Jesper Larsson (; born 27 July 1973) is a Swedish former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player, who played as a goalkeeper. He made his debut for

IFK Kristianstad Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Kristianstad (), or IFK Kristianstad, is a Swedish professional handball club based in Kristianstad. They play in Handbollsligan, the top level of Swedish men's handball. The club was founded in 1899 as a multi-spo ...

in 1991–92, helping the team to reach promotion to

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in the same season. He played three more seasons for the club before joining league rivals HK Drott. In 1997, Larsson signed for German second division club HSG Nordhorn. In 1999 he helped the team to promotion to the

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. After finishing second in the league with Nordhorn in 2001–02, he joined league rivals

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. After two seasons he returned to Nordhorn, where he played until 2007. Larsson returned to Sweden for the 2007–08 season, playing for H 43 Lund. Two years later, he returned to Kristianstad. In his final professional season in 2011–12, he helped Kristianstad reach the Swedish Championship final, where they were defeated by

IK Sävehof Idrottsklubben Sävehof better known as IK Sävehof is a Sweden, Swedish professional handball club located in Partille Municipality, Partille. Their home matches are played at the Partille Arena which has a capacity of 4,000. Women's team The ...

. He also played 19 matches for

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, but was never selected for a major championship. He was assistant coach for Kristianstad between 2014 and 2017. As of the 2017–18 season, he is Director of Sport for the club.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Larsson, Jesper IFK Kristianstad players 1973 births living people Swedish male handball players Swedish handball coaches HK Drott players HSG Nordhorn-Lingen players Swedish sports executives and administrators Handball administrators TBV Lemgo players Sportspeople from Kristianstad Municipality Handball players from Skåne County Swedish expatriate handball players in Germany H43 Lund players