Staffan Olsson

Erik Staffan Olsson (born 26 March 1964) is a retired Swedish handball player and Swedish national coach. Olsson, who always played with no 13, was a left-handed right wing player with one of the most feared shots of all the elite players. Later in his career he won praise for his great playmaking skills.

Staffan Olsson
Olsson in 2006
Personal information
Full name Erik Staffan Olsson
Born (1964-03-26) 26 March 1964
Uppsala, Sweden
Height 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current club Paris Saint-Germain
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–1980
 Skånela
1980–1989
 HK Cliff
1989–1991
 TV Hüttenberg
1992–1996
 TV Niederwurzbach
1996–2003
 THW Kiel
2003–2006
 Hammarby
loan
 → Ademar León
National team
Years Team
1986–2004
 Sweden
Teams managed
2005–2011
 Hammarby
2008–2016
 Sweden (with Ola Lindgren)
2015–2018
 Paris Saint-Germain (assistant)
Medal record
Olympic Games
1992 BarcelonaTeam
1996 AtlantaTeam
2000 SydneyTeam
World Championship
1990 Czechoslovakia
1999 Egypt
1997 Japan
1993 Sweden
1995 Iceland
European Championship
1994 Portugal
1998 Italy
2000 Croatia
2002 Sweden

Player career

Olsson was born in Uppsala. He started his career, at the age of 10, in the Swedish team Skånela. Other clubs are Huttenberg, Niederwurzbach, HK Cliff, THW Kiel and Hammarby. He played 358 caps (852 goals) with the Sweden men's national handball team.

After a long career in Germany he returned to Sweden and played his final season in Hammarby Handball, a club he later coached to three consecutive national championships.

Olympics

In 1988 he was a member of the Swedish handball team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored 16 goals.

Four years later he was part of the Swedish team which won the silver medal. He played six matches and scored seven goals.

At the 1996 Games he won his second silver medal with the Swedish team. He played five matches and scored seven goals.

His last Olympic appearance was at the Sydney Games in 2000 when he won his third silver medal with the Swedish team. He played six matches and scored twelve goals.

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