Andreas Palicka

Andreas Miroslav Palicka (; , ; born 10 July 1986) is a Swedish handball player for Füchse Berlin. He is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation. Following a season with the club, Palicka returned to Germany and signed for Rhein-Neckar Löwen in 2016. Here he was goalkeeper partner with national team colleague Mikael Appelgren. With the Lions he won the league, cup and two super cup titles, before returning to Redbergslids in 2021. He was signed to help them avoid relegation, which they managed to do. Palicka joined French club Paris Saint-Germain in 2022 and won the French Championship in his first season with the club.

On January 2, 2025, Palicka signed a two-year contract with Kolstad Håndball from 2025 to 2027, where he replaced Norwegian national team goalkeeper Torbjørn Bergerud who went to the Polish handball club Wisla Plock. With the club he came second in both the Norwegian Championship and the Norwegian Cup in the 2024-25 season. He left the club in February 2026 due to the club's precarious financial situation. A few days later he announced that he would join German club HSG Wetzlar for the rest of the season and then join Füchse Berlin for the 2026-27 season.

International career Palicka began his international career by representing Sweden at youth level, playing for the under-19 and under-21 sides. He was part of the under-21 team that won the 2007 Junior World Championship.

Palicka made his debut for the Swedish national team in 2007. He won the 2022 European Championship, placed second at the 2018 European Championship and 2021 World Championship, and finished third at the 2024 European Championship with the national team. Palicka represented Sweden at the 2020 Olympic Games, where Sweden went out in the quarterfinals to Spain.

He retired from the national team after the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship, where Sweden finished 6th.

Personal life Palicka is part Czech through his father.

Honours

Club THW Kiel EHF Champions League: 2010, 2012 IHF Super Globe: 2011 Bundesliga: 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 DHB-Pokal: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 DHB-Supercup: 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Bundesliga: 2017 DHB-Pokal: 2018 DHB-Supercup: 2017, 2018

Paris Saint-Germain

LNH Division 1: 2023, 2024, 2025 Trophée des Champions: 2023

International

IHF World Championship 2021 EHF European Championship 2022 2018 2024

Individual awards Swedish Handballer of the Year: 2020 All-Star Goalkeeper of the World Championship: 2021