Per Carlén


Per Carlén is a former handball player and current coach. He is the father of Swedish national handball player Oscar Carlén and Swedish national football player Hilda Carlén. His most recent coaching job was with the defending German champion HSV Hamburg, who sacked him on 29 December 2011.

Player career

Along with, among others, Magnus Wislander, Staffan Olsson, Erik Hajas och Björn Jilsén, Carlén was a key player in Bengt Johansson's successful national team during the 1980s and 1990s. Usually Carlén played line player. During his national career he played 329 games. Ona club level he represented IK Heim, Ystads IF, BM Granollers and Atlético Madrid BM. In 1992 Carlén won a national championship with Ystads IF.

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