Henrik Signell
{{Short description|Swedish handball player and coach (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Henrik Signell
| image = Sigge.jpg
| nationality = Swedish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|1|2}}
| birth_place = Partille, Sweden
| height =
| currentclub =
| position = Centre back
| years1 = 1993–1997
| clubs1 = IK Sävehof
| years2 = 1997–1998
| clubs2 = Partille IF
| years3 = 1998–2003
| clubs3 = IK Sävehof
| years4 = 2003–2005
| clubs4 = Alingsås HK
| nationalyears1 = 1994
| nationalteam1 = Sweden
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2005–2010
| managerclubs1 = IK Sävehof (men's junior team)
| manageryears2 = 2010–2012
| managerclubs2 = IK Sävehof (men, assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2010–2012
| managerclubs3 = Finland women (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2012–2018
| managerclubs4 = IK Sävehof (women)
| manageryears5 = 2016–2020
| managerclubs5 = Sweden women
| manageryears6 = 2020–2023
| managerclubs6 = IFK Skövde (men)
| manageryears7 = 2023–2024
| managerclubs7 = South Korea women
| manageryears8 = 2024–
| managerclubs8 = Netherlands women
| medaltemplates =
}}
Henrik Signell (born 2 January 1976 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish handball coach and former handball player, who coaches the Netherlands women's national team. He has previously caoched South Korean women's national team{{Cite web |title=Henrik Signell blir ny förbundskapten för Sydkorea |url=https://www.gp.se/sport/handboll/henrik-signell-blir-ny-f%C3%B6rbundskapten-f%C3%B6r-sydkorea-1.97292911 |access-date=18 April 2023 |website=Göteborgs-posten|language=sv}} and the Sweden women's national team.
Playing career
Signell started playing handball at IK 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 rivals Alingsås HK, where he played for two seasons before retiring in 2005 due to injuries.{{Cite web |publisher=Swedish Handball Federation|website=svenskhandboll.se |title=Pulsen på - Henrik Signell |url=http://www.svenskhandboll.se/Elitdam/Nyheter/Pulsenpa-HenrikSignell/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708213636/http://www.svenskhandboll.se/Elitdam/Nyheter/Pulsenpa-HenrikSignell/ |archive-date=2016-07-08 |url-status=dead}}, 6 April 2015, retrieved 8 July 2016.{{Cite web |url=http://handbollskanalen.se/landslag-damer/officiellt-henrik-signell-ny-forbundskapten-for-sverige/ |publisher=handbollskanalen.se |title=OFFICIELLT: Henrik Signell ny förbundskapten för Sverige|date=18 May 2016|access-date=8 July 2016|language=sv|trans-title=Official: Henrik Signell new head coach for Sweden}}
He played a single game for the Swedish men's national team, a match against Finland where he scored two goals.{{Cite web |title=ÅTERBLICKEN DEL 5 – PEDER JÄRPHAG|publisher=IK Sävehof|url=https://savehof.se/aterblicken-del-5-peder-jarphag/|accessdate=2019-10-25|language=sv-SE}}
Coaching career
Right after retirement he took over the IK Sävehof youth team. Here he won the Swedish youth championship three times and came in second two times.{{Cite web |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/handboll/article22743781.ab |publisher=Aftonbladet|website=aftonbladet.se|title=Han blir ny förbundskapten|date=2 May 2016|access-date=8 July 2016|language=sv|trans-title=He becomes new national team coach}}
In 2010 he became both the assistant coach at IK Sävehof senior men's team and the assistant coach at the Finland women's national team.
In 2012 he became head coach for the first time when he took over IK 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 of Swedens women's national team, while still managing at club level.{{Cite web |url=http://www.svenskhandboll.se/Landslag/Landslagsnyheter/HenrikSignellnyforbundskapten/|publisher=Swedish Handball Federation|website=svenskhandboll.se|title=Henrik Signell ny förbundskapten|date=18 May 2015|access-date=8 July 2016|language=sv|trans-title=Henrik Signell becomes new national team coach}} After the 2017/18 season he retired as the IK Sävehof to focus on the national team full time.{{Cite web |url=http://ehfcl.com/en/women/News/oASMnnRSljxN1_aZdDnQAQ/New_coach_as_S%C3%A4vehof_return_with_main_round_goals |publisher=ehfcl.com|title=New coach as Sävehof return with main round goals|date=9 October 2018|access-date=9 October 2018}}
In 2020 he stopped as the head coach of Sweden and was replaced by Tomas Axnér.{{Cite web |url=https://www.handbollslandslaget.se/dam/axner-blir-forbundskapten-for-damlandslaget/ |publisher=Swedish Handball Federation|website=handbollslandslaget.se|title=Axnér blir förbundskapten för damlandslaget|date=3 March 2020|access-date=3 March 2020|language=sv|trans-title=Axnér becomes new head coach for the women's national team}} The day after he was announced the coach of IFK Skövde HK men's team from the upcoming season. He was in this position until 2023, where we was replaced by Icelandic Jónatan Magnússon.{{Cite web |url=https://handbollskanalen.se/handbollsligan/officiellt-henrik-signell-tar-over-ifk-skovde/ |publisher=handbollkanalen.se|title=Officiellt: Henrik Signell tar över IFK Skövde|date=4 March 2020|access-date=4 March 2020|language=sv|trans-title=Official: Henrik Signell takes over at IFK Skövde}}{{Cite web |url=https://handbollskanalen.se/handbollsligan/officiellt-jonatan-magnusson-ny-tranare-i-ifk-skovde/ |publisher=handbollkanalen.se|title=Officiellt: Jónatan Magnússon ny tränare i IFK Skövde|date=24 March 2023|access-date=24 March 2023|language=sv|trans-title=Official: Jónatan Magnússon new coach in IFK Skövde}}
Between April 2023 and 2024 he was the headcoach of the South Korean women's national team with fellow swede Erik Larholm as his assistant. He guided them at 2023 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 the 2024 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 the Netherlands women's national team.{{Cite web |url=https://www.handball-world.news/artikel/niederlande-finden-neuen-chefcoach-1057563 |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Niederlande finden neuen Chefcoach|access-date=7 October 2024|language=sv|trans-title=Netherlands finds new head coach}} His first major international tournament with the Netherlands was the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship where he the Netherlands finished 6th.
Achievements as a coach
- 5 Swedish Championship Gold Medals (women): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
- 2 Swedish Championship Gold Medals (men, as assistant coach)
- 3 Swedish Junior Championship Gold Medals (men)
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Sweden women handball squad 2016 Summer Olympics}}
{{Sweden squad 2016 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Sweden squad 2017 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Sweden squad 2018 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Sweden squad 2019 World Women's Handball Championship}}
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Category:Swedish handball coaches
Category:Handball coaches of international teams
Category:Sportspeople from Gothenburg