Alf Tommy Håkan Svensson (born 20 January 1970) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. He is best remembered for representing

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and app ...

between 1990 and 2002, with which he won two

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titles as well as the 1994–95 Svenska Cupen. He also represented AIK, Paralimni FC,

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, and

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during a career that spanned between 1990 and 2006. A full international between 1998 and 2001, he won three

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for the Sweden national team. He also represented the Sweden Olympic team at the

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Club career

Svensson represented

between 1990 and 2002, winning Allsvenskan twice in

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and

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and the 1994–95 Svenska Cupen. In 2003 he moved to rival team AIK claiming he wanted to win titles. This failed and his contract was ended in 2004 after some disagreements with the club. In early 2005 he signed a six-month contract with Paralimni FC from

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, later in 2005 he returned to Sweden as a back-up goalkeeper for

. He also represented

and

in 2006. He retired as a player at the end of Allsvenskan in 2007.

International career

Svensson represented the Sweden U21 team at the 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, as well as the Sweden Olympic team at the

where he served as a back-up goalkeeper for Jan Ekholm. He made his full international debut for

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on 29 January 1998, keeping a clean sheet in a friendly 2–0 win against

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. He won his third and last

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on 31 January 2001 in a friendly 0–0 draw with the

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Coaching career

In late 2007 he signed a contract as assistant manager for Falkenbergs FF in

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Personal life

He is the father of Rosenborg player Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul.

Honours

Halmstads BK *

* Svenska Cupen: 1994–95 Individual * Swedish goalkeeper of the year: 2000 * Longest time without conceding a goal in Allsvenskan: 808 minutes

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Svensson, Haakan 1970 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Sweden Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Men's association football goalkeepers Allsvenskan players Cypriot First Division players Halmstads BK players AIK Fotboll players BK Häcken players Malmö FF players IF Elfsborg players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players Halmstads BK non-playing staff Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Footballers from Halmstad