Albin Lagergren

Albin Lagergren is a Swedish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Swedish national team. He was named Swedish Handballer of the Year in 2025.He was named Swedish Handballer of the Year in 2017.

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.
A season later he joined IFK Kristianstad to play elite handball and develop further. Here he won the Swedish Championship in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
For the 2018/19 season he joined German team SC Magdeburg..
In 2020 he joined league rivals Rhein-Neckar Löwen. Here he won the DHB-Pokal in 2023. The following season he returned to SC Magdeburg. 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.
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.
At the 2022 European Championship he won gold medals with Sweden.