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

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 Apps (Gls)

2012–

 Sweden 139 (446)
Jim Gottfridssons autograf 2013.

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]

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.

  • 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]
  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ NRK (26 January 2023). "Solberg mister stjernespiller i VM-avslutningen". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  3. ^ Overvik, Jostein (27 January 2023). "Tapte VM-semifinalen: Glenn Solberg kåret til verdens beste". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Jim Gottfridsson". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Egypt 2021 All-star Team". ihf.info. 31 January 2021.
  6. ^ "MVP Gottfridsson leads seven-nation All-star Team". eurohandball.com. 30 January 2022.
  7. ^ ""DKB MVP 2020/21": JIM GOTTFRIDSSON ZUM BESTEN SPIELER DER SAISON GEWÄHLT". HBL. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Jim Gottfridsson utsedd till Årets spelare". Handbollslandslaget. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Årets spelare". Svensk Handboll. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Jim Gottfridsson is World Handball Player 2022". Handball-planet.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.