Jim Gottfridsson

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

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.

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.

Club

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

International

 * EHF European Championship
 * : 2022
 * : 2018
 * : 2024
 * IHF World Championship
 * : 2021

Individual

 * All-Star Centre back of the World Championship: 2021
 * Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the European Championship: 2018, 2022
 * Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Handball-Bundesliga: 2020–21
 * Swedish Handballer of the Year: 2018, 2022
 * Handball-Planet – Best World Handball Player: 2022