Bo Spellerberg
Danish handball player and coach (born 1979)
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Bo Spellerberg (born 24 July 1979) is a Danish former handball player and current manager of København Håndbold in the Danish Women's Handball League.[3] He is a two-time European Champion with the Danish national team, after winning both the 2008 and 2012 championships in Norway and Serbia.[4]
Gladsaxe, Denmark
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| Full name | Bo Dybdal Spellerberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
24 July 1979 Gladsaxe, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Manager | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | København Håndbold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2002 | FIF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2012 | KIF Kolding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | → CB Cantabria (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2018 | KIF Kolding København | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | HØJ Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2023 | Denmark | 245[1] | (332) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018–2020 | TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | HØJ Elite (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | København Håndbold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2011, he also won silver medal at the World Championships in Sweden. He emulated this achievement at the 2013 World Championships in Spain.
Career
Bo Spellerberg started his career with FIF. In 2002 he joined KIF Kolding, where he played until 2018, only interrupted by a short loan in 2008 to Spanish club to CB Cantabria, along with Gábor Császár who played in Viborg HK at the time. The two players were brought in to help the team survive in Liga ASOBAL, during remaining three matches in the 2007–2008 season. CB Cantabria ended the season in 14th place, which meant they survived relegation thanks to a last minute goal from Bo Spellerberg against Ademar León.[5] The club was however dissolved after the season.[6]
With Kolding he won the Danish Championship 6 times and was selected as Danish player of the year in 2006 and 2013.[7] In the 2015-16 season he became the player with the most matches played for the club, taking the record for Boris Schnuchel.[8]
From 2018 to 2020 he was the player-coach at Swiss club TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen.[9] From 2020 to 2023 he was the player-assistant coach for the Danish 1st Division team HØJ Elite.[10] He left the club in November 2023 to become the head coach at first league team København Håndbold.[3]
National team
He debuted for the Danish national team in 2000.[1] His first major international tournament was the 2002 European Championship. In 2008 he won European gold medals with the Danish team, beating Croatia in the final. This was the first time Denmark won a major international tournament.[11] In 2012 he won another gold medal at the 2012 European Championship in Serbia.[12] In total he played 245 national team matches, scoring 332 goals.[1]
