Albin Lagergren
| Albin Lagergren | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
11 September 1992 Varberg, Sweden | ||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | SC Magdeburg | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–2011 | HK Varberg | ||
2011–2012 | Redbergslids IK | ||
2012–2013 | HK Varberg | ||
2013–2018 | IFK Kristianstad | ||
2018–2020 | SC Magdeburg | ||
2020–2023 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | ||
2023– | SC Magdeburg | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016– | Sweden | 118 | (351) |
|
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 5 January 2025 | |||
Albin Lagergren (born 11 September 1992) is a Swedish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Swedish national team.[1]
Career
[edit]Lagergren started playing handball at his hometown club HK Varberg. In 2011 he joined Redbergslids IK for a season, only to return to HK Varberg in 2012. [2]
A season later he joined IFK Kristianstad to play elite handball and develop further.[3] Here he won the Swedish Championship in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
For the 2018/19 season he joined German team SC Magdeburg..[4] In 2020 he joined league rivals Rhein-Neckar Löwen.[5] Here he won the DHB-Pokal in 2023. The following season he returned to SC Magdeburg.[6] Here he won the IHF Super Globe 2023, the DHB-Pokal and the German Handball-Bundesliga in the 2023/2024 season.
National team
[edit]He debuted for the Swedish national team in 2016 and was a part of the team that played World cup qualification matches against Bosnia-Herzegovina.
His first major international tournament was at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he was included due to Johan Jakobsson getting injured.[7]
He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship, where he once again was included due to a Johan Jakobsson injury just before the tournament.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ EHF profile
- ^ "Albin Lagergren". handbollslandslaget.se (in Swedish). Sweden National Team. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Albin Lagergren går till IFK Kristianstad" [Albin Lagergren to IFK Kristianstad]. hn.se (in Swedish). Hallands Nyheter. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Lagergren klar för Magdeburg: "Det är lite som i Kristianstad" [Lagergren ready for Magdeburg: It is a little bit like Kristianstad] (in Swedish). kristianstadsbladet.se. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Albin Lagergren wechselt zu den Rhein-Neckar Löwen" [Albin Lagergren transfers to Rhein-Neckar Löwen] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "SC Magdeburg verpflichtet Albin Lagergren" [SC Magdeburg signs Albin Lagergren]. scm-handball.de (in German). SC Magdeburg. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ Simon Sjöstrand (15 August 2016). "OS-debut för Albin Lagergren" [Olympic debut for Albin Lagergren] (in Swedish). Kristianstadsbladet.
- ^ "25th Men's World Championship 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
External links
[edit]
- Albin Lagergren at the European Handball Federation
- Albin Lagergren at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
- Albin Lagergren at Olympedia
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Swedish male handball players
- Sportspeople from Varberg
- Redbergslids IK players
- IFK Kristianstad players
- Swedish expatriate handball players in Germany
- Handball-Bundesliga players
- SC Magdeburg players
- Rhein-Neckar Löwen players
- Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Sweden
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen
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