Ludvig "Ludde" Erik Håkanson (born 22 March 1996) is a Swedish professional

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player for

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of the Spanish

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. Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) he plays at the

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and

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positions.

Professional career

A product of

Alvik Basket 08 Stockholm Human Rights is a Swedish basketball club located in Stockholm that has a men's and women's team. The club was established in 1996 when two of the most successful basketball associations, Alvik BK (established 1956) and the South Y ...

, Håkanson left his native Sweden in 2011 to join the youth set-up of FC Barcelona. He secured himself a spot on Barca's

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, for the 2012–13 season. He then played with the senior men's team of

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in the 2014–15 season. In the 2015–2016 season, he played on

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for VEF Rīga and

Baloncesto Sevilla Real Betis Baloncesto S.A.D., simply known as Real Betis, is a professional basketball team based in Seville, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. It plays its home games at San Pablo. History Club Deportivo de Baloncesto Sevilla was foun ...

. He was an early entry candidate for the 2016 NBA draft, but then removed his name from the list. In August 2016, he was sent to

Baloncesto Fuenlabrada Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, S.A.D., known as just Fuenlabrada and also Carplus Fuenlabrada because of sponsorship reasons,, is a professional basketball team based in Fuenlabrada, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and plays their home games at Fe ...

of the Spanish top-flight ACB on a two-year loan deal, with FC Barcelona having the option to return him at the end of the 2016–17 season. On 31 July 2017, Håkanson parted ways with

. On 11 August 2017, he signed a three-year deal with Movistar Estudiantes. On 13 September 2019, he has signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra of the PLK. On 13 July 2020, he has signed with RETAbet Bilbao Basket of the

. On July 21, 2023, he signed with

of the Spanish

Swedish national team

Håkanson was a part of the senior men's Swedish national basketball team that competed at the

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hakanson, Ludde 1996 births Living people Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players Basket Zielona Góra players Bilbao Basket players BK VEF Rīga players Real Betis Baloncesto players FC Barcelona Bàsquet players Liga ACB players Point guards Shooting guards Sportspeople from Stockholm Swedish expatriate basketball people in Latvia Swedish expatriate basketball people in Poland Swedish expatriate basketball people in Spain Swedish men's basketball players