in the final. [9] He also represented Sweden at the 2021 Olympics. [10]

At the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship he won gold medals with Sweden. During the tournament he tested positive for COVID-19 and was thus replaced by Valter Chrintz. By the semi-final he returned to the team.

At the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship he won bronze medals. [11]

During the 2024 Olympics he was injured in the preliminary rounds in a match against Slovenia, which ended his tournament. [12]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ EHF Profile
  2. ↑ "14 - Daniel Pettersson". guif.nu (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Daniel Pettersson". svenskhandboll.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Lämnar Guif för tyska Magdeburg" (in Swedish). handbollskanalen.se. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Croatia win M18 European Championship" (PDF). eurohandball.com. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  6. ↑ "11 Daniel Pettersson – Handbollslangslaget" (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation . Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Sweden 2022". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "27th Men's World Championship 2021 – Team Roster Sweden" (PDF). International Handball Federation . Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "Match Team Statistics: Sweden vs. Bahrain" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "EHF Euro 2024: Cumulative Statistics Sweden". ehf.eu. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "SCM reagiert auf Ausfälle von Hornke und Pettersson" (in German). volksstimme.de. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
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