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Jim Gottfridsson
Gottfridsson in 2024
Personal information
Born (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 (age 33)
Ystad, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club IFK Ystad
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
2025–04/2026
 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
07/2026–
 IFK Ystad
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–
 Sweden 176 (535)
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal – second place2021 Egypt
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Silver medal – second place2018 Croatia
Bronze medal – third place2024 Germany
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 14 January 2026
Jim Gottfridsson's autograph, 2013

Jim Gottfridsson (born 2 September 1992) is a Swedish handball player for IFK Ystad 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

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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.[5]

In summer 2025 he joined Hungagian side Pick Szeged after 12 years at Flensburg-Handewitt. He has stated that among his reasons for leaving the club is the fact, that he has not felt appreciated and important enough to the team after seeing less playing time under Danish coach Nicolej Krickau.[6] In April 2026 Pick Szeged decided to unilaterally cancel Gottfridsons contract; a decision which he protested saying that 'the club had taken the decision without consulting him' and that he considers the decision to be 'unlawful'.[7][8]

Honours

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Club

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International

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Individual

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  • All-Star Centre back of the World Championship: 2021[9]
  • Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the European Championship: 2018, 2022[10]
  • Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Handball-Bundesliga: 2020–21[11]
  • Swedish Handballer of the Year: 2018,[12] 2022[13]
  • Handball-Planet – Best World Handball Player: 2022[14]

References

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  1. ↑ "EHF profile". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 16 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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. ↑ "IHF | Danish delight in the 2021 IHF World Players and Coaches of the Year awards". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Artmann Haugaard, Mads (25 February 2025). "Krickau bekræfter uenigheder med svensk stjerne" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "A striking statement from Jim Gottfridsson after Pick Szeged announced the termination of the contract of the Swedish playmaker earlier today.!". X.com. Rasmus Boysen. 11 April 2026. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  8. ↑ Johan Flinck; Jonatan Pinheiro Diamant (11 April 2026). "Pick Szeged bryter med Gottfridsson" [Pick Szeged breaks with Gottfrisson] (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Egypt 2021 All-star Team". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 31 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "MVP Gottfridsson leads seven-nation All-star Team". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 30 January 2022.
  11. ↑ ""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.
  12. ↑ "Jim Gottfridsson utsedd till Årets spelare" [Jim Gottfridsson named Player of the Year]. Handbollslandslaget.se (in Swedish). 13 June 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Årets spelare" [Player of the year]. SvenskHandboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  14. ↑ "Jim Gottfridsson is World Handball Player 2022". Handball-planet.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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