Staffan Olsson

Staffan Olsson (Born March 26 1964 in Uppsala) is a retired Swedish handball player and recently appointed Swedish national coach. Olsson, who always played with no 13, was a lefthanded right wing 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.

Player career

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 has made over 350 caps (852 goals) with the Sweden 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.

Player clubs

*flag|Sweden Skånela
*flag|Sweden HK Cliff
*flag|Germany TV Huttenberg
*flag|Germany TV Niederwurzbach
*flag|Germany THW Kiel
*flag|Sweden Hammarby

Coaching clubs

*flag|Sweden Hammarby

Resume

* Caps/Goals: 357/852 goals (1984-2002)
* World champion 1990 (in Prague, Chechoslovakia) and 1999 (in Cairo, Egypt)
* European champion 1994, 1998, 2000 and 2002
* World champion runner up 1997
* 3rd place in the 1993 and 1995 World championships
* German champion with THW Kiel 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002
* Participated in three Summer Olympics: Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996) and Athens (2000)
* Swedish champion with Hammarby 2006, 2007 and 2008