{{short description|Swedish basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Melwin Pantzar | image = Melwin Pantzar 2023.png | image_size = | caption = Pantzar with the Swedish national team in 2023 | position = Point guard | height_m = 1.90 | weight_lb = | league = Liga ACB<br>Champions League | team = Bilbao Basket | number = 19 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|4|10}} | birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden | highschool = | college = | draft_year = 2022 | draft_round = | draft_pick = | draft_team = | career_start = 2018 | career_end = | years1 = 2018–2019 | team1 = Real Madrid | years2 = 2019–2020 | team2 = Monaco | years3 = 2020–2021 | team3 = Valladolid | years4 = 2021 | team4 = Manresa | years5 = 2021–2023 | team5 = Valladolid | years6 = 2023–2025 | team6 = Bilbao Basket | years7 = 2025–present | team7 = Unicaja | years8 = 2025–present | team8 = →Bilbao Basket | highlights = *2× FIBA Europe Cup champion (2025, 2026) * FIBA Europe Cup Final MVP (2025) * Liga ACB champion (2019) | medaltemplates = }} '''Jan Patrick Melwin Pantzar''' (born April 10, 2000) is a Swedish professional basketball player who plays for Bilbao Basket of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at 6 ft 3 inches (1.90 m), Pantzar plays as a point guard.
==Early life and youth career== Pantzar was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Gambian father and Swedish mother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/baskonia/melwin-pantzar-quiero-jugar-euroliga-puedo-hacerlo-no-sabia-real-madrid-equipo-baloncesto-ni-quien-era-Pablo-Laso-20250522213909-nt.html|title=«Quiero jugar por lo menos en la Euroliga y sé que puedo hacerlo»|first=Iván|last=Benito|date=May 22, 2025|website=El Correo}}</ref> He played in the youth ranks of Swedish club Solna Vikings before joining the junior team of Real Madrid in 2016. He played for Real Madrid B for two seasons before making his professional debut with the senior team.<ref name=bilbao>{{cite web|title=Melwin Pantzar|url=https://bilbaobasket.biz/player/melwin-pantzar-2/|website=bilbaobasket.biz|accessdate=1 June 2025|lang=es}}</ref>
==Professional career== Playing only one season with Real Madrid, Pantzar helped the team win a Spanish Supercup (2018) and the season's Liga ACB trophy (2018-19).<ref name=acb>{{cite web|title=Trayectoria Melwin Pantzar|url=https://www.acb.com/jugador/trayectoria-logros/id/20212357|website=acb.com|accessdate=1 June 2025|lang=es}}</ref>
In September 2019, Pantzar signed for Monaco of the LNB Élite and EuroCup. He would mainly play for the U21 team.<ref>{{cite web|first=John|last=Askounis|title=Melwin Pantzar leaves Real Madrid and joins Monaco |url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/eurocup/928685/melwin-pantzar-leaves-real-madrid-and-joins-monaco/|website=eurohoops.net|date=4 September 2019|accessdate=1 June 2025|lang=en}}</ref>
Pantzar joined Real Valladolid of the LEB Oro in July 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Melwin Pantzar, un talento de talla internacional para el Carramimbre |url=https://realvalladolidbaloncesto.es/melwin-pantzar-un-talento-de-talla-internacional-para-el-carramimbre/|website=realvalladolidbaloncesto.es|date=27 July 2020|accessdate=1 June 2025|lang=es}}</ref>
Pantzar signed for Manresa at the end of the 2020-21 ACB season, only playing one game for the Catalans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Melwin Pantzar disputarà el final de lliga amb el BAXI Manresa |url=https://www.basquetmanresa.com/noticies/baxi-manresa/news/2021/melwin-pantzar-disputara-el-final-de-lliga-amb-el-baxi-manresa/|website=basquetmanresa.com|date=18 May 2021|accessdate=1 June 2025|lang=ca}}</ref>
After the brief spell with Manresa, Pantzar signed with Valladolid again in July 2021, spending two more seasons with the LEB Oro team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Melwin Pantzar, tercera pieza |url=https://www.realvalladolid.es/noticias/melwin-pantzar-tercera-pieza|website=realvalladolid.es|date=13 July 2021|accessdate=1 June 2025|lang=es}}</ref>
Pantzar joined Bilbao Basket in June 2023, signing a 2 season contract with the Basque team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Melwin Pantzar ficha por los hombre de negro por dos temporadas |url=https://bilbaobasket.biz/melwin-pantzar-ficha-por-los-hombre-de-negro-por-dos-temporadas/|website=bilbaobasket.biz|date=23 June 2023|accessdate=1 June 2025|lang=es}}</ref> With Bilbao, Pantzar won the 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup and was named the tournament's Final MVP.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pantzar scoops deserved Finals MVP award |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-europe-cup-24-25/news/pantzar-scoops-deserved-fiba-europe-cup-finals-mvp-award|website=fiba.basketball|date=23 April 2025|accessdate=1 June 2025|lang=en}}</ref> On June 26, 2025, Bilbao announced an agreement had been reached with Unicaja for the transfer of Pantzar, but that the Swede would remain with the Basque team for a one more season as a loan player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Melwin Pantzar continuará en Surne Bilbao Basket cedido por Unicaja |url=https://bilbaobasket.biz/melwin-pantzar-continuara-en-bilbao-basket-cedido-por-unicaja%ef%bf%bc/|website=bilbaobasket.biz|date=26 June 2025|accessdate=28 June 2025|lang=es}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{Euroleague player statistics legend}}
===Domestic leagues=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:right;" ! Year ! Team ! League ! {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}} ! {{Tooltip|MPG|Minutes per game}} ! {{Tooltip|FG%|Field goal percentage}} ! {{Tooltip|3P%|3-point field-goal percentage}} ! {{Tooltip|FT%|Free-throw percentage}} ! {{Tooltip|RPG|Rebounds per game}} ! {{Tooltip|APG|Assists per game}} ! {{Tooltip|SPG|Steals per game}} ! {{Tooltip|BPG|Blocks per game}} ! {{Tooltip|PPG|Points per game}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Spain|size=20px}} Bilbao || style="text-align:center;"|ACB || 33 || 21.1 || .505 || .333 || .762 || 3.1 || 2.5 || 1.0 || .2 || 8.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2024–25 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Spain|size=20px}} Bilbao || style="text-align:center;"|ACB || 34 || 24.8 || .445 || .319 || .808 || 2.9 || 3.8 || 1.2 || .1 || 9.8 {{S-end}}
===National team=== {| class="wikitable" style=" text-align:center;" |- ! Team ! Tournament ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}} ! {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}} ! {{Tooltip|PPG|Points per game}} ! {{Tooltip|RPG|Rebounds per game}} ! {{Tooltip|APG|Assists per game}} |- | rowspan=2|Sweden || EuroBasket 2025 || 16th || {{center|6}} || {{center|9.8}} || {{center|3.8}} || {{center|3.7}} |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.acb.com/jugador/temporada-a-temporada/id/20212357 Profile at ACB.com] *[https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/226956-melwin-pantzar Profile at FIBA Basketball]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pantzar, Melwin}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Swedish sportsmen Category:AS Monaco Basket players Category:Basketball players from Stockholm Category:Bàsquet Manresa players Category:Bilbao Basket players Category:Liga ACB players Category:Point guards Category:Real Madrid Baloncesto players Category:Real Madrid Baloncesto B players Category:Real Valladolid Baloncesto players Category:Swedish expatriate basketball people in Spain Category:Swedish men's basketball players Category:Swedish people of Gambian descent