2024-01-14 10:58

Our team captain, Andreas Nilsson, is moving back to Sweden with his family at the end of the season and continuing his career with the Önnered team in Gothenburg. Although we announced in December 2022 that Andreas had extended his contract with Telekom Veszprém until 2025, life overwrote this, and our player asked for his contract to be terminated at the end of the autumn season for family reasons. Naturally, our club, understanding the situation, made this possible, as undoubtedly, we owe a lot to our Swedish pivot, who has been fighting on the wall in the ÉPÍTŐK's jersey for exactly 10 years this year.

Nilsson arrived in Veszprém in 2014 from the German Hamburg team. According to his statistics so far, he has played in 421 matches and scored 1320 times as a Swedish pivot, with which he occupies the 9th place on the all-time top scorers list. In the Hungarian championship, he scored 602 times, in the Hungarian Cup 52 times, in international cups 445 times, and in the SEHA League 221 times. During the 10 years spent in Hungary, he won the Hungarian championship 5 times and the Hungarian Cup 7 times. On the international level, he lifted the SEHA League trophy 3 times, played in the Champions League final three times, and was part of the Final4 six times.

But of course, this is not the end of the Veszprém story, as we will continue to fight for our goals after the European Championship in Germany, as Andreas remarked,

„It's actually a hard message from me to make. I've been playing for the club for 10 years, and sadly, due to family reasons and stuff, I have to move back to Sweden. I feel it's really hard because I've been playing 10 years and the most years of my career in Veszprém. I mean it as my second home. My kids are raised and born there. So it's especially hard to announce this. But like I said before, due to family, it's time for me to go home. I just wanted to say that you're the best fans, and the best organization in the club. Everything has been every day for me there. I hope I can see you soon again in a different environment.”

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