Staffan Olsson

Staffan Olsson

Staffan Olsson (2013)
Player information
Nickname	"Den gamle", in German: "The old man"
birthday	26th March 1964 (age 56)
place of birth	Uppsala , Sweden
citizenship	Swedish
height	1.99 m
Playing position	Back right
	Back center
Throwing hand	Left
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-0000	Skånela IF
0000-1989	HK Cliff
1989-1991	TV Hüttenberg
1991-1992	HK Cliff
1992-1996	TV Niederwürzbach
1996-2003	THW Kiel
2003–4 / 2004	Hammarby IF
4 / 2004–6 / 2004	Ademar León
7 / 2004-2006	Hammarby IF
National team
Debut on	December 28, 1982 October 18, 1986
against	Germany U-21 in Lindesberg Norway in Trondheim
	Games (goals)
Sweden U-21 Sweden	28 (62) 358 (921)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
2005-2011	Hammarby IF
2008-2016	Swedish national team
2015-2018	Paris Saint-Germain
Medal table
World Championship 2 × 1 × 2 × Olympic games 0 × 4 × 0 × European Championship 4 × 0 × 0 ×
As of May 4, 2020

Staffan Olsson (born March 26, 1964 in Uppsala ) is a former Swedish handball player who was one of the most successful in his country.

Career

Staffan started his career at Skånela IF at the age of ten and moved to HK Cliff at the age of 14 . He later played for TV Hüttenberg , TV Niederwürzbach , THW Kiel and Hammarby IF HF . He was used 358 times for the Swedish national team. At THW Kiel, he and his Swedish colleague Magnus Wislander formed a Swedish axis. His best-known action was the equalizing goal at the EM 2002 in the final seconds of the final against Germany. Sweden won the game in extra time.

Olsson performed particularly well as a defender and when passing. He also stood out because of his long hair.

After the end of his active career, Olsson became a coach. Until the summer of 2011 he worked as head coach at Hammarby IF HF, with whom he was three times Swedish champion. From 2008 he coached the Swedish national team with Ola Lindgren . In September 2015, he also took on the position of assistant coach at Paris Saint-Germain . After the 2016 Olympic Games , he retired as the Swedish national coach. In 2018 he left Paris Saint-Germain. He has served as the United States ' National Team Sports Director since September 2019 .

Private

He is married to Marie, with whom he has two children. His son Henrik also plays handball.

successes

As a player

• German champion 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002 (with the THW Kiel)
• Vice champion 1993 and 1995 (with Niederwürzbach)
• German cup winner 1998, 1999 and 2000 (with the THW Kiel)
• EHF Cup winners 1998 and 2002 (with THW Kiel)
• Champions League finalist 2000 (with THW Kiel)
• Supercup winner 1998 (with THW Kiel)
• City Cup winner 1995 (with Niederwürzbach)
• World champion 1990 and 1999, 2nd place World Cup 1997, 3rd place World Cup 1993 and 1995
• European champion 1994, 1998, 2000 and 2002, 4th place EM 1996
• Silver medal Olympia 1992, 1996 and 2000
• Elected to the All-Star Team of the 1997 World Cup and 1999 World Cup
• Elected to the League Allstar Team 1999/2000, 2000/2001 and 2001/2002

As a trainer

• Swedish champion 2006, 2007 and 2008 with Hammarby IF
• Silver medal at the 2012 Olympics

Bundesliga record

season	society	Division	Games	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
1992-96	TV Niederwürzbach	Bundesliga	123	406	17th	389
1996/97	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	29	88	15th	73
1997/98	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	25th	89	5	84
1998/99	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	30th	88	0	88
1999/2000	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	34	129	0	129
2000/01	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	38	86	0	86
2001/02	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	34	83	0	83
2002/03	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	29	50	0	50
1992-2003	total	Bundesliga	342	1019	37	982

literature

• Staffan Olsson in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Web links

Commons : Staffan Olsson  - collection of images

• Staffan Olsson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Data on the THW Kiel website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Final countdown for the handball player with skin and - long - hair
2. ^ Match statistics Staffan Olsson. In: handboll.capmind.se. Retrieved May 4, 2020 (Swedish). 
3. ↑ sparial statistics. In: handbollslandslaget.se. Svenska Handbollslandslaget, accessed May 4, 2020 (Swedish). 
4. ^ Profile: Staffan Olsson
5. ↑ Staffan Olsson moderförening Cliff i svår kris
6. ↑ www.aftonbladet.se: Här är Hammarbys nya organization
7. ↑ www.handball-world.com: Olsson and Lindgren the new national coaches for Sweden
8. ↑ www.handball-world.com: Olsson strengthens PSG coaching staff , accessed on September 24, 2015
9. ↑ www.handball-world.com: Lindgren announces farewell as national coach , accessed on August 30, 2016
10. ↑ www.dn.se: Staffan Olsson vänder hem: ”Men inte till AIK” , accessed on February 26, 2019
11. ↑ handball-world.news: Former HBL professional Staffan Olsson strengthens the US national team , accessed on September 18, 2019
12. ↑ www.handball-world.com: Short interview with Staffan Olsson at the U19 World Cup