Jan Leslie

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Jan Leslie
Personal information
Full name Jan Leslie Petersen
Born (1971-05-20) 20 May 1971 (age 52)
Esbjerg, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1998–2000
Farsø KFUM
2000–2002
HF Mors
Teams managed
2002–2006
Team Esbjerg
2006–2007
Aalborg DH
2007–2009
Skjern Håndbold (assistant)
2009–2014
Randers HK
2014–2017
Rostov-Don
2017
Ribe-Esbjerg HH
2019–2021
CSKA Moscow
2021–2023
Horsens
2023–
Dunărea Brăila

Jan Leslie (born 20 May 1971) is a Danish handball coach and former player.

Previously he was head coach for Team Esbjerg between 2002 and 2006, and Randers HK from 2009 to 2014, where he won the first Danish Championship in 2012 to the club and qualification for the Women's EHF Champions League, the following season. He also won the 2009–10 Women's EHF Cup, after defeating CBF Elda in the final. [1]

He was hired as new head coach for the new Russian handball club CSKA Moscow, in July 2019. [2] Only two years before he left Russia, after spending three years as head coach for Rostov-Don, where he won the Russian Championship in 2015. [3]

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References

  1. "Randers HK henter sin første DM-titel". Politiken. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. "Et nyt russisk eventyr: Jan Leslie pakker kufferten". JydskeVestkysten. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  3. "Fyret Jan Leslie: Slet ingen kommentarer". JydskeVestkysten. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2021.