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Staffan Olsson


Personal data

Nick name:
In Sweden: "Den gamle" ("The Old One")
Position:
half right, center
Number:
19
Date of birth:
26.03.1964
Place of birth:
Uppsala (WE)
Nationality:Nationalflagge SWE
Swedish
Height:
1.99m
Weight:
97kg
Marital status:
married with Marie, 2 children (Hanna, Henrik)
Occupation:
handball professional, before that sales clerk
Hobbies:
music
In club since:
1996
In club until:
2003
Clubs:
Skanela IF (SWE)
Cliff (SWE)
Uppsala (SWE)
1989 Hüttenberg
1992 TV Niederwürzbach
1996 THW Kiel
2003 Hammarby IF (SWE)
2006 end of career
Coached clubs:
2005 - 2011 Coach Hammarby IF (SWE)
2008 - 2016 Swedish national coach
09/2015 - 2018 assistant coach Paris St. Germain (FRA)
2019 - 01/2020 sports director USA Team Handball
2022 Dutch national coach
Career highlights:
  • As player:
    • German champion 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002
    • 2nd in German 1st division 1993 and 1995 (with Niederwürzbach)
    • German cup winner 1998, 1999 and 2000
    • EHF-cup winner 1998 and 2002
    • Champions League final 2000
    • German Supercup-winner 1998
    • City-Cup-winner 1995 (with Niederwürzbach)
    • World champion 1990 and 1999, 2nd place WC 1997, 3rd place WC 1993 and 1995
    • European champion 1994, 1998, 2000 and 2002
    • Silver medal Olympics 1996 and 2000
    • Voted into All-Star-Team WC 97 and WC 99
    • Voted into the German 1st division all star team 1999/2000, 2000/2001 and 2001/2002
  • As coach:
    • Silver medal Olympics 2012
    • Swedish champion 2006, 2007 and 2008 with Hammarby
    • 7th place WC 2009 with Sweden
    • 4th place WC 2011 with Sweden
  • As assistant coach:
    • French champion 2016 with Paris St. Germain (FRA)

Career in national team

Appearances in the national team:
358A SWE
Goals in the national team:
855
First match for national team:
18.10.1986 against Norway
Last match for national team:
19.10.2004 against Germany in Kiel
Successes:
  • World champion 1990 and 1999, 2nd place WC 1997, 3rd place WC 1993 and 1995
  • European champion 1994, 1998, 2000 and 2002, 4th place EC 1996
  • Silver medal olympia 1992, 1996 and 2000
     
  • etc...
Staffan Olsson in the Swedish national dress.
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Staffan Olsson for Sweden.
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Staffan Olsson in action.
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Staffan Olsson in action.
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Staffan Olsson.
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His statistics for THW Kiel

seasontype goalspenaltiesfield goalsmatchesgoals per match
with pen.w/o pen.
96/97 BL 88 15 73 29 3,0 2,5
96/97 CL 39 2 37 12 3,3 3,1
96/97 DHB 7 2 5 3 2,3 1,7
96/97 sum 134 19 115 44 3,0 2,6
97/98 BL 89 5 84 25 3,6 3,4
97/98 DHB 23 0 23 6 3,8 3,8
97/98 EHF 34 5 29 9 3,8 3,2
97/98 sum 146 10 136 40 3,7 3,4
98/99 BL 88 0 88 30 2,9 2,9
98/99 CL 20 0 20 9 2,2 2,2
98/99 DHB 18 0 18 6 3,0 3,0
98/99 sum 126 0 126 45 2,8 2,8
99/00 BL 129 0 129 34 3,8 3,8
99/00 CL 36 0 36 13 2,8 2,8
99/00 DHB 24 0 24 6 4,0 4,0
99/00 sum 189 0 189 53 3,6 3,6 Details
00/01 BL 86 0 86 38 2,3 2,3
00/01 CL 26 0 26 9 2,9 2,9
00/01 DHB 1 0 1 1 1,0 1,0
00/01 sum 113 0 113 48 2,4 2,4 Details
01/02 BL 83 0 83 34 2,4 2,4
01/02 DHB 8 0 8 5 1,6 1,6
01/02 EHF 41 0 41 12 3,4 3,4
01/02 VEM 8 0 8 2 4,0 4,0
01/02 sum 140 0 140 53 2,6 2,6 Details
02/03 BL 50 0 50 29 1,7 1,7
02/03 CL 11 0 11 2 5,5 5,5
02/03 DHB 8 0 8 2 4,0 4,0
02/03 VEM 6 0 6 2 3,0 3,0
02/03 sum 75 0 75 35 2,1 2,1 Details
 
Total BL 613 20 593 219 2,8 2,7
Total EC 207 7 200 66 3,1 3,0
Total DHB 89 2 87 29 3,1 3,0
Total VEM 14 0 14 4 3,5 3,5
Total Sum 923 29 894 318 2,9 2,8
 
BL=German 1st divison, BLO=1st division play offs, DHB=German cup, CL=Champions League, EHF=EHF cup, CUP=European cup of cup winners, IHF=IHF cup, VEM=Team EC, VWM=Team WC, LM=European cup of national champions

Statistics for other clubs

seasonLeagueclub goalspenaltiesfield goalsmatchesgoals per match
with pen.w/o pen.
92/93-95/96 1. BL TV Niederwürzbach 406 17 389 123 3,3 3,2
03/04 1. schwed. Liga Hammarby (SWE) 148 5 143 25 5,9 5,7
03/04 1. span. Liga Ademar Leon (ESP) 16 0 16 6 2,7 2,7
04/05 1. schwed. Liga Hammarby (SWE) 84 3 81 25 3,4 3,2
Saisons in der ersten Bundesliga sind fett markiert.

Total statistics for all 1st German division matches

seasongoalspenaltiesfield goalsmatchesgoals per match
with pen.w/o pen.
Total 1019 37 982 342 3,0 2,9