- Sven Leuenberger
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
image_size = 230px
position = Defender
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 185
team =retired
league = Nationalliga A
nationality = Switzerland
birth_date = birth date|1969|8|25|mf=y
birth_place =Niederuzwil ,Switzerland
career_start = 1987
career_end = 2003
former_teams =SC Bern (NLA)
HC Lugano (NLA)
EHC Uzwil
nickname =Sven Leuenberger (born
August 25 ,1969 , inNiederuzwil ,Switzerland ) is a retired Swiss professional ice hockey Defender. Playing in the NLA-A, Leuenberger accumulated 74 goals, 173 assists, and 443 penalty minutes in the regular season.Since the NLA 2006 season, Leuenberger has been the General Manager (sports director) of the
SC Bern .On August 1, 2008 SC Bern's coach suffered,
John van Boxmeer , a heart attack side-lining him for a month. During van Boxmeer’s absence, General Manager Sven Leuenberger coached the team along with assistant coachKonstantin Kurashev [http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/van-boxmeer-suffers-heart-attack/leuenberger.html] .Achievements
*
1989 - NLA Champion withSC Bern
*1991 - NLA Champion with SC Bern
*1992 - NLA Champion with SC Bern
*1997 - NLA Champion with SC BernAwards
* His jersey number 16 has been retired by the
SC Bern .International play
Sven Leuenberger played a total of 124 games for the Swiss national team.
He participated in the following tournaments:
* 3 A World Championships: 1991, 1992, 1993,
* 3 B World Championships: 1994, 1996, 1997
* 1 Olympic Games: 1992 in Albertville
External links
* [http://www.hockeyfans.ch/cgi-bin/spielerinfo.pl?spielerID=sven_leuenberger Leuenberger on hockeyfans.ch]
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