Karl Gustav Mathias Franzén (born 22 February 1975) is a
Swedish handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
player and coach.
He won the
1999 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1999 World Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the World Championship in team handball. It was held in Egypt, from 1 to 15 June, in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia and Port Said. Sweden men's national handball team, Sweden won ...
and the
2000 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2000 European Men's Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held in Croatia from 21 to 30 January 2000, in the cities of Zagreb and Rijeka. Sweden men's national handball team, Sweden won the tournament after d ...
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 before joining Swedish top club
Redbergslids IK
Redbergslids IK (RIK), is a professional handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful club in Sweden, having won 20 Swedish Championship titles. Home games are played in Prioritet Serneke Arena.
Red ...
. Here he won the Swedish championship 5 times.
In 2001 he joined Spanish club
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...
.
Here he won the Spanish Championship and
EHF European League
The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...
in the 2002-03 season.
In 2004 he joined German Bundesliga team
HSG Nordhorn,
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.
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.
He is educated as a cook.
External links
profile
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Franzen, Mathias
1971 births
Living people
Swedish twins
Swedish male handball players
Olympic handball players for Sweden
Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
Swedish expatriate handball players in Spain
Olympic medalists in handball
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Redbergslids IK players
Swedish expatriate handball players in Germany
FC Barcelona Handbol players
Handball-Bundesliga players
Liga ASOBAL players
Swedish handball coaches
People from Linköping Municipality