Magnus Wislander

Magnus Wislander
Magnus Wislander at the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2013
Personal information
Full name	Hans Einar Magnus Wislander
Born	(1964-02-22) 22 February 1964 (age 60) Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Centre back, Pivot
Club information
Current club	Redbergslids IK
Youth career
Years	Team
1973–1979	Tuve IF
1979–1983	Redbergslids IK
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1983–1990	Redbergslids IK
1990–2002	THW Kiel
2002–2005	Redbergslids IK
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–2002	Sweden	384	(1185)
Medal record Men's handball Representing   Sweden Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team competition 1996 Atlanta Team competition 2000 Sydney Team competition World Men's Handball Championship 1999 Egypt Team competition 1990 Czechoslovakia Team competition 2001 France Team competition 1997 Japan Team competition 1995 Iceland Team competition 1993 Sweden Team competition European Men's Handball Championship 2002 Sweden Team competition 2000 Croatia Team competition 1998 Italy Team competition 1994 Portugal Team competition

Hans Einar Magnus Wislander (born 22 February 1964) is a Swedish former handball player, who has been voted Handball Player of the Century and is widely regarded as one of the best players ever. Since his debut in the national team in 1985 he has played over 384 games and scored over 1,185 goals, which is the record for both most matches and most goals on the Sweden national team. He played for Redbergslids IK, Gothenburg and THW Kiel. In 1990 he was named IHF World Player of the Year.

He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023. ^[1]

He played primarily as a centre back, but in his latter years he transitioned to be a pivot. He has earned the nickname 'Slangen' (The hose). ^[2]

Career

Wislander in 1992

Wislander started playing handball at Tuve IF, before joining Gothenburg club Redbergslids IK in 1979. Here he won the Swedish championship 4 times. In 1990 he joined German top club THW Kiel, where he played until 2002 and won the German championship 7 times. He played 369 league matches for the club, scoring 1,371 goals and captained theteam from 1991 2001. ^[3] He then returned Redbergslids IK as player-coach. In 2003 he won his fifth Swedish championship. He retired in 2005, and continued as the coach. ^[4] He continued as a coach until 2022.

On November 2011 he made a one game comeback at the age of 47 for Redbergslids IK against Hammarby IF. He played for 6 minutes and scored one goal. ^[2]

At Kiel, his shirtnumber (#2) is retired and hangs under the roof at the Kiel home arena Ostseehalle.

Post playing career

Wislander has worked as a handball expert on Swedish radio and a postal worker at PostNord. ^[5]

Club Honours

Redbergslid

• Elitserien (5): 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 2002–03

Kiel

• Bundesliga (7): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02
• DHB-Pokal (3): 1998, 1999, 2000
• Supercup (2): 1995, 1998
• EHF Cup (2): 1998, 2002

Individual

• IHF World Player of the Year - 1990
• Best player of the 20th century by: IHF
• Best player of the 20th century by: Sweden
• Elected best player of THW Kiel in the 20th century
• Record for caps and goals in the Swedish national team
• Best player at 2002 European Championship
• Elected best handball player of the year in Sweden: 1986 and 1990
• Elected best handball player of the year in Germany: 2000
• Voted Best foreign player of Bundesliga: 1994, 1995, 1996
• Voted Best Player THW Kiel: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
• EHF Hall of Fame: 2023 ^[1]

World Championships

• 1990 - gold
• 1993 - bronze
• 1995 - bronze
• 1997 - silver
• 1999 - gold
• 2001 - silver

European Championships

• 1994 - gold
• 1998 - gold
• 2000 - gold
• 2002 - gold

See also

• List of handballers with 1000 or more international goals

References

1. "LEGENDARY PLAYERS ENTER THE HALL OF FAME OF EUROPEAN HANDBALL". www.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
2. "47-årig håndboldlegende i comeback" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
3. "Magnus Wislander 2". archiv.thw-handball.de. THW Kiel . Retrieved 6 February 2025.
4. "Wislander als Trainer entlassen" (in German). Handball-world. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
5. Kingdahl, Thomas (24 August 2019). ""Min fru säger att det är förbjudet för mig"" (in Swedish). expressen.se. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

External links

• Magnus Wislander at Olympics.com
• Magnus Wislander at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)