Andreas Nilsson (handballer)

Andreas Nilsson
Personal information
Born (1990-04-12) 12 April 1990 (age 34)
Trelleborg, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Önnereds HK
Youth career
Years Team
0000–2007
 IFK Trelleborg
Senior clubs
Years Team
2007–2009
 IFK Trelleborg
2009–2012
 IFK Skövde
2012–2014
 HSV Hamburg
2014–2024
 Telekom Veszprém
2024–
 Önnereds HK
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–
 Sweden 142 (341)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Germany

Andreas Nilsson (born 12 April 1990) is a Swedish handball player for Önnereds HK and the Swedish national team.[1]

He competed for the Swedish national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, winning a silver medal, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.[2] Nilsson won the EHF Champions League with HSV Hamburg during the 2012–13 season.[3]

On 12 June 2016 he was chosen as Swedish "Handballer of the Year".[4]

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ "Andreas Nilsson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Andreas Nilsson Årets spelare 2016". Svensk Handboll. Retrieved 13 June 2016.