Tomas Svensson

Tomas Runar Svensson
Personal information
Born (1968-08-22) 22 August 1968
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Denmark
(Assistant Coach)
Youth career
Years Team
0000–0000 Eskilstuna Guif
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–1990 Eskilstuna Guif
1990–1992 Atlético de Madrid
1992–1995 CD Bidasoa
1995–2002 FC Barcelona
2002–2005 HSV Hamburg
2005–2009 Portland San Antonio
2009–2011 BM Valladolid
2011–2012 Rhein-Neckar Löwen
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–2008 Sweden 327 (0)
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
1992 BarcelonaTeam
1996 AtlantaTeam
2000 SydneyTeam
World Championship
1990 Czechoslovakia
1999 Egypt
2001 France
1993 Sweden
1995 Iceland
European Championship
1994 Portugal
2000 Croatia
2002 Sweden

Tomas Runar Svensson (born 15 February 1968 in Eskilstuna, Södermanland) is a Swedish retired handball goalkeeper who is currently goalkeeping coach of the Icelandic 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, making his debut in the Swedish top division at the age of 15. 1988, at the age of 20, 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 Championship in Czechoslovakia. This success landed him a contract with Atlético Madrid BM 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. On 8 May 2012, Svensson officially announced his retirement as a player.

After his playing career, he worked together with Icelandic coach Guðmundur Guðmundsson, first as a goalkeeping coach with the German top team Rhein-Neckar Löwen and later as assistant coach of the Danish national men's team. In 2018, he became goalkeeping coach of the Icelandic national handball team.[1]

Svensson retires (Swedish)

Player clubs

Resume

  • Caps/goals: 327/0 (1988–2008)
  • World champion 1990 (in Prague, Czechoslovakia) and 1999 (in Cairo, Egypt)
  • European champion 1994, 2000 and 2002
  • 2nd place in the 2001 World championship
  • 3rd place in the 1993 and 1995 World championships
  • Participated in three Summer Olympics: Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000)
  • 6 consecutive EHF Champions League titles 1995–2000 (1996–2000 with FC Barcelona)
  • Goalkeeper of EHF's Champions League Ultimate Selection in 2013

Aircraft accident

In 1991, Svensson, along with his then girlfriend, survived the Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 plane crash in Gottröra, Sweden.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "„Mér finnst þetta bara mjög ögrandi verkefni"". RÚV. 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. ↑ http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article10639865.ab
  3. ↑ http://www.svd.se/ingen-vanlig-svensson-i-malet
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