Jim Gottfridsson

Jim Gottfridsson
Jim Gottfridsson
	Gottfridsson in 2024
Personal information
Born	2 September 1992 (age 32); 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
2013–2025	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2025–	OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
National team
Years	Team
2012–	Sweden
Medal record
World Championship
European Championship

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

Considered one of the best players in the world, he has won five titles at club level, including the EHF Champions League, league championships and cup titles.^[2]^[3]

With the national team, Gottfridsson won the 2022 European Championship, finished as runner-up at the 2018 European Championship and the 2021 World Championship, and placed third at the 2024 European Championship. He was named most valuable player (MVP) of the European Championship in 2018 and 2022, and voted best centre back of the World Championship in 2021. Gottfridsson represented Sweden at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.^[4]

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.

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

Honours

Club

EHF Champions League
- Gold: 2014
Handball-Bundesliga
- Gold: 2018, 2019
- Silver: 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021
- Bronze: 2014, 2015
DHB-Pokal
- Gold: 2015
- Silver: 2014, 2016, 2017
DHB-Supercup:
- Gold: 2019
- Silver: 2015, 2018, 2020

International

EHF European Championship
- Gold: 2022
- Silver: 2018
- Bronze: 2024
IHF World Championship
- Silver: 2021

Individual

All-Star Centre back of the World Championship: 2021^[5]
Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the European Championship: 2018, 2022^[6]
Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Handball-Bundesliga: 2020–21^[7]
Swedish Handballer of the Year: 2018,^[8] 2022^[9]
Handball-Planet – Best World Handball Player: 2022^[10]

References

^ "EHF profile". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 29 September 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ "Solberg mister stjernespiller i VM-avslutningen" [Solberg loses star player in WC final]. NRK (in Norwegian). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
^ Overvik, Jostein (27 January 2023). "Tapte VM-semifinalen: Glenn Solberg kåret til verdens beste" [Lost the WC semi-final: Glenn Solberg named the world's best]. VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 May 2024.
^ "Jim Gottfridsson". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
^ "Egypt 2021 All-star Team". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 31 January 2021.
^ "MVP Gottfridsson leads seven-nation All-star Team". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 30 January 2022.
^ "„DKB MVP 2020/21": Jim Gottfridsson zum besten Spieler der Saison gewählt" [“DKB MVP 2020/21”: Jim Gottfridsson voted best player of the season]. liquimoly-hbl.de (in German). HBL. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Jim Gottfridsson utsedd till Årets spelare" [Jim Gottfridsson named Player of the Year]. Handbollslandslaget.se (in Swedish). 13 June 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Årets spelare" [Player of the year]. SvenskHandboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ "Jim Gottfridsson is World Handball Player 2022". Handball-planet.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

External links

Jim Gottfridsson at the International Handball Federation
Jim Gottfridsson at the European Handball Federation
Jim Gottfridsson at Olympedia (archive)
Jim Gottfridsson at Olympics.com
Jim Gottfridsson at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
Jim Gottfridsson at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)
Jim Gottfridsson on Instagram

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[1] "EHF profile". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 29 September 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[2] "Solberg mister stjernespiller i VM-avslutningen" [Solberg loses star player in WC final]. NRK (in Norwegian). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2024.

[3] Overvik, Jostein (27 January 2023). "Tapte VM-semifinalen: Glenn Solberg kåret til verdens beste" [Lost the WC semi-final: Glenn Solberg named the world's best]. VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 May 2024.

[4] "Jim Gottfridsson". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

[5] "Egypt 2021 All-star Team". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 31 January 2021.

[6] "MVP Gottfridsson leads seven-nation All-star Team". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 30 January 2022.

[7] "„DKB MVP 2020/21": Jim Gottfridsson zum besten Spieler der Saison gewählt" [“DKB MVP 2020/21”: Jim Gottfridsson voted best player of the season]. liquimoly-hbl.de (in German). HBL. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[8] "Jim Gottfridsson utsedd till Årets spelare" [Jim Gottfridsson named Player of the Year]. Handbollslandslaget.se (in Swedish). 13 June 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[9] "Årets spelare" [Player of the year]. SvenskHandboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 April 2022.

[10] "Jim Gottfridsson is World Handball Player 2022". Handball-planet.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

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