Simon Pytlick | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Simon Bogetoft Pytlick | ||
Born | Thurø, Denmark | 11 December 2000||
Nationality | Danish | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2012–2018 | GOG Håndbold | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2018–2023 | GOG Håndbold | ||
2023– | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
National team 1 | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Denmark | 57 | (259) |
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2024 |
Simon Bogetoft Pytlick (born 11 December 2000) is a Danish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Danish national team. [1]
He made his debut on the Danish national team on 4 November 2021, against Norway at the 2021–22 Golden League Tournament in Trondheim. [2] [3] In 2023 he was part of the Danish team that won the IHF World Men's Handball Championship. In the leadup to the tournament Simon Pytlick predicted, that he would be primarily a back-up player who could help "patch some holes". He would however turn out to be a major contributor to Denmark's success including scoring 9 goals in the final. [4]
In November 2024 he was named vice-captain of the Danish national team behind Magnus Saugstrup. [5]
Simon Pytlick started playing handball in the youth ranks of GOG Håndbold in 2012. In 2019 he made his debut in the Danish Men's Handball League. In his debut season he played 6 matches and scored 10 goals. Due to his teammate Emil Lærke's injury, he got more playing time in the 2019/2020 season, and won the Talent of the year award. [6] The next season he won the Danish championship and was on the all star team. [7]
In 2022 he extended his contract with GOG, but only ended up playing one more season, [8] where he once again won the Danish Championship. From summer 2023 he has a contract with SG Flensburg-Handewitt. [9] In February 2025 he broke his right arm during a match between Flensburg-Handewitt and Toulouse Handball in the EHF European League. [10]
He is the son of former handball coach Jan Pytlick and former handball player Berit Bogetoft [18] and brother of the professional handball players Camilla Pytlick and Josephine Pytlick. [19] [20] His cousin, Andreas Haagen Pytlick, is also a professional handballer. [21]