Magnus Andersson (handball coach)

This article is about the Swedish handball player and coach Magnus Andersson. For the Norwegian handball player, see Magnus Andersen (handball player) .

Magnus Andersson

Magnus Andersson on August 30, 2008 at the Schlecker Cup in Ehingen
Player information
Full name	Per Magnus Andersson
birthday	17th May 1966
place of birth	Linkoping , Sweden
citizenship	Swedish
height	1.80 m
Playing position	Back center
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	FC Porto (coach)
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
0000-1985	RP IF
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
1985-1987	IF Saab
1987-1991	HK Drott
1991-1992	Viking HK Stavanger
1992-1993	TuS Schutterwald
1993-1995	HK Drott
1995-1997	TuS Schutterwald
1997-1998	TSV GWD Minden
1998-2003	HK Drott
2001-2001	→ Ademar León (loan)
12/2003–12/2003	HSG Nordhorn
National team
Debut on	December 29, 1984 November 24, 1988
against	Federal Republic of Germany U-21 in Älvängen Italy in Skien
	Games (goals)
Sweden U-21 Sweden	36 (122) 310 (919)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
2001-2005	HK Drott
2005-2010	FCK Håndbold
2010-2011	Austria
2011–2012	AG København
2012-2013	HIF Karlskrona
10 / 2012–	Sweden U-21 (assistant coach)
2013-2014	HK Malmo
2014–9 / 2017	Fresh on Göppingen
2018–	FC Porto
As of May 5, 2020

Per Magnus Andersson (born May 17, 1966 in Linköping , Sweden ) is a Swedish handball coach and former handball player .

Career as a player

Andersson is 180 centimeters long and weighed 80 kilograms when he was active. He is one of the most successful handball players in the world. Between 1988 and 2003, the back center player played 310 international matches for Sweden , in which he scored 919 goals. Among other things, he won two world and three European championship titles as well as three silver medals at the Olympic Games.

He played with GWD Minden 1997-1998 and previously with TuS Schutterwald . The engagement in Schutterwald was interrupted by a brief return to Halmstad. In 1998 he moved back to HK Drott in Halmstad. Before starting his career in Germany, he played in Halmstad, Stavanger (Norway), Saab and RP.

In December 2003 Andersson was reactivated for three games at HSG Nordhorn , as Ljubomir Vranjes and Maik Machulla, the team's two regular playmakers, were injured. The coach was his long-time team-mate from the national team Ola Lindgren . In the three games he threw a total of twelve goals; he wore jersey number 22.

Career as a coach

Magnus Andersson (2014) after playing with Frisch Auf Göppingen at the press conference

After his active career, he coached the HK Drott Halmstad team from 2001 to 2005 . Andersson then took over the coaching position at the Danish club FCK Håndbold , which he held until 2010. Under his leadership, FCK won the championship in 2008 and the cup in 2010. In summer 2010 he took over the coaching position of the Austrian national team , only to hand it over in June 2011 after missing the qualification for the EM 2012 in Serbia in agreement with the association. Andersson has been the assistant coach of the Swedish U21 national team since October 2012. In December 2012 he also took over the coaching position at Hästö IF. From June 1, 2013, he coached the Swedish first division club HK Malmö . From the 2014/15 season he was a trainer at Frisch Auf Göppingen and won the EHF European Cup in 2016 and 2017. On September 26, 2017, Frisch Auf Göppingen and Magnus Andersson parted ways. In the summer of 2018 he took over as coach of the FC Porto team .

successes

As a player

As a player with the Swedish national team:

• World champion in 1990 and 1999
• European champion in 1994, 1998, 2000 and 2002
• Silver medals at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics
• six-time Swedish champion with HK Drott Halmstad

As a trainer

• 3rd place in the Danish play-off round for the championship in the DHL (Dansk Håndbold Liga) 2007
• Danish champion 2008 with FC Copenhagen Handbold
• Danish cup winner 2010 with FC Copenhagen Handbold
• EHF-Europa-Pokal 2016, 2017 with Frisch Auf Göppingen
• 3rd place EHF-Europa-Pokal 2019 Final Four in Kiel with FC Porto Sofarma

Web links

Commons : Magnus Andersson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Magnus Andersson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Match statistics Magnus Andersson. In: handboll.capmind.se. Retrieved May 5, 2020 (Swedish). 
2. ↑ sparial statistics. In: handbollslandslaget.se. Svenska Handbollslandslaget, accessed May 5, 2020 (Swedish). 
3. ↑ Statistics of the Swedish Handball Federation , accessed on August 13, 2017
4. ↑ aftonbladet.se of March 30, 2001
5. ↑ THW Kiel: opponent squad GWD Minden 1998/99
6. ^ THW Kiel: opponents GWD Minden 1997/98 , accessed on August 18, 2007.
7. ↑ ^{a b c} idrottonline.se: Världsmästaren Magnus Andersson ny tränare i Hästö IF , accessed on July 28, 2013.
8. ↑ Handball-News of December 28, 2003: EINE AUGENWEIDE: DIRECTOR MAGNUS ANDERSSON ( Memento of July 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 18, 2007
9. ^ HSG Nordhorn, Andersson's data sheet ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 18, 2007.
10. ↑ handbollskanalen.se: FC Porto - ny klubbadress för Magnus Andersson , accessed on September 21, 2019
11. ↑ diepresse.com: Austria has a new team boss , accessed on April 30, 2019.
12. ↑ Austria separates from national coach Andersson , handball-world.com on June 20, 2011
13. ↑ New job for Magnus Andersson , handball-world.com on October 27, 2012
14. ↑ Magnus Andersson clear for HK Malmö ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ wz.de: Andersson wants to lead Frisch Auf into the top six , accessed on April 30, 2019
16. ↑ frischauf-gp.de: FRESH UP! and coach Magnus Andersson split , accessed April 30, 2019
17. ↑ handball-world.news: Magnus Andersson will train in Portugal in the future , accessed on April 25, 2018
18. ^ HSV Hamburg via FCK Håndbold ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 18, 2007