Simon Pytlick

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Simon Pytlick
Personal information
Full name Simon Bogetoft Pytlick
Born (2000-12-11) 11 December 2000 (age 23)
Thurø, Denmark
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
YearsTeam
2012–2018
GOG Håndbold
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2018–2023
GOG Håndbold
2023–
SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–
Denmark 33 (134)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Germany
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]

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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.

Club career

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. [4] The next season he won the Danish championship and was on the all star team. [5]

In 2022 he extended his contract with GOG, but only ended up playing one more season, [6] where he once again won the Danish Championship. From summer 2023 he has a contract with SG Flensburg-Handewitt. [7]

Achievements

Individual awards

Personal life

He is the son of former handball coach Jan Pytlick [13] and brother of the professional handball players Camilla Pytlick and Josephine Pytlick. [14] [15] His cousin, Andreas Haagen Pytlick, is also a professional handballer. [16]

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References

  1. "Simon Bogetoft Pytlick - Career & Statistics". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. "Simon Pytlick - Statistik". Danish Handball Federation (DHF) (in Danish). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. "Pytlick har én ting at sige efter landsholdsdebut". TV 2 (in Danish). 5 November 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. "Se video-interview: 'Årets talent' er fra GOG og klar til DM-semifinalebrag - nu med tilskuere" [The 'talent of the year' is from GOG and he is ready for the DM Semifinal - with spectators] (in Danish). Fyens Stiftstidende.
  5. "HTH Herreligaen All-Stars 2021/2022" (in Danish). Tophåndbold.
  6. "Landsholdsbobler forlænger i GOG trods store tilbud" [National team talents extends with GOG despite big offers] (in Danish). TV 2 Sporten.
  7. "SG verpflichtet zwei dänische Weltmeister" [SG signs with Danish double world champion]. sg-flensburg-handewitt.de (in German). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  8. "Poland/Sweden 2023 All-Star Team Revealed". IHF. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  9. "Herreligaen - All-Star". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  10. "HTH Herreliga All-Stars 2022/2023". Tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  11. "Simon Pytlick er Årets Mandlige Håndboldspiller 2022" [Simon Pytlick is the men's player of the year]. hbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  12. "Årets mandlige landsholdsspiller er kåret". hbold.dk. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  13. "Simon er født med et håndboldnavn, men det eneste, Pytlick blev tvunget til, var at lære at svømme" (in Danish). DR. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  14. https://europamester.dk/hadsten-haandbold-henter-josephine-pytlick-til-klubben
  15. "Simon Pytlick - Biografi med alder, klubber og 8 fakta". hbold.dk. 2022-12-15.
  16. https://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/haandbold/far-moeder-soen-i-dansk-topkamp-slut-med-varm-mad-og-toejvask/8366204