Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz Explained

Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz
Nationality:Swedish
Birth Date:23 July 1989
Birth Place:Lund, Sweden
Height:1.94 m
Position:Left back
Years1:2005–2011
Clubs1:Lugi HF
Years2:2011–2012
Clubs2:HBC Nantes
Years3:2012–2017
Clubs3:Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Years4:2018
Clubs4:Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Years5:2018–2020
Clubs5:Paris Saint-Germain
Years6:2021
Clubs6:Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Nationalyears1:2007–2020
Nationalteam1:Sweden
Nationalcaps1:96
Nationalgoals1:274
Manageryears1:2023
Managerclubs1:Hong kong

Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz (born 23 July 1989) is a Swedish retired handball player.

Career

He competed for the Swedish national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where they won a silver medal.[1] In January 2017 he announced his retirement following the conclusion of the 2016–2017 Bundesliga season.[2]

In 2018, Ekdahl Du Rietz returned to his former club Rhein-Neckar Löwen, signing a three-month contract to help the club – currently suffering from several injuries on important players – out. Ekdahl Du Rietz also decided to give away all the money earned to charity organisations.[3] In April 2018 his club Rhein-Neckar Löwen announced that next season Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz will transfer to Paris Saint-Germain Handball.[4] At the same time he also made a comeback to the Swedish national team, and participated in both 2019 World Championship and 2020 European Championship.

In 2020 he announced once again that he's retiring, both from the Swedish national team, and his club team at the time, Paris Saint-Germain Handball.[5]

May 21, 2021, after one of his previous club teams Rhein-Neckar Löwen has had a lot of injuries, it is announced that Ekdahl Du Rietz will join the team for the two last games in the EHF European League finals, that are being played May 22nd & 23rd.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kim Ekdahl du Rietz. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204726/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ek/kim-ekdahl-du-rietz-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Sports Reference LLC . 8 August 2012.
  2. News: Bekräftat: Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz slutar. Aftonbladet. sv. 4 February 2017.
  3. News: Klart: Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz är tillbaka. Aftonbladet. sv. 2 March 2018.
  4. News: Paris St. Germain verpflichtet Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz. Rhein-Neckar Löwen. de. 24 April 2018.
  5. News: L'Equipe: Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz avslutar karriären på nytt. Swedish. 2021-04-19.
  6. Web site: Kim-Comeback für EHF FINALS Men 2021. 21 May 2021.