Linus Persson (handballer)

Linus Persson
Personal information
Born	(1993-04-16) 16 April 1993 (age 32) Helsingborg, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	FC Porto
Number	37
Youth career
Years	Team
0000-2017	OV Helsingborg
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2011–2018	HK Malmö
2018–2021	US Ivry
2021–2023	HBC Nantes
2023–2025	GOG Håndbold
2025–	FC Porto
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–	Sweden	46	(75)
Medal record World Championship 2021 Egypt European Championship 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 1 August 2025 [1]

Linus Persson (born 16 April 1993) is a Swedish handball player. ^[1] He plays for FC Porto and the Swedish national team. He is a European champion from the 2022 European Championship.

Career

Persson started playing handball for OV Helsingborg and joined HK Malmö in 2011. ^[2] Here he helped the team getting promoted to the Handbollsligan. From 2018 he joined French team US Ivry for three years. ^[3] Then he joined HBC Nantes, ^[4] where he finished 2nd in the 2021-22 season and won the French League Cup. In 2022 he won the Trophée des Champions, and in 2023 he won the Coupe de France.

In 2023 he joined Danish side GOG Håndbold. ^[5] From the 2025-26 season he joined Portuguese team FC Porto. ^[6]

National team

Persson made his debut for the Swedish national team on 2 April 2014 in a 30-25 win over Germany. ^[1]

He competed at the 2016 European Championship, ^[7] although he did only play a single match at the tournament. At the 2021 World Championship he won silver medals, losing to Denmark in the final. ^[8] He missed the 2021 Olympics due to injury. ^[9]

At the 2022 European Championship he won gold medals. He was however not initially part of the squad, and only joined after several Swedish players had to leave due to being infected with Corona virus. ^[10]

References

1. "Spelarpresentationer". Handbollslandslaget. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
2. Linus Ahlin (17 September 2017). "Linus Persson: "Jag vill lira i de stora ligorna"" (in Swedish). Helsingsborgs Dagblad. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
3. "Linus Persson lämnar HK Malmö" (in Swedish). HK Malmö. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
4. "Communiqué officiel : effectif 21-22" (in French). HBC Nantes. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
5. "GOG henter landsholdsspiller i fransk storklub" (in Danish). GOG Håndbold. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
6. "Linus Persson lämnar GOG – klar för Porto" (in Swedish). handbollskanalen.se. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
7. "Men's EHF Euro 2016 Poland. Sweden". European Handball Federation . Retrieved 30 January 2016.
8. "Denmark claim second straight Men's World Championship gold". ihf.info. 31 January 2021.
9. "OS-drömmen borta för Linus Persson" (in Swedish). Svensk handboll. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
10. "Linus Persson ersätter Lukas Sandell" (in Swedish). Handbollslandslaget. Retrieved 28 January 2022.