Career

Growing up in Eskilstuna it was only natural for him to play for the towns handball team, GUIF, and he was moved up to their senior squad at the age of fifteen. This success landed him a contract with Atlético Madrid Bachelor of Medicine in Spain where he played for some time before moving to Civil Defense Bidasoa. Svensson moved to Germany and Herpes simplex virus Hamburg for a short while before returning to Spain, this time to play for Portland San Antonio.

On 8 May 2012, Svensson officially announced his retirement as a player, but he will continue as a goalkeeper coach with the German top team Rhein-Neckar Löwen.

Svensson retires (Swedish)

Player clubs

Sweden GUIF

Spain Atlético Madrid Bachelor of Medicine

Spain Civil Defense Bidasoa

Spain Barcelona

Germany Herpes simplex virus Hamburg

Spain Portland San Antonio

Spain Pevafersa Valladolid

Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen

In 1991, he, along with his then girlfriend, survived the Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 plane crash in Gottröra, Sweden. Caps/goals: 314/? 3rd place in the 1993 and 1995 World championships

Participated in three Summer Olympics: Seoul (1988), Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996).

Achievements

• 1988, at the age of twenty, he made his first cap for Sweden and in 1990 he was one of the main forces in the national team who won the world championships. With this team he won his first Spanish championship in 1995. Right after this he moved to Barcelona where he stayed for several seasons, helping the team become the most prominent handball team in the world, winning just about everything there is to win - including international competitions like EHF Champions League and EHF Men's Champions Trophy as well as Spanish competitions like Liga ASOBAL and Copa del Rey de Balonmano. (1988- World champion 1990 (in Prague, Czechoslovakia) and 1999 (in Cairo, Egypt) European champion 1994 and 2000.