Simon Bogetoft Pytlick (born 11 December 2000) is a Danish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Danish national team.[1]

He made his debut on the Danish national team on 4 November 2021, against Norway at the 2021–22 Golden League Tournament in Trondheim.[2][3] In 2023 he was part of the Danish team that won the IHF World Men's Handball Championship. In the leadup to the tournament Simon Pytlick predicted, that he would be primarily a back-up player who could help "patch some holes". He would however turn out to be a major contributor to Denmark's success including scoring 9 goals in the final.[4]

In November 2024 he was named vice-captain of the Danish national team behind Magnus Saugstrup.[5]

Club career

Simon Pytlick started playing handball in the youth ranks of GOG Håndbold in 2012. In 2019 he made his debut in the Danish Men's Handball League. In his debut season he played 6 matches and scored 10 goals. Due to his teammate Emil Lærke's injury, he got more playing time in the 2019/2020 season, and won the Talent of the year award.[6] The next season he won the Danish championship and was on the all star team.[7]

In 2022 he extended his contract with GOG, but only ended up playing one more season,[8] where he once again won the Danish Championship. From summer 2023 he has a contract with SG Flensburg-Handewitt.[9] In February 2025 he broke his right arm during a match between Flensburg-Handewitt and Toulouse Handball in the EHF European League.[10]

Achievements

Individual awards

Personal life

He is the son of former handball coach Jan Pytlick and former handball player Berit Bogetoft[18] and brother of the professional handball players Camilla Pytlick and Josephine Pytlick.[19][20] His cousin, Andreas Haagen Pytlick, is also a professional handballer.[21]

References

  1. ^ "Simon Bogetoft Pytlick – Career & Statistics". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Simon Pytlick – Statistik". Danish Handball Federation (DHF) (in Danish). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Pytlick har én ting at sige efter landsholdsdebut". TV 2 (in Danish). 5 November 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Simon Pytlicks egen spådom endte så langt fra virkeligheden, man kunne komme" [Pytlicks own predictions was as far from reality as they could possibly be]. Danmarks Radio (in Danish). 18 January 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  5. ^ Juulsager, Jens Jacob (6 November 2024). "Ny anførerduo i front for Håndboldherrerne". Dansk Håndbold (in Danish). Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Se video-interview: 'Årets talent' er fra GOG og klar til DM-semifinalebrag – nu med tilskuere" [The 'talent of the year' is from GOG and he is ready for the DM Semifinal – with spectators] (in Danish). Fyens Stiftstidende.
  7. ^ "HTH Herreligaen All-Stars 2021/2022" (in Danish). Tophåndbold.
  8. ^ "Landsholdsbobler forlænger i GOG trods store tilbud" [National team talents extends with GOG despite big offers] (in Danish). TV 2 Sporten.
  9. ^ "SG verpflichtet zwei dänische Weltmeister" [SG signs with Danish double world champion]. sg-flensburg-handewitt.de (in German). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  10. ^ Christian Kjær; Nicolai Dvinge; Anes Zizak (26 February 2025). "Pytlick skal opereres – har brækket sin skudarm". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  11. ^ "Paris 2024 Men's All-Star team revealed". ihf.info. IHF. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Poland/Sweden 2023 All-Star Team Revealed". IHF. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Gidsel named MVP, as 2025 IHF Men's World Championship All-Star team announced". IHF. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  14. ^ "Herreligaen – All-Star". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  15. ^ "HTH Herreliga All-Stars 2022/2023". Tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Simon Pytlick er Årets Mandlige Håndboldspiller 2022" [Simon Pytlick is the men's player of the year]. hbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  17. ^ "Årets mandlige landsholdsspiller er kåret". hbold.dk. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Simon er født med et håndboldnavn, men det eneste, Pytlick blev tvunget til, var at lære at svømme" (in Danish). DR. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  19. ^ Madsen, Mads. "Hadsten Håndbold henter Josephine Pytlick til klubben" (in Danish). Europamester.dk. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  20. ^ "Simon Pytlick – Biografi med alder, klubber og 8 fakta". hbold.dk. 15 December 2022.
  21. ^ Kjerdtoft, Jan (14 November 2020). "Far møder søn i dansk topkamp: - Slut med varm mad og tøjvask" (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
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