HANDBALL PLAYER

Magnus Wislander

1964 - Today

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Hans Einar Magnus Wislander (born 22 February 1964) is a Swedish former handball player, who has been voted Handball Player of the Century and is widely regarded as one of the best players ever. Since his debut in the national team in 1985 he has played over 384 games and scored over 1,185 goals, which is the record for both most matches and most goals on the Sweden national team. He played for Redbergslids IK, Gothenburg and THW Kiel. In 1990 he was named IHF World Player of the Year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Magnus Wislander is the 8th most popular handball player (down from 6th in 2019), the 683rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 574th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Handball Player.

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS

Among handball players, Magnus Wislander ranks 8 out of 420. Before him are Talant Duyshebaev, Abaz Arslanagić, Franz Brunner, Nikola Karabatić, Gheorghe Gruia, and Mikkel Hansen. After him are Zinaida Turchyna, Ștefan Birtalan, Andrey Lavrov, Ivano Balić, Wilhelm Müller, and Karl Kreutzberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Magnus Wislander ranks 213. Before him are Hiroshi Abe, Paul Le Guen, Chieko Homma, Sven Väth, Jim Jordan, and Penelope Ann Miller. After him are Saud Al-Shuraim, Giuseppe Giannini, Naoto Ohshima, Willie Garson, David W. Panuelo, and James Purefoy.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Magnus Wislander ranks 683 out of 1,879. Before him are Joel Kinnaman (1979), Hasse Ekman (1915), Ulf Ekman (1950), Ingvar Rydell (1922), Axel Grönberg (1918), and Christer Fuglesang (1957). After him are Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (1921), Per Thorén (1885), Tore Sjöstrand (1921), Mona Sahlin (1957), Einar Englund (1916), and Johan Jarlén (1880).

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS In Sweden

Among handball players born in Sweden, Magnus Wislander ranks 1. After him are Staffan Olsson (1964), Ljubomir Vranjes (1973), Tomas Svensson (1968), Magnus Andersson (1966), Ola Lindgren (1964), Mia Hermansson-Högdahl (1965), Andreas Palicka (1986), Katja Nyberg (1979), Per Carlén (1960), Jonas Källman (1981), and Niclas Ekberg (1988).

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