Lukas Sandell

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Lukas Sandell

| image = Lucas_Sandell_of_Sweden.jpg

| caption = Sandell in 2023

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|02|03|df=y}}

| birth_place = Eslöv, Sweden

| nationality = Swedish

| height = 1.93 m

| position = Right back

| currentclub = ONE Veszprém

| clubnumber = 17

| youthyears1 = -2013

| youthclubs1 = Eslövs HF

| years1 = 2013–2018

| clubs1 = Ystads IF

| years2 = 2018–2020

| clubs2 = Elverum Håndball

| years3 = 2020–2023

| clubs3 = Aalborg Håndbold

| years4 = 2023–

| clubs4 = ONE Veszprém

| nationalyears1 = 2021-

| nationalteam1 = Sweden

| nationalcaps1 = 64

| nationalgoals1 = 158

| ntupdate = 5 January 2025

| medaltemplates =

}}

Lukas Sandell (born 3 February 1997) is a Swedish handball player for the Hungarian club ONE Veszprém and the Swedish national team.{{Cite web|url=https://handbollskanalen.se/landslag-herrar/sandell-har-for-att-gora-det-jag-ar-bra-pa/|title=Sandell: "Här för att göra det jag är bra på"|first=Ola|last=Selby|date=16 January 2021|accessdate=30 January 2021|agency=handbollskanalen.se|archive-date=9 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209074748/https://handbollskanalen.se/landslag-herrar/sandell-har-for-att-gora-det-jag-ar-bra-pa/|url-status=live|language=SV|trans-title=Sandell: "I'm here to do, what I do best}}

Career

Sandell started playing handball at Eslövs HF. In 2013 he switched to Ystads IF HF.{{Cite web |url=https://www.handbollslandslaget.se/spelare/lukassandell/ |publisher=Sweden national handball team|website=handbollslandslaget.se|title=33 Lukas Sandell|accessdate=20 June 2021}} He debuted for the senior team in 2015, where he shared the right back position with Kim Andersson.{{Cite web |url=https://handballstats.se/stat_sve/statistics/statistics.aspx?y=2014 |publisher=handballstats.se|title=Statistik 2014/15|accessdate=20 June 2021|language=sv}}

In 2018 he transferred to Norwegian team Elverum Håndball.{{Cite web |url=https://handbollskanalen.se/norge/uppgifter-lukas-sandell-har-skrivit-pa-elverum/ |publisher=handbollskanalen.se|title=Uppgifter: Lukas Sandell flyttar till Elverum|accessdate=20 June 2021|language=sv|trans-title=Lukas Sandell moves to Elverum}} Here he won the Norwegian championship in 2019 and 2020 and the Norwegian cup in 2019 and 2020.{{Cite web |url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-3-110898.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Elverum zum zweiten Mal norwegischer Pokalsieger|accessdate=20 June 2021|language=de|trans-title=Elverum are Norwegian champions for the second time}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-3-121149.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Elverum und Kristiansand gewinnen Pokalfinals in Norwegen|accessdate=20 June 2021|language=de|trans-title=Elverum and Kristiansand wins the cup finals in Norway}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-3-115248.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Elverum gelingt erfolgreiche Titelverteidigung|accessdate=20 June 2021|language=de}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.handball.no/nyheter/2020/03/elverum-seriemester-to-runder-for-slutt/ |publisher=handball.no|title=Elverum seriemester to runder før slutt|accessdate= 20 June 2021|language=no|trans-title=Elverum are league champions with two rounds to go}}

In 2020 he joined Danish team Aalborg Håndbold.{{Cite web |url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-3-125653.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Vier Abgänge in die HBL: Der Kader von Aalborg Haandbold für die Saison 2020/21|accessdate=20 June 2021|language=de}} In his first season at the club, he reached the Champions League final, where Aalborg lost to FC Barcelona 23-36.{{Cite web |url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-3-132596.html |publisher=handball-world.news |title="Wundervoll": FC Barcelona zum zehnten Mal die Besten in Europa|access-date=19 June 2021|language=de}} Only days later he won the Danish Championship final.{{Cite web |url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2021-06-16-aalborg-er-dansk-mester |publisher=TV2 Danmark|website=sport.tv2.dk |title=Aalborg er dansk mester|access-date=19 June 2021|language=da|trans-title=Aalborg are Danish Champions}}

In 2023 he joined ONE Veszprém.{{Cite web |url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-3-143237.html |title=Zwei Olympiasieger, Europameister, EM-Zweiter: Telekom Veszprem präsentiert vier Neuzugänge für 2023|publisher=www.handball-world.news |accessdate=2022-06-23|language=de}} Here he won the Hungarian Cup and the IHF Men's Super Globe in 2024.

=National team=

Sandell debuted for the Swedish national team at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in a match against North Macedonia.{{Cite web |url=https://www.handbollslandslaget.se/herr/matchguide-sverige-nordmakedonien-2/ |publisher=handbollskanalen.se|title=Matchguide: Sverige–Nordmakedonien|accessdate=20 June 2021|language=sv|trans-title=Match Guide Sweden North Macedonia}} Here he won a silver medal with the Swedish team.{{Cite web |url=https://www.handbollslandslaget.se/herr/palicka-och-solberg-infor-finalen/ |publisher=handbollskanalen.se |title=Palicka och Solberg inför finalen|access-date=19 June 2021|language=sv}}