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Swedish handball player (born 1964)

Staffan Olsson
Olsson in 2013
Personal information
Full name Erik Staffan Olsson
Born (1964-03-26) 26 March 1964 (age 60)
Uppsala, Sweden
Height 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Right Back
Club information
Current club Netherlands (head coach)
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–1980 Skånela
1980–1989 HK Cliff
1989–1991 TV Hüttenberg
1992–1996 TV Niederwurzbach
1996–2003 THW Kiel
2003–2006 Hammarby
loan → Ademar León
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–2004 Sweden 358 (855)
Teams managed
2005–2011 Hammarby
2008–2016 Sweden (with Ola Lindgren)
2015–2018 Paris Saint-Germain (assistant)
2022– Netherlands
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Team
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1990 Czechoslovakia
Gold medal – first place 1999 Egypt
Silver medal – second place 1997 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Iceland
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1994 Portugal
Gold medal – first place 1998 Italy
Gold medal – first place 2000 Croatia
Gold medal – first place 2002 Sweden

Erik Staffan Olsson (born 26 March 1964) is a Swedish handball coach and former player. Olsson, who always played with no 13, was a left-handed right backcourt player with one of the most feared shots of all the elite players. Later in his career he won praise for his great playmaking skills.

From September 2022 he is the head coach of the Netherlands' men’s national team.

Player career

Olsson was born in Uppsala. He started his career, at the age of 10, in the Swedish team Skånela. Other clubs are Huttenberg, Niederwurzbach, HK Cliff, THW Kiel and Hammarby. He played 358 caps (852 goals) with the Sweden men's national handball team.

After a long career in Germany, he returned to Sweden and played his final season in Hammarby Handball, a club he later coached to three consecutive national championships.

Olympics

In 1988 he was a member of the Swedish handball team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored 16 goals.

Four years later he was part of the Swedish team which won the silver medal. He played six matches and scored seven goals.

At the 1996 Games he won his second silver medal with the Swedish team. He played five matches and scored seven goals.

His last Olympic appearance was at the Sydney Games in 2000 when he won his third silver medal with the Swedish team. He played six matches and scored twelve goals.

Resume

References

  1. "Staffan Olsson nieuwe bondscoach TeamNL Handbalheren". Handbal.nl. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

External links

Sweden squad – Men's handball – 2012 European Championship – 12th place
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Sweden squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
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Sweden squad – Men's handball – 2014 European Championship – 7th place
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Sweden squad – Men's handball – 2015 World Championship – 10th place
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Sweden squad – Men's handball – 2016 European Championship – 8th place
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Sweden squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – 11th place
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