Jim Gottfridsson

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Jim Gottfridsson
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Gottfridsson in 2024
Personal information
Born (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 (age 32)
Ystad, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Number 24
Youth career
YearsTeam
1996–2010
 IFK Ystad
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2010–2011
 IFK Ystad
2011–2013
 Ystads IF
2013–2025
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2025–
 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–
 Sweden 139 (446)
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Egypt
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Croatia
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Germany
Jim Gottfridsson's autograph, 2013 Jim Gottfridsson - Autograf 2013..jpg
Jim Gottfridsson's autograph, 2013

Jim Gottfridsson (born 2 September 1992) is a Swedish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Swedish national team. [1]

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Considered one of the best players in the world, he has won five titles at club level, including the EHF Champions League, league championships and cup titles. [2] [3]

With the national team, Gottfridsson won the 2022 European Championship, finished as runner-up at the 2018 European Championship and the 2021 World Championship, and placed third at the 2024 European Championship. He was named most valuable player (MVP) of the European Championship in 2018 and 2022, and voted best centre back of the World Championship in 2021. Gottfridsson represented Sweden at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. [4]

Career

In 1996 and aged four, Gottfridsson joined home town club IFK Ystad. In 2011, he joined top division team Ystads IF. After two years, he signed for German team SG Flensburg-Handewitt. In his first season, he won the EHF Champions League with SG by defeating arch-rivals THW Kiel 30–28 in the final.

In the following years, Gottfridsson won the DHB-Pokal (2015) and the German championship twice (2018, 2019). He was voted MVP of the 2020–21 season.

Gottfridsson was nominated as IHF World Player of the Year for 2021, finishing second in the vote behind Niklas Landin.

Honours

Club

International

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "EHF profile". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 29 September 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Solberg mister stjernespiller i VM-avslutningen" [Solberg loses star player in WC final]. NRK (in Norwegian). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  3. ↑ Overvik, Jostein (27 January 2023). "Tapte VM-semifinalen: Glenn Solberg kåret til verdens beste" [Lost the WC semi-final: Glenn Solberg named the world's best]. VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Jim Gottfridsson". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Egypt 2021 All-star Team". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 31 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "MVP Gottfridsson leads seven-nation All-star Team". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 30 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "„DKB MVP 2020/21": Jim Gottfridsson zum besten Spieler der Saison gewählt" [“DKB MVP 2020/21”: Jim Gottfridsson voted best player of the season]. liquimoly-hbl.de (in German). HBL. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Jim Gottfridsson utsedd till Årets spelare" [Jim Gottfridsson named Player of the Year]. Handbollslandslaget.se (in Swedish). 13 June 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Årets spelare" [Player of the year]. SvenskHandboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Jim Gottfridsson is World Handball Player 2022". Handball-planet.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.


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