Magnus Wislander

Wislander started playing handball at Tuve IF, before joining Gothenburg club Redbergslids IK in 1979. Here he won the Swedish championship 4 times. In 1990 he joined German top club THW Kiel, where he played until 2002 and won the German championship 7 times. He played 369 league matches for the club, scoring 1,371 goals and captained theteam from 1991 2001. He then returned Redbergslids IK as player-coach. In 2003 he won his fifth Swedish championship. He retired in 2005, and continued as the coach. He continued as a coach until 2022. In November 2011 he made a one game comeback at the age of 47 for Redbergslids IK against Hammarby IF. He played for 6 minutes and scored one goal. At Kiel, his shirtnumber (#2) is retired and hangs under the roof at the Kiel home arena Ostseehalle. ==Post playing career==

Wislander has worked as a handball expert on Swedish radio and a postal worker at PostNord. ==Club Honours==

Redbergslid • Elitserien (5): 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 2002–03 Kiel • Bundesliga (7): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02 • DHB-Pokal (3): 1998, 1999, 2000 • Supercup (2): 1995, 1998 • EHF Cup (2): 1998, 2002 ==Individual==

• IHF World Player of the Year - 1990 • Best player of the 20th century by: IHF • Best player of the 20th century by: Sweden • Elected best player of THW Kiel in the 20th century • Record for caps and goals in the Swedish national team • Best player at 2002 European Championship • Elected best handball player of the year in Sweden: 1986 and 1990 • Elected best handball player of the year in Germany: 2000 • Voted Best foreign player of Bundesliga: 1994, 1995, 1996 • Voted Best Player THW Kiel: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 • EHF Hall of Fame: 2023 ==World Championships==

• 1990 - gold • 1993 - bronze • 1995 - bronze • 1997 - silver • 1999 - gold • 2001 - silver ==European Championships==

• 1994 - gold • 1998 - gold • 2000 - gold • 2002 - gold ==See also==