Karl Gustav Mathias Franzén (born 22 February 1975) is a Swedish handball player and coach.
He won the 1999 World Men's Handball Championship and the 2000 European Men's Handball Championship with the Swedish team. In 2000 he was a member of the Swedish handball team won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches and scored 25 goals.
Career
Franzén started his career at HK Aranäs[1] before joining Swedish top club Redbergslids IK. Here he won the Swedish championship 5 times.[2] In 2001 he joined Spanish club FC Barcelona.[3] Here he won the Spanish Championship and EHF European League in the 2002-03 season.
In 2004 he joined German Bundesliga team HSG Nordhorn,[4] where he played for the rest of his career.
Coaching career
From 2009 to 2012 he was the coach of HK Varberg in Division 1.[5]
Personal life
He is the twin brother of Anders Franzén and smaller brother of Mikael Franzén, who were both handball players. They all started at HK Aranäs and later moved to Redbergslids IK.[1]
He is educated as a cook.[1]
External links
References
- ^ a b c "Hitzkopf aus Schweden ist ein lieber Junge". hsgnordhorn-lingen.de (in German). HSG Nordhorn. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- ^ "Det nya Sverige..." [The New Sweden...] (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- ^ "Gegnerkader FC Barcelona Saison 2001/2002" (in German). thw-provinzial.de. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- ^ "Zebra-Journal: Wirtschaftsflaute? Die Handball-Bundesliga boomt" (in German). thw-provinzial.de. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Hallands Nyheter om när Franzén avslutade tränarkarriären i HK Varberg" (in Swedish). Hallands Nyheter. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
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