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Jonathan Skjöldebrand

Jonathan Skjöldebrand is a former Swedish-Israeli professional basketball player who played for several Israeli clubs and for the Swedish national team.

born 1983Playing for Hapoel Tel AvivCaptaining Ironi NahariyaSweden at EuroBasket 2013

Born: 2 August 1983, Safed
Occupation: basketball player

Jonathan Skjöldebrand was born in 1983 in Safed

Skjöldebrand was born on August 2, 1983, and grew up in Amirim. His father, Lorentz Skjöldebrand, is a Swedish former basketball player who came to play in Israel and settled there. He began playing in the youth teams of Hapoel Sasa and Hapoel Galil Elyon.

During his IDF service he played for A.S. Ramat HaSharon and then Hapoel Galil Elyon. He later played in Sweden for Södertälje Kings and in Spain for Clínicas Rincón and Melilla.

In 2011 he signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv, which was promoted to the Israeli Premier League. He then played for Maccabi Ashdod, Ironi Nahariya, where he was named captain, and Hapoel Eilat. He played for Sweden at EuroBasket 2013.

He returned to Hapoel Tel Aviv in August 2021 and retired because of injury in December that year. He is married to the Spanish singer Laura and moved to Málaga after retiring.