Tobias Thulin

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Tobias Thulin
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Personal information
Born (1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 (age 30)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
Number 16
Youth career
YearsTeam
–2011
 Önnereds HK
2011–2012
 Redbergslids IK
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2012–2019
 Redbergslids IK
2019–2021
 SC Magdeburg
2021–2022
 TVB 1898 Stuttgart
2022–2024
 GOG Håndbold
2024–
 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–
 Sweden 67 (0)
Medal record
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Germany
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 5 January 2025

Tobias Thulin (born 5 July 1995) is a Swedish handball player who plays for OTP Bank-Pick Szeged and the Swedish national team. [1] [2]

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Career

He began playing handball at Önnereds HK before switching to the youth team of Redbergslids IK in 2011, where he made is senior debut. [3] In 2017 he won the 'årets komet' award for best Swedish youth player after being the best goalkeeper in the Swedish league, measured both in number of saves and save percentage. [4]

In 2018 he transferred to German Bundesliga team SC Magdeburg. Here he won the EHF European League in 2021. Same year he joined league rivals TVB 1898 Stuttgart. [5]

Just a year later he joined Danish top club GOG Håndbold. Here he won both the Danish Cup and the Danish championship in his first season. [6]

In 2024 he joined Hungarian side OTP Bank-Pick Szeged. [7] Here he won the 2025 Magyar Kupa.

National team

He debuted for the Swedish national team in 2017 in a match against Poland.

At the 2022 European Championship he won gold medals. [8]

At the 2023 World Championship he had the highest save percentage at the tournament with 30%. [9] Sweden finished 4th.

At the 2024 European Championship he won bronze medals with Sweden. [10] He played all 9 games. [11]

At the 2025 World Championship he represented Sweden again but they would finish at a disappointing 14th place. [12]

Achievements

References

  1. ↑ "Redbergslids IK Herr Elit | laget.se". www.laget.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "30 Tobias Thulin". Svenska Handbollslandslaget (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Tobias Thulin". handbolls-em.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. ↑ ""Statistik: Målvakter"" [Statistics: Goalkeeper] (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 July 2018..
  5. ↑ "Torhüter-Rochade beim TVB Stuttgart: Johannes Bitter geht, Tobias Thulin kommt vom SCM" [Goalkeeper change in TVB Stuttgart: Johannes Bitter leaves, Thulin comes from SCM]. handball-world.news (in German). Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Tobias Thulin und TVB Stuttgart lösen Vertrag auf: Wechsel nach Dänemark" [Tobias Thulin and TVB Stutt cuts ties: transfers to Denmark]. handball-world.news (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Thulin til europæisk storklub" [Thulin to major European club]. gog.dk (in Danish). GOG Håndbold . Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Sweden 2022". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  9. ↑ IHF 2023 World Championship stats
  10. ↑ "Palicka leads Sweden to bronze". eurohandball.com. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "EHF Euro 2024: Cumulative Statistics Sweden". ehf.eu. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "IHF World Championship 2025: Cumulative Statistics Sweden" (PDF). ihf.info. international Handball Federation . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
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