Nina Koppang
Personal information
Full name Nina Beate Koppang
Born (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002
Vadstena, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club IK Sävehof
Number 9
Youth career
Years Team
0000–2018
 Vadstena HF
2018–2020
 IK Sävehof
Senior clubs
Years Team
2020–
 IK Sävehof
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–
 Sweden 12 (14)

Nina Koppang, (born 31 May 2002) is a Swedish handball player, currently playing for IK Sävehof.[1]

Career

Koppang started playing handball in Vadstena HF. She also played football in Vadstena GIF. In 2018 she moved from Vadstena to attend a sports school, and with that she changed to IK Sävehof's youth team. She also continued playing football, now for Göteborg FC's youth team, however only for around 6 months until she decided to quit football and fully focus on handball.[2] The season of 2020/21 was her first in IK Sävehof's senior team.[3]

When she was 16 she played for the Swedish U16 national team in football.[4] In handball, she participated in the U17 European Championship 2019, where Sweden brought home a silver medal.[5] She also participated in the U19 European Championship 2021, where Sweden ended up on the fourth place. There, she was chosen for the All-Star Team as best right back.[6] She made a debut in the senior national team in April 2021 in a game against Hungary, when Sweden's original squad had a Coronavirus outbreak and had to be fully replaced.[7]

Achievements

Personal life

She is the younger half-sister of the Swedish football player Stina Blackstenius.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "9 Nina Koppang". IK Sävehof. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Landslagsstjärnans lillasyster gör succé". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "SHE - Statistik". SHE. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Koppang är landslagsspelare i två sporter". Svensk Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "2019 W17 EURO Match Details". EHF. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "HUNGARY TAKE W19 EHF EURO GOLD IN STYLE". EHF. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Fakta om truppen som ska ta Sverige till VM". Handbollslandslaget (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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