Sten Sjögren
Swedish handball player (born 1957)
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Sten Sjögren (born 28 April 1957 in Lund, Sweden) is a Swedish former handball player who played almost all his active years at Lugi HF.
| Sten Sjögren | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Sten Hugo Sjögren | ||
| Born |
28 April 1957 Lund, Sweden | ||
| Nationality |
 Sweden | ||
| Playing position | Right wing | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
-1976 | Lugi HF | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1975-1994 | Lugi HF | ||
1994-1997 | Skurups Handboll | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978-1991 |
Sweden | 200 | (506) |
| Teams managed | |||
1994-1997 | Skurups Handboll | ||
1997-1999 | Olympic/Viking HK | ||
1999-2002 | Ystads IF | ||
2002-2004 | Lugi HF | ||
2004-2006 | Stavstens IF | ||
Medal record | |||
Here he won the Swedish Championship in Allsvenskan i handboll för herrar 1979/1980, the first and until now only championship for the club. He held the record for most club appearances for the club until 2019, when he was overtaken by Anders Hallberg. He also has the record for most goals with the club, with 1,790 goals. He also had the record for most goals in the top Swedish division, with 1,534, until he was overtaken by Erik Hajas and later Zoran Roganović.[citation needed]
In 1983 he was named Swedish Handballer of the Year.[1]
He stopped playing in Lugi HF in 1994 to become player-manager at Skurups Handboll in Skåne.
With Sweden he competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2] At the 1990 World Men's Handball Championship he became a world champion with the Swedish team.
After being the player-manager at Skurups Handboll he went on to coach several Swedish league teams, including his former club Lugi HF.
