Per Carlén

Per Carlén
Per Carlén (2011)
Personal information
Born	(1969-11-19) 19 November 1969 (age 54) 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)
Teams managed
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 Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team Competition 1992 Barcelona Team Competition World Championship 1990 Czechoslovakia Team Competition 1993 Sweden Team Competition 1995 Iceland Team Competition European Championship 1994 Portugal Team Competition

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

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

• IFK Skoghall
• HK Drott
• IF Hellton
• IK Heim
• HP Warta
• BM Granollers
• Atlético Madrid BM
• Ystads IF HF

Coaching clubs

• TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen, 2006–2007
• HK Malmö, 2007–2008
• SG Flensburg-Handewitt, 2008–2010
• HSV Hamburg, 2011

Resume

• 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

• List of handballers with 1000 or more international goals

References

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