Per Carlén
| Per Carlén | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Per Carlén (2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
19 November 1969 Karlstad, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Pivot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
– | IF Hellton (Karlstad) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1978-1979 | HK Drott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1982-1983 | IK Heim (Göteborg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1983–1985 | HP Warta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1985–1989 |
BM Granollers ( Spain) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1991 |
Atlético Madrid ( Spain) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–2000 | Ystads IF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1982-1996 | Sweden | 327 | (1026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2006-2007 |
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen ( Switzerland) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007-2008 | IFK Malmö | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008-2010 |
SG Flensburg-Handewitt ( Germany) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 |
HSV Hamburg ( Germany) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013-2014 |
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold ( Denmark) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-2016 | Israel men's national team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Per Carlén (born 19 November 1960) is a Swedish former handball player and current coach.[1] He is the father of Swedish national handball player Oscar Carlén and Swedish national football player Hilda Carlén. His most recent coaching job was with the defending German champion HSV Hamburg, who sacked him on 29 December 2011.[2]
Player career
[edit]Along with, among others, Magnus Wislander, Staffan Olsson, Erik Hajas och Björn Jilsén, Carlén was a key player in Bengt Johansson's successful national team during the 1980s and 1990s. Usually Carlén played line player. During his national career he played 329 games (1032 goals). Ona club level he represented IK Heim, Ystads IF, BM Granollers and Atlético Madrid BM. In 1992 Carlén won a national championship with Ystads IF.
Player clubs
[edit]Coaching clubs
[edit]- TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen, 2006–2007
HK Malmö, 2007–2008- SG Flensburg-Handewitt, 2008–2010
- HSV Hamburg, 2011
Resume
[edit]- Caps/Goals: 329/1032 mål (1982–1996)
- World champion 1990 (in Prague, Czechoslovakia)
- European champion 1994
- 3rd place in the 1993 and 1995 World championships
- Swedish champion with Ystads IF HF 1992
- Participated in four Summer Olympics: Los Angeles (1984), Seoul (1988), Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Per Carlén" (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ HSV Handball trennt sich von Trainer Per Carlén Archived 2013-01-03 at archive.today
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- 1960 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Karlstad
- Swedish male handball players
- Olympic handball players for Sweden
- Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Swedish handball coaches
- Swedish expatriate handball players in Spain
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- BM Granollers players
- Ystads IF players
- Expatriate handball coaches
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Swedish handball biography stubs