Mathias Franzén

This article is about the handball player Mathias Franzén. For the ice hockey player, see Mathias Franzén (ice hockey).

Karl Gustav Mathias Franzén (born 22 February 1975) is a Swedish handball player and coach.

Mathias Franzén
Personal information
Full name	Karl Gustav Mathias Franzén
Born	(1975-02-22) 22 February 1975 (age 50) Vreta Kloster, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Left back
Number	15
Youth career
Years	Team
1981–1995	HK Aranäs
Senior clubs
Years	Team
-1995	HK Aranäs
1995-2001	Redbergslids IK
2001-2004	FC Barcelona
2004-2007	HSG Nordhorn
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999-2006	Sweden	123	(283)
Teams managed
2009-2012	HK Varberg
Medal record Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team European Championship 2000 Croatia World Championship 1999 Egypt

He won the 1999 World Men's Handball Championship and the 2000 European Men's Handball Championship with the Swedish team. In 2000 he was a member of the Swedish handball team won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches and scored 25 goals.

Career

Franzén started his career at HK Aranäs^[1] before joining Swedish top club Redbergslids IK. Here he won the Swedish championship 5 times.^[2] In 2001 he joined Spanish club FC Barcelona.^[3] Here he won the Spanish Championship and EHF European League in the 2002-03 season.

In 2004 he joined German Bundesliga team HSG Nordhorn,^[4] where he played for the rest of his career.

Coaching career

From 2009 to 2012 he was the coach of HK Varberg in Division 1.^[5]

Personal life

He is the twin brother of Anders Franzén and smaller brother of Mikael Franzén, who were both handball players. They all started at HK Aranäs and later moved to Redbergslids IK.^[1]

He is educated as a cook.^[1]

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