{{short description|Swedish handball player (born 1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Albin Lagergren | image = 2026-04-26 Albin Lagergren by mroptimax.jpg | nationality = Swedish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|9|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Varberg, Sweden | height = 1.86 m | position = Right back | currentclub = SC Magdeburg | clubnumber = 21 | years1 = {{0|0000}}–2011 | clubs1 = HK Varberg | years2 = 2011–2012 | clubs2 = Redbergslids IK | years3 = 2012–2013 | clubs3 = HK Varberg | years4 = 2013–2018 | clubs4 = IFK Kristianstad | years5 = 2018–2020 | clubs5 = SC Magdeburg | years6 = 2020–2023 | clubs6 = Rhein-Neckar Löwen | years7 = 2023– | clubs7 = SC Magdeburg | nationalyears1 = 2016– | nationalteam1 = Sweden | nationalcaps1 = 131 | nationalgoals1 = 410 | ntupdate = 14 January 2026 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Egypt|}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalGold|2022 Hungary/Slovakia|}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Croatia|}} {{MedalBronze|2024 Germany|}} }} '''Albin Lagergren''' (born 11 September 1992) is a Swedish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Swedish national team.<ref>[http://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/sFPOAbyoB3QYPlPJYs1V2Q/albin-lagergren/ EHF profile]</ref> He was named Swedish Handballer of the Year in 2025.He was named Swedish Handballer of the Year in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://svenskhandboll.se/nyheter/nyheter/2025-05-07-albin-lagergren-utses-till-arets-spelare|publisher=Swedish Handball Federation|title=Albin Lagergren utses till Årets spelare|date=7 May 2025|access-date=1 December 2025|language=sv}}</ref>
==Career== 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. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.handbollslandslaget.se/spelare/albinlagergren/ |publisher=Sweden National Team|website=handbollslandslaget.se|title=Albin Lagergren|accessdate=27 January 2018|language=sv}}</ref>
A season later he joined IFK Kristianstad to play elite handball and develop further.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hn.se/sport/handboll/albin-lagergren-g%C3%A5r-till-ifk-kristianstad-1.3134531 |publisher=Hallands Nyheter|website=hn.se|title=Albin Lagergren går till IFK Kristianstad|date=15 July 2013|accessdate=27 January 2018|language=sv|trans-title=Albin Lagergren to IFK Kristianstad}}</ref> Here he won the Swedish Championship in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
For the 2018/19 season he joined German team SC Magdeburg.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kristianstadsbladet.se/sport/ifk-stjarnan-till-magdeburg/ |publisher=kristianstadsbladet.se|title=Lagergren klar för Magdeburg: "Det är lite som i Kristianstad|accessdate=27 January 2018|language=sv|trans-title=Lagergren ready for Magdeburg: It is a little bit like Kristianstad}}</ref> In 2020 he joined league rivals Rhein-Neckar Löwen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-1-114647.html|publisher=handball-world.news|title=Albin Lagergren wechselt zu den Rhein-Neckar Löwen|accessdate=29 April 2019|language=de|trans-title=Albin Lagergren transfers to Rhein-Neckar Löwen|archive-date=6 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206031218/https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-1-114647.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Here he won the DHB-Pokal in 2023. The following season he returned to SC Magdeburg.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scm-handball.de/news/news-detail-page/sc-magdeburg-verpflichtet-albin-lagergren |title=SC Magdeburg verpflichtet Albin Lagergren |publisher=SC Magdeburg|website=scm-handball.de |date=2022-11-11 |accessdate=2022-11-11|language=DE|trans-title=SC Magdeburg signs Albin Lagergren}}</ref> Here he won the IHF Super Globe 2023, the DHB-Pokal and the German Handball-Bundesliga in the 2023/2024 season.
===National team=== 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.<ref >{{cite news |author=Simon Sjöstrand |title=OS-debut för Albin Lagergren |url=http://www.kristianstadsbladet.se/sport/os-debut-for-albin-lagergren/ |publisher=Kristianstadsbladet |date=15 August 2016 |accessdate= |language=sv |trans-title=Olympic debut for Albin Lagergren}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HB_PROD/HBWC17M/PDF_ROSTER_SWE.PDF |title=25th Men's World Championship 2017 |accessdate=24 January 2017 |archive-date=27 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027180655/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HB_PROD/HBWC17M/PDF_ROSTER_SWE.PDF |url-status=dead }}</ref>
At the 2022 European Championship he won gold medals with Sweden.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/men/2022/teams/details/u2UA_11fSK5vcURmh111Fw/sweden/ |title=Sweden 2022 |publisher=European Handball Federation|website=eurohandball.com |language=en |access-date=2023-01-23}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons}} *{{Sports links}} {{Swedish Handballer of the Year (Men)}} {{Navboxes colour |title= Sweden squads |bg = #FFF01C |fg = #005B99 |bordercolor = #005B99 |list1= {{Sweden handball squad 2016 Summer Olympics}} {{Sweden squad 2017 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Sweden squad 2018 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Sweden squad 2019 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Sweden squad 2020 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Sweden squad 2021 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Sweden handball squad 2020 Summer Olympics}} {{Sweden squad 2022 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Sweden squad 2023 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Sweden squad 2024 European Men's Handball Championship}} }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lagergren, Albin}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Swedish male handball players Category:Sportspeople from Varberg Category:Redbergslids IK players Category:IFK Kristianstad players Category:Swedish expatriate handball players in Germany Category:Handball-Bundesliga players Category:SC Magdeburg players Category:Rhein-Neckar Löwen players Category:Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic handball players for Sweden Category:Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century Swedish sportsmen