Albin Lagergren

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Albin Lagergren

| image = 2024-10-27 Handball TVB Stuttgart - SC Magdeburg by mroptimax-19.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 = 118

| nationalgoals1 = 351

| ntupdate = 5 January 2025

| medaltemplates =

}}

Albin Lagergren (born 11 September 1992) is a Swedish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Swedish national team.[http://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/sFPOAbyoB3QYPlPJYs1V2Q/albin-lagergren/ EHF profile]

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. {{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}}

A season later he joined IFK Kristianstad to play elite handball and develop further.{{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}} Here he won the Swedish Championship in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

For the 2018/19 season he joined German team SC Magdeburg..{{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}}

In 2020 he joined league rivals Rhein-Neckar Löwen.{{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}} Here he won the DHB-Pokal in 2023. The following season he returned to SC Magdeburg.{{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}} 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.{{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}}

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.{{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 }}