| Henrik Signell | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born | (1976-01-02)2 January 1976 (age 49) Partille,Sweden | ||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1993–1997 | IK Sävehof | ||
1997–1998 | Partille IF | ||
1998–2003 | IK Sävehof | ||
2003–2005 | Alingsås HK | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994 | Sweden | 1 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
2005–2010 | IK Sävehof (men's junior team) | ||
2010–2012 | IK Sävehof (men, assistant) | ||
2010–2012 | Finland women (assistant) | ||
2012–2018 | IK Sävehof (women) | ||
2016–2020 | Sweden women | ||
2020–2023 | IFK Skövde (men) | ||
2023–2024 | South Korea women | ||
2024– | Netherlands women | ||
2025– | Larvik HK | ||
Henrik Signell (born 2 January 1976 inGothenburg) is a Swedishhandball coach and former handball player, who coaches theNetherlands women's national team andLarvik HK. He has previously coachedSouth Korean women's national team[1] and theSweden women's national team.
Signell started playing handball atIK Sävehof. He debuted for the senior team already as a teenager in the 1997/98 season. He then joined Partille IF for one season, and then returned to IK Sävehof. In 2003 he joined league rivalsAlingsås HK, where he played for two seasons before retiring in 2005 due to injuries.[2][3]
He played a single game for theSwedish men's national team, a match against Finland where he scored two goals.[4]
Right after retirement he took over theIK Sävehof youth team.[3] Here he won the Swedish youth championship three times and came in second two times.[5]
In 2010 he became both the assistant coach at IK Sävehof senior men's team and the assistant coach at theFinland women's national team.
In 2012 he became head coach for the first time when he took overIK Sävehofs women's team. Here he won the Swedish championship 5 times, including four championships in a row from 2013 to 2016.
In 2016 he took over as the head coach ofSwedens women's national team, while still managing at club level.[6] After the 2017/18 season he retired as the IK Sävehof to focus on the national team full time.[7]
In 2020 he stopped as the head coach of Sweden and was replaced byTomas Axnér.[8] The day after he was announced the coach ofIFK Skövde HK men's team from the upcoming season. He was in this position until 2023, where we was replaced by IcelandicJónatan Magnússon.[9][10]
Between April 2023 and 2024 he was the headcoach of theSouth Korean women's national team with fellow swedeErik Larholm as his assistant.[1] He guided them at2023 World Women's Handball Championship, where South Korea proceeded from the group stage, but was knocked out in the main stage in last place in their group. At the2024 Olympics, where South Korea was knocked out in the group stage with 1 win and 4 losses.
In 2024 he became the head coach of theNetherlands women's national team.[11] His first major international tournament with the Netherlands was the2024 European Women's Handball Championship where he the Netherlands finished 6th.
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