Michael Apelgren | |||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||
Born |
Stockholm, Sweden | 20 August 1984||||||||||
Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||
Playing position | Centre back | ||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||
Current club | IK Sävehof (head coach) | ||||||||||
Senior clubs | |||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||
–2003 | Djurgårdens IF | ||||||||||
2003–2008 | Hammarby IF | ||||||||||
2008–2010 | BM Granollers | ||||||||||
2010–2013 | IK Sävehof | ||||||||||
2013–2014 | CB Puerto Sagunto | ||||||||||
2014–2016 | Elverum Håndball | ||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2007 | Sweden | 5 | (15) | ||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||
2014–2020 | Elverum Håndball | ||||||||||
2020–2024 | IK Sävehof | ||||||||||
2024– | SC Pick Szeged | ||||||||||
2022– | Sweden (assistant coach) | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Michael Apelgren (born 20 August 1984) is a Swedish handball coach and former player. He's currently head coach of the IK Sävehof men's team, and assistant coach of the Swedish men's national team.[1][2]
Apelgren started his coaching career in 2014 as a player-coach for Elverum Håndball. After two years he ended his career as a player and continued coaching. He was six-time champion as coach of Elverum when he became coach of IK Sävehof in 2020.[3] In the summer of 2022, he became assistant coach to head coach Glenn Solberg of the Swedish men's national team.[2][3]
In May 2023, he was presented head coach for SC Pick Szeged from the summer of 2024.[4]
Apelgren is the son of Spårvägen handballer Lena Paulsén and Hammarby footballer Per Apelgren, while his paternal grandfather, Tore Apelgren was also a footballer.[5]