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Tomas Runar Svensson (born 15 February 1968) is a Swedish former professional handball goalkeeper who is currently goalkeeping coach of the Swedish men's national handball team, and an assistant coach for FC Barcelona.

Tomas Svensson
Personal information
Born (1968-08-22) 22 August 1968 (age 53)
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Years Team
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Eskilstuna Guif
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–1990
Eskilstuna Guif
1990–1992
Atlético de Madrid
1992–1995
CD Bidasoa
1995–2002
FC Barcelona
2002–2005
HSV Hamburg
2005–2009
Portland San Antonio
2009–2011
BM Valladolid
2011–2012
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–2008
Sweden 327 (0)
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
1992 BarcelonaTeam
1996 AtlantaTeam
2000 SydneyTeam
World Championship
1990 Czechoslovakia
1999 Egypt
2001 France
1993 Sweden
1995 Iceland
European Championship
1994 Portugal
2000 Croatia
2002 Sweden

Career


Growing up in Eskilstuna it was only natural for him to play for the towns handball team, GUIF, and he was moved up to their senior squad, making his debut in the Swedish top division at the age of 15. In 1988, at the age of 20, he made his first cap for Sweden and in 1990 he was one of the main forces in the national team who won the World Championship in Czechoslovakia. This success landed him a contract with Atlético Madrid BM in Spain where he played for some time before moving to CD Bidasoa. With this team he won his first Spanish championship in 1995. Right after this he moved to Barcelona where he stayed for several seasons, helping the team become the most prominent handball team in the world, winning just about everything there is to win – including international competitions like EHF Champions League and EHF Men's Champions Trophy as well as Spanish competitions like Liga ASOBAL and Copa del Rey de Balonmano. Svensson moved to Germany and HSV Hamburg for a short while before returning to Spain, this time to play for Portland San Antonio. On 8 May 2012, Svensson officially announced his retirement as a player.

Svensson retires (Swedish)

After his playing career, he worked together with Icelandic coach Guðmundur Guðmundsson, first as a goalkeeping coach with the German top team Rhein-Neckar Löwen and later as assistant coach of the Danish national men's team. In 2018, he became goalkeeping coach of the Icelandic national handball team.[1] Between the years of 2014 to 2021 he's been involved with the German team SC Magdeburg, both as a head coach and goalkeeping coach.

In 2021 he became goalkeeping coach for Sweden's national men's team.[2] It was also announced he'll be assistant coach in FC Barcelona from the season of 2021/22.[3]


Player clubs



Trainer teams



Resume



Aircraft accident


In 1991, Svensson, along with his then girlfriend, survived the Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 plane crash in Gottröra, Sweden.[4][5]


Personal life


Svensson settled in Spain after moving to Barcelona, and married a Spanish woman. His son, Max Svensson, is a professional footballer.[6] He is a paternal uncle of Maja Åskag.


References


  1. ""Mér finnst þetta bara mjög ögrandi verkefni"". RÚV. 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. "Tomas Svensson ny målvaktstränare för Sverige". Handbollslandslaget. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Tomas Svensson assisterar i Barca". Handbollskanalen. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ""Jag insåg att jag skulle dö"".
  5. Bergfeldt, Anders (16 January 2008). "Ingen vanlig Svensson i målet". Svenska Dagbladet.
  6. "Handbollslegendarens son är ett spanskt storlöfte – i fotboll". Aftonbladet.

На других языках


- [en] Tomas Svensson

[fr] Tomas Svensson

Tomas Svensson, né le 15 février 1968 à Eskilstuna, est un ancien joueur suédois de handball évoluant au poste de gardien de but.

[it] Tomas Svensson

Tomas Runar Svensson (Eskilstuna, 15 febbraio 1968) è un ex pallamanista svedese.

[ru] Свенссон, Томас (гандболист)

Томас Рунар Свенссон (швед. Tomas Runar Svensson; род. 15 февраля 1968, Эскильстуна) — шведский гандболист и гандбольный тренер, выступавший на позиции вратаря. Четырёхкратный чемпион Европы, двукратный чемпион мира, трижды серебряный призёр летних Олимпийских игр. В настоящий момент — тренер вратарей в клубе «Барселона».



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