Nina Koppang

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Nina Koppang
Personal information
Full name Nina Beate Koppang
Born (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002 (age 23)
Vadstena, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Norwegian
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Team Esbjerg
Youth career
YearsTeam
–2018
 Vadstena HF
2018–2020
 IK Sävehof
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2020–2024
 IK Sävehof
2024–01/2025
 Vipers Kristiansand
01/2025–
 Team Esbjerg
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–
 Sweden 38 (68)

Nina Koppang, (born 31 May 2002) is a Swedish handball player who plays for Team Esbjerg and the Sweden women's national handball team. [1]

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Career

Koppang started playing handball in Vadstena HF. She also played football in Vadstena GIF. In 2018 she moved from Vadstena to attend a sports school, and with that she changed to IK Sävehof's youth team. She also continued playing football, now for Göteborg FC's youth team, however only for around 6 months until she decided to quit football and fully focus on handball. [2] The season of 2020/21 was her first in IK Sävehof's senior team. [3]

She signed for Norwegian club Vipers Kristiansand in 2024, only to leave less than a year later when the club went bankrupt. [4]

When she was 16 she played for the Swedish U16 national team in football. [5] In handball, she participated in the U17 European Championship 2019, where Sweden brought home a silver medal. [6] She also participated in the U19 European Championship 2021, where Sweden ended up on the fourth place. There, she was chosen for the All-Star Team as best right back. [7] She made a debut in the senior national team in April 2021 in a game against Hungary, when Sweden's original squad had a Coronavirus outbreak and had to be fully replaced. [8]

Achievements

Personal life

She is the younger half-sister of the Swedish football player Stina Blackstenius, [2] and daughter of former Norwegian fencer Nils Koppang. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "9 Nina Koppang". IK Sävehof. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Landslagsstjärnans lillasyster gör succé". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "SHE - Statistik". SHE. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Norsk storklub går konkurs - igen" [Norwegian top club in bankrupt - again] (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Koppang är landslagsspelare i två sporter". Svensk Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "2019 W17 EURO Match Details". EHF. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "HUNGARY TAKE W19 EHF EURO GOLD IN STYLE". EHF. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Fakta om truppen som ska ta Sverige till VM". Handbollslandslaget (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  9. ↑ Flinck, Johan (10 August 2024). "OS-familjen nr 1: tre sporter, fem OS och två medaljer" [Olympic family No. 1: three sports, five Olympics and two medals]. aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 July 2025.
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