Jim Gottfridsson

Swedish handball player

Jim Gottfridsson
Gottfridsson with the Swedish national team in 2022
Personal information
Born (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 (age 31)
Ystad, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Number 24
Youth career
Years Team
1996–2010
 IFK Ystad
Senior clubs
Years Team
2010–2011
 IFK Ystad
2011–2013
 Ystads IF
2013–
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–
 Sweden 139 (446)
Jim Gottfridssons autograf 2013.

Jim Gottfridsson (born 2 September 1992) is a Swedish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Swedish national team.[1]

He participated on the Sweden men's national handball team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's handball tournament.[2]

Career

In 1996 and aged four, Gottfridsson joined home town club IFK Ystad. In 2011, he joined top division team Ystads IF. After two years, he signed for German team SG Flensburg-Handewitt. In his first season, he won the EHF Champions League with SG by defeating arch-rivals THW Kiel 30–28 in the final.

In the following years, Gottfridsson won the DHB-Pokal (2015) and the German championship twice (2018, 2019). He was voted MVP of the 2020-21 season.

With his country Sweden, he has won the 2022 European Championship and finished as runner-up at the 2018 European Championship and the 2021 World Championship. He was named MVP in 2018 and 2022.

Gottfridsson was nominated as IHF World Player of the Year for 2021, finishing second in the vote behind Niklas Landin.

Honours

Club

International

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player (MVP) in Handball-Bundesliga 2020/21[3]
  • All-Star Centre back of the World Championship: 2021[4]
  • Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the European Championship: 2018, 2022[5]
  • Swedish handball player of the year: 2018,[6] 2022[7]
  • Handball-Planet – Best World Handball Player: 2022[8]

References

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ "Jim Gottfridsson". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. ^ ""DKB MVP 2020/21": JIM GOTTFRIDSSON ZUM BESTEN SPIELER DER SAISON GEWÄHLT". HBL. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Egypt 2021 All-star Team". ihf.info. 31 January 2021.
  5. ^ "MVP Gottfridsson leads seven-nation All-star Team". eurohandball.com. 30 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Jim Gottfridsson utsedd till Årets spelare". Handbollslandslaget. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Årets spelare". Svensk Handboll. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Jim Gottfridsson is World Handball Player 2022". Handball-planet.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

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