Per-Anders Sääf

Per-Anders Sääf
portrait
Date of birth	April 11, 1965
place of birth	Halmstad, Sweden
size	2.00 m
position	Middle block
societies
–1986 1986–1989 1989–1993 1993–1994 1994–1995 1995–1997 1997–1998	Gislaveds VBK Hamburger SV Bologna Volley ASPC Gioia del Colle Castellana Grotte Volley PAOK Thessaloniki Catania Volley
National team
394 times	Swedish national team
successes
1988 1989 1988 1989	German champion German cup winner 7th place Olympic Games Seoul Vice European Champion
As of April 16, 2013

Per-Anders Sääf (born April 11, 1965 in Halmstad , Sweden ) is a former Swedish volleyball player .

Career

Per-Anders Sääf started playing volleyball at Gislaveds VBK. In 1986 he came to the German Bundesliga and played for Hamburger SV , with whom he was German champion in 1988 and German cup winner in 1989 . In his Bundesliga time he was constantly represented in the rankings of German volleyball . Then the middle blocker went to Italy and Greece and played in Bologna , in Gioia del Colle , in Castellana Grotte at PAOK Thessaloniki and in Catania .

Per-Anders Sääf played 394 times for the Swedish national team , making him a record player. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , he finished seventh. He also took part in five European championships ( 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 and 1993 ) and two world championships ( 1990 and 1994 ).

Per-Anders Sääf was also active in beach volleyball and is now a volleyball trainer.

Web links

• Per-Anders Sääf in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile on legavolley.it (Italian)
• EM 1989 (Swedish)
• Ranking lists 1988 - men (PDF file; 7.97 MB)
• Ranking lists 1989 - Men ( Memento from March 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 5.15 MB)
• FIVB Beach profile
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)