Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz

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Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz
Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz

Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz

Player information
Full name Kim Andreas Ekdahl Du Rietz
birthday July 23, 1989
place of birth Lund , Sweden
citizenship SwedeSwede Swedish
height 1.94 m
Playing position Back left
Throwing hand right
Club information
society Career ended
Clubs as active
from ... to society
2005-2011 SwedenSweden LUGI HF
2011–2012 FranceFrance HBC Nantes
2012-2017 GermanyGermany Rhine-Neckar lion
2018-2018 GermanyGermany Rhine-Neckar lion
2018-2020 FranceFrance Paris Saint-Germain
National team
Debut on December 9, 2007
against GermanyGermany Germany
  Games (goals)
SwedenSweden Sweden 96 (274)

As of May 14, 2020

Kim Andreas Ekdahl Du Rietz (born July 23, 1989 in Lund ) is a former Swedish handball player .

Career

Ekdahl Du Rietz started playing handball in his hometown. He also made his debut for the local first division club LUGI HF in 2005 - at the age of 16 - in the Swedish elite series . In the summer of 2011, the left back player joined the French first division club HBC Nantes . For the 2012/13 season he moved to the German handball Bundesliga to the Rhein-Neckar Löwen . In 2013 he won the EHF European Cup with the lions . In 2014 he reached the Final Four in the DHB Cup and was German runner-up . In the seasons 2015/16 and 2016/17 he was German champion with the Rhein-Neckar Löwen. He ended his career after the 2016/17 season. In March 2018 he made his comeback with the Rhein-Neckar Löwen. In 2018 he won the DHB Cup with the lions . From summer 2018 he ran for the French club Paris Saint-Germain . With Paris he won the French championship in 2019 and 2020. After the 2019/20 season, he ended his career again.

He played 96 caps for the Swedish national team . At the 2008 European Championships in Norway, the 2010 European Championships in Austria and the 2011 World Championships in Sweden, he was only part of his country's extended squad. At the European Championships in 2012 , he finished twelfth. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won the silver medal with Sweden. At the 2014 European Championship in Denmark, he finished seventh and, with 25 goals in six games, the best thrower of his team.

Bundesliga record

season society Division Games Gates 7 meters Field gates
2012/13 Rhine-Neckar lion Bundesliga 28 94 0 94
2013/14 Rhine-Neckar lion Bundesliga 31 109 0 109
2014/15 Rhine-Neckar lion Bundesliga 35 113 0 113
2015/16 Rhine-Neckar lion Bundesliga 32 86 0 86
2016/17 Rhine-Neckar lion Bundesliga 32 132 0 132
2017/18 Rhine-Neckar lion Bundesliga 12 53 0 53
2012-2018 total Bundesliga 170 587 0 587

successes

  • German champion 2016 and 2017 with the Rhein-Neckar Löwen
  • 2018 DHB Cup winner with the Rhein-Neckar Löwen
  • French champion 2019 and 2020 with Paris Saint-Germain

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ handbollslandslaget.se: Statistics of the Swedish Handball Federation , accessed on May 14, 2020
  2. ↑ Kim Ekdahl du Rietz via Nantes to Mannheim?
  3. ↑ handball-world.com: Kim Ekdahl du Rietz justifies the end of his career: "Handball doesn't make me happy anymore" from February 15, 2017, accessed on February 15, 2017
  4. ↑ handball-world.news: Comeback of the year: Globetrotter Ekdahl du Rietz is back on March 2nd, 2018, accessed on March 2nd, 2018
  5. ↑ handball-world.news: Destination France: Kim Ekdahl du Rietz continues, but leaves Rhein-Neckar Löwen in the summer of April 20, 2018, accessed on April 20, 2018
  6. ↑ lequipe.fr: Kim Ekdahl du Rietz, arrière gauche du PSG: “Je vais mettre un terme à ma carrière” of May 14, 2020, accessed on May 14, 2020
  7. ↑ handball.sportresult.com Euro 2014: Cumulative statistics Sweden (PDF, 149 kB) accessed on May 30, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Ekdahl Du Rietz, Kim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ekdahl Du Rietz, Kim Andreas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish handball player
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Lund