Alexander Petersson

Alexander Petersson

Alexander Petersson on September 9, 2007 in the Kölnarena
Player information
birthday	2nd July 1980
place of birth	Riga , Soviet Union
citizenship	Latvian / Icelandic
height	1.86 m
Playing position	Back right
	Right winger
Throwing hand	Left
Club information
society	Rhine-Neckar lion
Jersey number	32
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-1998	Riga
1998-2003	KR Grótta
2003-2005	HSG Düsseldorf
2005-2007	TV Großwallstadt
2007-2010	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2010–2012	Foxes Berlin
2012–	Rhine-Neckar lion
National team
	Games (goals)
Iceland Latvia	173 (694) 40 (?)
As of December 15, 2019

Alexander Petersson ( Latvian Aleksandrs Pētersons * 2 July 1980 in Riga , Latvian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a from Latvia originating handball player . He has been an Icelandic citizen since 2004. In the handball Bundesliga he plays with the Rhein-Neckar Löwen .

Career

Petersson is 1.86 m long and weighs 90 kg. The left-hander usually plays in the right wing or right back position. He played first in Riga until 1998, then until 2003 with KR Grótta in Iceland, until 2005 with HSG Düsseldorf , until 2007 with TV Großwallstadt and then until 2010 with SG Flensburg-Handewitt . He then worked for Füchse Berlin . He has been playing for the Rhein-Neckar Löwen since the 2012/13 season .

For the Icelandic national team he has played 173 international matches so far , in which he scored 694 goals. For the Latvian national handball team, he completed 40 international matches.

At the 2007 World Cup in Germany, Petersson finished eighth with Iceland and was in the top ten top scorers. He contributed to the greatest success of the Icelanders, winning the silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games . At the European Championships in 2010 he won the bronze medal with the national team. As the best right winger, he was voted into the " All-Star Team " at the 2011 World Cup . At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 , he won preliminary group A with Iceland without losing points, but narrowly failed in the quarter-finals to Hungary.

The Icelandic handball association HSI named him handball player of the year in 2010.

successes

• German champion 2015/16 and 2016/17
• DHB Supercup 2016, 2017 and 2018
• DHB Cup 2018
• Winner of the EHF European Cup 2013
• Promotion to the 1st Bundesliga in 2004
• 4th place in the Champions League 2011/12
• 7th place at the 2006 European Championships
• 8th place at the 2007 World Cup
• Silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games
• 3rd place at the European Championships 2010
• 6th place at the 2011 World Cup , appointment to the All-Star-Team

Bundesliga record

season	society	Division	Games	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
2004/05	HSG Düsseldorf	Bundesliga	32	154	0	154
2005/06	TV Großwallstadt	Bundesliga	29	139	26th	113
2006/07	TV Großwallstadt	Bundesliga	31	190	25th	165
2007/08	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Bundesliga	29	111	0	111
2008/09	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Bundesliga	10	28	1	27
2009/10	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Bundesliga	33	79	0	79
2010/11	Foxes Berlin	Bundesliga	33	119	0	119
2011/12	Foxes Berlin	Bundesliga	28	96	0	96
2012/13	Rhine-Neckar lion	Bundesliga	33	142	0	142
2013/14	Rhine-Neckar lion	Bundesliga	26th	90	0	90
2014/15	Rhine-Neckar lion	Bundesliga	30th	118	0	118
2015/16	Rhine-Neckar lion	Bundesliga	32	87	0	87
2016/17	Rhine-Neckar lion	Bundesliga	34	116	0	116
2017/18	Rhine-Neckar lion	Bundesliga	33	82	0	82
2004-2018	total	Bundesliga	413	1551	52	1499

Source: player profile in the handball Bundesliga

Others

Petersson has no Icelandic ancestry. He traces his last name back to Swedish origins.

Web links

Commons : Alexander Petersson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Petersson on the Rhein-Neckar Löwen website
• Alexander Petersson in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Alexander Petersson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.hsi.is A landslið karla l 28 manna hópur fyrir EM2020 accessed on December 15, 2019
2. ↑ Alexander Petersson switched to the Rhein-Neckar Löwen in 2012 ( Memento from May 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ https://www.dkb-handball-bundesliga.de/de/import/ Spieler/alexander-petersson/#s1434504-1= 5c38b15f
4. ↑ Alexander Petersson: "I don't have an Icelandic surname" website SG Flensburg-Handewitt, July 17, 2007, accessed on October 8, 2012

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .