Simon Pytlick

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

Simon Pytlick
Pytlick in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Simon Bogetoft Pytlick
Born	(2000-12-11) 11 December 2000 (age 24) Thurø, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Number	2
Youth career
Years	Team
2012–2018	GOG Håndbold
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2018–2023	GOG Håndbold
2023–	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–	Denmark	57	(259)
Medal record Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team World Championship 2023 Poland/Sweden 2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway European Championship 2024 Germany
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2024

He made his debut for 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 World Championship. Initially, Pytlick expected to be a backup player to "patch some holes," but he became a major contributor, scoring nine goals in the final.^[4]

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

Club career

Pytlick began playing handball in the youth ranks of GOG Håndbold in 2012. He debuted in the Danish Men's Handball League in 2019, playing six matches and scoring ten goals in his first season. Due to teammate Emil Lærke's injury, he gained more playing time in the 2019–20 season and won the Talent of the Year award.^[6] The following season, he won the Danish championship and was selected for the league's All-Star team.^[7]

In 2022, Pytlick extended his contract with GOG but played only one more season, winning another Danish championship.^[8] In 2023, he signed with SG Flensburg-Handewitt.^[9] In February 2025, he broke his right arm during a match against Toulouse Handball in the EHF European League.^[10] Despite the injury, he extended his contract with Flensburg until 2030 in April 2025.^[11]

Achievements

• Danish Handball League:
  • Winner: 2022, 2023
  • Silver: 2019, 2020
• Danish Handball Cup:
  • Winner: 2019, 2022

Individual awards

• All-Star Left Back of the Olympic Games: 2024^[12]
• All-Star Team as Best Left Back at the World Championship: 2023,^[13] 2025^[14]
• All-Star Team as Best Left Back Danish League: 2021–22,^[15] 2022–23^[16]
• Danish Player of the Year: 2022^[17]
• Danish National Team Player of the Year: 2023^[18]
• EHF Excellence Awards Best Left Back of the Season: 2022–23^[19]
• EHF Excellence Awards MVP: 2022–23^[19]

Personal life

Pytlick is the son of former handball coach Jan Pytlick and former handball player Berit Bogetoft.^[20] He is the brother of professional handball players Camilla Pytlick and Josephine Pytlick.^[21][22] His cousin, Andreas Haagen Pytlick, is also a professional handball player.^[23]