Isak Persson
| Isak Persson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Personal information | |||
| Born |
7 November 2000 Lund, Sweden | ||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | HK Malmö | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
| H43 Lund | |||
| Lugi HF | |||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2018–2022 | Lugi HF | ||
2022–2024 | Bergischer HC | ||
2024–2025 | SC Magdeburg | ||
2025–2026 | HK Malmö | ||
2026– | GOG Håndbold | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Sweden | 9 | (14) |
Medal record | |||
Isak Persson (born 7 November 2000) is a Swedish handball player for HK Malmö and the Swedish national team.[1]
Career
[edit]Isak Persson started playing handball at H 43 Lund, where his father was a coach. He then joined Lugi HF, where he made his senior debut in the 2017-18 season in the EHF Cup. His league debut came in the 2018-19 season. In the 2020-21 season he was the top scorer with 177 goals, and was selected for the all star team.[2][3]
For the 2022-23 season he joined German Bundesliga team Bergischer HC.[4]
After the team was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga in 2024, he joined SC Magdeburg.[5] Here he played a single season, where he won the 2024-25 EHF Champions League.[6]
He then returned to Sweden and joined HK Malmö.[7]
National team
[edit]Persson made his debut for the Swedish national team on November 6th 2021 against Poland.[8]
He was initially not selected for the Swedish team for the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship, but was afterwards called up to replace Niclas Ekberg who had to withdrew with due to illness.[9][10] He played 2 games and scored 4 goals, but was then replaced by Max Darj due to injury.[11] Sweden would go on to win the tournament.
Private
[edit]He is the son of Swedish handballer and world champion Jonas Persson.[12]
Honours
[edit]- Swedish Cup
- Runner-up: 2022
- EHF Champions League
- Winner: 2024-25
- Individual awards
- Top Goalscorer Handbollsligan 2020–21 (177 goals)[2]
- All-Star Team Handbollsligan 2020–21[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Persson, Isak". EHF. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Statistik". Handbollsligan. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Handbollsligans officiella all star team". Handbollsligan. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Bergischer HC verpflichtet Isak Persson". bhc06.de (in German). Bergischer HC. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "SC Magdeburg reagiert auf Verletzungen und verpflichtet Isak Persson" (in German). 8 March 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Magdeburg win all-German final to take third title". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ "Isak Persson återvänder till svensk handboll – skrivit på för HK Malmö" (in Swedish). handbollskanalen.se. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "Persson och Stenmalm landslagsdebuterar" (in Swedish). Handbollslandslaget. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Isak Persson ersätter Niclas Ekberg" (in Swedish). Handbollslandslaget. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Blågult tillbaka i vinnarspåret" (in Swedish). Handbollslandslaget. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Isak Persson ut – Max Darj in". www.handbollslandslaget.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ Johan Flinck (16 October 2019). "Nu tar sönerna över Farsorna var stora profiler i Lugi - nu är en ny generation här" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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