Bo Spellerberg (born 24 July 1979) is a former Danish

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player and current manager of

København Håndbold København Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club from Copenhagen, Denmark. It was established in the winter of 2013. It took over the league licence from Frederiksberg IF and is playing in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen. The club is owned by K ...

in the

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. He is a two-time

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with the Danish national team, after winning both the

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and

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championships in

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and

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. In 2011, he also won silver medal at the

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in Sweden. He emulated this achievement at the 2013 World Championships in Spain.

Career

Bo Spellerberg started his career with FIF. In 2002 he joined

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, where he played until 2018, only interrupted by a short loan in 2008 to Spanish club to

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, along with

Gábor Császár Gábor Császár (born 16 June 1984) is a Hungarian handball player for the Ceglédi KKSE. He made his full international debut on 17 January 2004 against Saudi Arabia. Just a few days later he was selected for the squad that represented Hungar ...

who played in

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at the time. The two players were brought in to help the team survive in

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, during remaining three matches in the 2007–2008 season.

ended the season in 14th place, which meant they survived relegation thanks to a last minute goal from Bo Spellerberg against

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. The club was however dissolved after the season. With Kolding he won the Danish championship 6 times and was selected as Danish player of the year in 2006 and 2013. From 2018 to 2020 he was the

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at Swiss club TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen. From 2020 2023 he was the player-assistant coach for the Danish 1st Division team HØJ Elite. He left the club in November 2023 to become the head coach at first league team

National team

He debuted for the Danish national team in 2000. His first major international tournament was the 2002 European Championship. In 2008 he won European gold medals with the Danish team, beating

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in the final. This was the first time Denmark won a major international tournament. In 2012 he won another gold medal at the 2012 European Championship in Serbia. In total he played 245 national team matches, scoring 332 goals.

References

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* 1979 births Living people Danish male handball players Danish handball coaches Olympic handball players for Denmark Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics KIF Kolding players Sportspeople from Gladsaxe Municipality Handball players from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub