Tomas Svensson

Tomas Svensson (Born February 15 1968 in Eskilstuna) is a Swedish handball player. He is currently playing for Portland San Antonio and the Sweden national handball team.

Player 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 at the age of fifteen. 1988, at the age of twenty, 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 championships. This success landed him a contract with BM Atlético de Madrid 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.

Player clubs

*flag|Sweden GUIF
*flag|Spain BM Atlético de Madrid
*flag|Spain CD Bidasoa
*flag|Spain Barcelona
*flag|Germany HSV Hamburg
*flag|Spain Portland San Antonio

Trivia

In 1991, he survived a plane crash in Gottröra, Sweden.

Resume

* Caps/Goals: 314/? (1988-
* World champion 1990 (in Praag, Chechoslovakia) and 1999 (in Cairo, Egypt)
* European champion 1994 and 2000
* 3rd place in the 1993 and 1995 World championships
* Participated in three Summer Olympics: Los Angeles (1988), Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996)