Lucas Pellas
Swedish handball player (born 1995)
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Lucas Kenneth Pellas (born 28 August 1995) is a Swedish handball player for Montpellier Handball and the Swedish national team.[1]
Full name
Lucas Kenneth Pellas
Born
28 August 1995
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality
Swedish
Height
1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lucas Kenneth Pellas | ||
| Born |
28 August 1995 Stockholm, Sweden | ||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Montpellier Handball | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2014–2016 | Hammarby IF | ||
2016–2020 | Lugi HF | ||
2020–2026 | Montpellier Handball | ||
2026– | GOG Håndbold | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Sweden | 78 | (251) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 5 January 2025 | |||
He won gold medals with Sweden at the 2022 European Championship[2]. He also participated at the 2020 European Championship,[3] the 2021 World Championship,[4] the 2020 Summer Olympics,[5] the 2023 World Championship,[6] and the 2024 European Championship.[7]
In February 2025 he tore his Achilles tendon, and is expected out in 6 to 12 months.[8]
In February 2026 he announced that he would join Danish club GOG Håndbold after the 2025-26 season to replace Frederik Bjerre who had been sold to Wisla Plock.[9]
Honours
- EHF European League:
Silver: 2025
- Coupe de France:
Gold: 2025
Silver: 2021, 2023
- Individual awards
- All-Star Team as Best Left wing of Handbollsligan: 2018/19,[10] 2019/20[11]
- "Årets Komet" 2020