Stefan Lövgren

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Personal data

Nick name:

Löwe (engl. Lion), in Sweden: "Lövet" ("The Leaf")

Position:

Center, team captain

Number:

10

Date of birth:

21.12.1970

Place of birth:

Partille (SWE)

Nationality:

Swedish

Height:

1.92m

Weight:

101kg

Marital status:

married to Ann-Sophie Claesson, one son (Linus), one daughter (Thea)

Occupation:

Handball professional, before office communication merchant

Hobbies:

Family, friends

In club since:

1999

In club until:

2009

Clubs:

Skepplanda BTK (SWE)
1990 Redbergslid Göteborg (SWE)
1998 TV Niederwürzbach
1999 THW Kiel
2009 end of career

As general manager

2011 general manager of Swedish national team

Career highlights:

• Champions League winner 2007
• German champion 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
• German cup winner 2000, 2007, 2008 and 2009
• Champions League final 2000, 2008 and 2009
• Champions Trophy winner 2007
• German super cup winner 2005, 2007 and 2008
• EHF cup winner 2002 and 2004
• World champion 1999, 2nd place WC 1997 and 2001, 3rd place WC 1995
• Most valuable player WC 1999
• Most valuable player WC 2001
• Sport medal of the federal state Schleswig-Holstein
• European champion 1994, 1998, 2000 and 2002
• Silver medal Olympics 1996 and 2000
• Voted into the Olympics 2000 all star team
• Voted into the EC 2002 all star team
• 5 times Swedish champion with Redbergslid Gothenburg
• Swedish handballer of the season 1995/1996, 2000/2001 and 2002/2003
• Swedish player of the season 95/96
• Voted into the German 1st division all star team 1999/2000, 2000/2001, 2001/2002 and 2002/2003
• Supercup for national teams winner 2005
• EHF Hall Of Fame (Center)

Miscellaneous:

captain from 2001 to 2009, honour captain

Wikipedia:

de | en | sv

More information:

The transfer of Lövgren

Career in national team

Appearances in the national team:

268A SWE

Goals in the national team:

1138

First match for national team:

23.10.1993 in EC qualification

Last match for national team:

17.06.2006 in WC qualification vs Iceland (see report)

Successes:

• World champion 1999, 2nd platz WC 1997 and 2001, 3rd platz WC 1995
• European champion 1994, 1998, 2000 and 2002, 4th place EC 1996
• Silver medal Olympics 1996 and 2000
   
• etc...

What else:

Captain of the swedish national team

Stefan Lövgren in the Swedish national dress. © Bildbyran

Stefan Lövgren for Sweden. © Bildbyran

Stefan Lövgren.

Stefan Lövgren in action.

Stefan Lövgren in action.

Stefan Lövgren in action.

Stefan Lövgren in action.

Stefan Lövgren.

Stefan Lövgren.