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Tomas Axnér

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Tomas Axnér
Personal information
Born (1969-11-30) 30 November 1969 (age 55)
Spånga, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club
Senior clubs
Years Team
 Lödde HK
 IK Wargo
 Pölsemannen
1992-1995
 H43 Lund
1995-1998
 Lugi HF
1998–2000
 VfL Gummersbach
2000–2005
 GWD Minden
2005–2010
 H43 Lund
2005–2010
 Trelleborg HBK
Teams managed
2010–2012
 Lugi HF assistant
2012–2014
 Lugi HF
2015–2020
 Lugi HF
2020–
 Sweden
2024–
 Team Esbjerg

Ulf Tomas Axnér (born 30 November 1969) is a Swedish former handball player and current head coach of the Danish club Team Esbjerg as well as of the Sweden women's national team.[1] Between 2012 and 2020 he coached Lugi HF, except for a one-year break.

Playing career

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Tomas Axnér started his handball career at Lödde HK[2], where he debuted as a senior player before joining IK Wargo and then Pölsemannen, a club that at the time played in the Swedish Division 2.[3] In 1992 he joined H43 Lund in the top Swedish league, where he played for three and a half years. He then joined league rivals Lugi HF midway through the season in 1995/96.[3] Lugi wanted to sign Axnér already in the fall of 1995, but the clubs could not agree on the exact transfer fee, so he only joined halfway through the season. In 1996 he reached the final of the Swedish cup, but lost to Redbergslids IK.

He then moved to Germany in the Handball-Bundesliga, where he played for VfL Gummersbach and GWD Minden.[4][5]

After five years at Minden he returned to Sweden and his former club H43 Lund. Here he acted as the player-assistant coach to Ola Månsson[6]

In 2012, when he had already become a coach, he made a short return to the court to join Allsvenskan team Trelleborg HBK during the 2012 European Championship break.[7]

Other than Stefan Lövgren he is the only player to have 1000 goals in both the Swedish league and the German Bundesliga.[8]

Coaching career

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In 2010, after his playing days had just ended, he became the assistant coach of Lugi HF.[9] In 2012 he became the head coach of the men's team at Lugi. After the 2013/14 season he took a year break,[10] and returned in 2015.[11] He then stayed until 2020, when he became the head coach of the Sweden, replacing Henrik Signell.[12][13]

At the U18 Women's World Championship in 2022 the Swedish coach was suspended, and therefore Axnér took over the team for a single tournament.

He coached Sweden at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship, where the team ended in 11th.[14][15]

At the 2024 Olympics he led the team to a 4th place.

In March 2024 he extended his contract with the Swedish national team until 2026.[16]

In the summer of 2024 he became the coach of Danish women's team Team Esbjerg, replacing Jesper Jensen, while still continuing as the Swedish head coach.[17] The Esbjerg players were involved in chosing their coach, and the club prioritized getting someone to sign on a long term commitment and someone who had playing experience at the top level.[16]

Private life

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His daughter Tyra Axnér is also a handball player, whom he has coached on the Swedish national team.

He is educated as a teacher, but has never worked as such.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Tomas Axner". olympics.com.
  2. ^ https://twitter.com/tomasaxner/status/414725357791879168
  3. ^ a b Gustafson, Jan (17 November 2003). "Stjärna - men inte i Sverige" [A star - but not in Sweden] (in Swedish). sydsvenskan.se. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Lugi handball coach Tomas Axnér, talks about how they use Spiideo". 28 November 2016. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Tomas Axnér-arkiv". handbollslandslaget.se. Swedish Handball Federation.
  6. ^ TT Bo Harmby (18 September 2005). "Axnér ordnade en poäng för H43" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Comeback för Axnér – i Trelleborg" (in Swedish). Trelleborgs Allehanda. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Ewige Bundesliga-Torschützenliste" (in German). www.thw-provinzial.de. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Axnér blir Lugi-tränare" [Axnér becomes Lugi coach]. skd.se (in Swedish). Skånska Dagbladet. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Tomas Axnér slutar träna Lugi" [Tomas Axnér stops as coach at Lugi] (in Swedish). SVT. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Lugi Lund engagiert Ex-Bundesligaspieler erneut als Trainer" [Lugi Lund hires ex-Bundeliga player as coach] (in German). handball-world.com. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  12. ^ "Lugi Lund findet Nachfolger für Chefcoach Tomas Axner" [Lugi Lund finds successor to head coach Tomas Axner] (in German). handball-world.news. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Axnér blir förbundskapten för damlandslaget" [Axner becomes head coach of the women's national team]. handbollslandslaget.se (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Sveriges trupp till EM-samlingen uttagen". Swedish Handball Federation. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  15. ^ "2020 European Women's Handball Championship Roster" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. 3 December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  16. ^ a b c Clausen, Niklas. "Jubler over ny Team Esbjerg-træner: En enestående proces" [Team Esbjerg attracts Swedish national coach from 2024 onwards] (in Danish). Europamester.dk. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  17. ^ "Team Esbjerg tiltrækker svensk landstræner fra 2024" [Team Esbjerg attracts Swedish national coach from 2024 onwards]. teamesbjerg.dk (in Danish). Team Esbjerg. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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