Felix Niklas Claar (born 5 January 1997) is a Swedish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Swedish national team.[1] He has won nine titles at club level playing for teams in Sweden, Denmark and Germany.
| Felix Claar | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Felix Niklas Claar | ||
| Born |
5 January 1997 Norrköping, Sweden | ||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | SC Magdeburg | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2013–2020 | Alingsås HK | ||
2020–2023 | Aalborg Håndbold | ||
2023– | SC Magdeburg | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | Sweden | 56 | (120) |
Claar made his international debut on the Swedish national team in June 2017.[2] With the national team, he won the 2022 European Championship, finished second at the 2021 World Championship, and placed third at the 2024 European Championship.
Honours
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edit- Danish Handball League:
- Winner: 2021
- Runner-up: 2022, 2023
- EHF Champions League:
- Runner-up: 2021
- IHF Super Globe:
- Winner: 2023
- Bronze medal: 2021
- Handball-Bundesliga:
- Winner: 2024
- DHB-Pokal:
- Winner: 2024
- Danish Handball Cup:
- Winner: 2021
- Runner-up: 2020
- Danish Super Cup:
- Winner: 2020, 2021, 2022
- Handbollsligan:
- Winner: 2014
- Runner-up: 2019
International
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Individual
edit- Swedish Handballer of the Year: 2024[3]
- All-Star Team Danish League: 2021–22[4]
- All-Star Team Handbollsligan: 2019–20
- Most valuable player (MVP) of the Handbollsligan: 2018–19, 2019–20
- Årets komet: 2016
References
edit- ^ EHF Profile
- ^ "19 Felix Claar - Handbollslangslaget" (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "Felix Claar utsedd till årets spelare". Handbollslandslaget. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Herreligaen - All-Star". tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Felix Claar.
- Felix Claar at the International Handball Federation
- Felix Claar at the European Handball Federation
- Felix Claar at Olympics.com
- Felix Claar at Olympedia
- Felix Claar at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
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