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Martin Frändesjö
Personal information
Full name Lars Gunnar Martin Frändesjö
Born (1971-07-18) 18 July 1971 (age 53)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth career
Years Team
1978-1986
 Kärra HF
1986-1990
 HP Warta
Senior clubs
Years Team
1990-1991
 HP Warta
1991-1993
 IK Sävehof
1993-1998
 Redbergslids IK
1998-2000
 GWD Minden
2000-2001
 Montpellier Handball
2001
 HSG Nordhorn
2001-2005
 Redbergslids IK
2005-2007
 IK Heim
2007
 FCK Håndbold
2007-2008
 Viking HK
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994-2004
 Sweden 165 (456[1][2])
Teams managed
2009-2011
 HF Kroppskultur
2011-2013
 Torslanda HK (youth)
2015-2018
 Stavanger IF Håndball
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1994 Portugal
Gold medal – first place 1998 Italy
Gold medal – first place 2000 Croatia
Gold medal – first place 2002 Sweden
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1999 Egypt
Silver medal – second place 1997 Japan
Silver medal – second place 2001 France
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Iceland

Lars Gunnar Martin Frändesjö (born 18 July 1971) is a Swedish handball player and coach. He won the European Championship four times and the World Championship once, and competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

He has also worked as a handball expert on Swedish television.[3]

Career

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Frändesjö started playing handball at the age of 7.[4] In Sweden he played for Kärra HF, HP Warta, IK Sävehof and Redbergslids IK. With Redbergslids IK he won the Swedish championship in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998. In the summer of 1998 he joined German side GWD Minden.[5] After a severe hit to the ribs during a Bundesliga game, he had to have his spleen removed in February 1999.[6]

In the summer of 2000 he joined French side Montpellier Handball, but he did not manage to get a lot of playing time as Michaël Guigou were preferred at the club.[7] Therefore, after only a year he returned to Germany to join HSG Nordhorn.[8][9] Due to HSG Nordhorn's financial trouble they couldn't fulfill his contract and in already in September 2001 he returned to Redbergslids IK.[10] Here he won the Swedish championship for a fifth time in 2003. In 2005 he joined league rivals IK Heim, where he signed a contract until 2007.[11] He then joined Danish club FCK Håndbold in January 2007,[11] where he played the rest of the season. After only half a season in Denmark he joined the Norwegian team Viking HK from Stavanger.[12] He signed a three year contract wit with the club, but had to retire in November 2008 season due to knee issues.[13]

In 1996 he was part of the Swedish handball team and won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played one match and scored six goals. Four years later he was part of the Swedish team which won the silver medal again. He played five matches and scored 25 goals.

Coaching career

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In autumn 2009 he started coaching the HF Kroppskultur men's team who played in the Allsvenskan. In 2011 he missed the chance to get the team promoted to the Elitserien, and therefore his contract was not extended.[14] From 2015 to 2018 he was both senior and youth coach at the Norwegian side Stavanger IF Håndball.

Titles

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Redbergslids IK:

  • Swedish Champion: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003

With the Swedish national team:

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References

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  1. ^ "Matchstatistik Martin Frändesjö" (in Swedish). handboll.capmind.se. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Spelarstatistik". handbollslandslaget.se (in Swedish). Swedish national team. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. ^ Flinck, Johan (20 January 2021). ""Jag gör en egen bibel"" ["I make my own Bible"] (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  4. ^ Placke, Rainer (3 June 1998). "„Bundesliga eine große Herausforderung". Frändesjö vor dem Wechsel nach Minden nervös" (in German) (126 ed.). Mindener Tageblatt. p. 15.
  5. ^ "Gegnerkader GWD Minden Saison 1998/99" (in German). www.thw-provinzial.de. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Frändesjö an der Milz operiert" [Frändesjö to be operated for his spleen] (in German). www.berliner-zeitung.de. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Bana : «Un système unique»". L'Equipe.fr. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014..
  8. ^ "Das neue Gesicht der Handball-Bundesliga" (in German). rp-online.de. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Nordhorn holt zwei Schweden" (in German). rp-online.de. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  10. ^ "Martin Frändesjö flyttar hem till Sverige" (in Swedish). Ystads Allehanda. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  11. ^ a b "Martin Frändesjö nächster Schwede in Kopenhagen" [Martin Frändesjö is the next Swede in Copenhagen] (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Frändesjö signerte for tre år" [Frändesjö signs for three years] (in Norwegian). aftenbladet.no. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Frändesjös karriär är slut" [Frändesjös career is over] (in Swedish). expressen.se. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  14. ^ "Frändesjö slutar i Kroppskultur" [Frändesjö stops in Kroppskultur]. blt.se (in Swedish). Blekinge Läns Tidning. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
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