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Jonathan Edvardsson

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Jonathan Edvardsson
Personal information
Born (1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 (age 27)
Partille, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
Number 26
Youth career
Team
IK Sävehof
Senior clubs
Years Team
2014–2021
IK Sävehof
2021–
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–
Sweden 13 (3)
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2021 Egypt
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Germany

Jonathan Edvardsson (born 7 April 1997) is a Swedish handball player. He was part of the Swedish national team competing in the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt.[1]

With IK Sävehof he has become Swedish champion twice, 2019 and 2021. In the season of 2020/21 he was voted into the All-Star Team in the swedish league Handbollsligan, and was also chosen as the MVP of the league.[2] He was also given the award "Årets komet", which is handed to a swedish player who has had their definite breakthrough during the year, and proved to be an important player both in their team and their league.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Larsson, Jonathan (17 December 2020). "Jonathan Edvardsson gör mästerskapsdebut i VM" [Jonathan Edvardsson makes his championship debut in the WC]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2021.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Handbollsligans officiella all star team" [Handball league's official all star team]. Handbollsligan (in Swedish). 17 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Jonathan Edvardsson utsedd till årets komet" [Jonathan Edvardsson named this year's comet]. Handbollsligan (in Swedish). 13 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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