Michael Apelgren (born 20 August 1984) is a Swedish

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 ...

coach and former player. He's currently the head coach of

SC Pick Szeged SC Pick Szeged is a Hungary, Hungarian professional handball club from Szeged, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball), K&H férfi kézilabda liga and the EHF Champions League. The current name of the club is OTP Bank - Pick Szege ...

and the Swedish men's national team.

Coaching career

Apelgren started his coaching career in 2014 as a

player-coach A player–coach (also playing coach, captain–coach, or player–manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. Player–coaches may be head coaches or assistant coaches, and they may make chang ...

for

Elverum Håndball Elverum Håndball is a Norwegian professional handball club from Elverum Municipality, Norway. Currently, Elverum Håndball competes in the Norwegian Premier League Men's Handball, and they have been successful title winners for several years ...

. After two years he ended his career as a player and continued coaching. He was six-time champion as coach of Elverum when he became coach of

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 ...

in 2020. In the summer of 2022, he became assistant coach to head coach Glenn Solberg of the Swedish men's national team. In May 2023, he was presented head coach for

from the summer of 2024.

Personal life

Apelgren is the son of Spårvägen handballer Lena Paulsén and Hammarby footballer

Per Apelgren Per or PER may refer to: Places * Peru (IOC country code) * Pér, a village in Hungary * Perthshire (Chapman code), historic county in Scotland Science and technology * Physics education research * Packed Encoding Rules, in computing, an ASN.1 wi ...

, while his paternal grandfather, Tore Apelgren was also a footballer.

Honours

As player

* Swedish league **''Winner'': 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012

As coach

* Norwegian league **''Winner'': 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 *

Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament ...

**''Winner'': 2018, 2019 * Swedish league **''Winner'': 2021, 2024 * Swedish Cup **''Winner'': 2022 *

Hungarian Cup The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

**''Winner'': 2025

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Apelgren, Michael 1984 births Living people Swedish male handball players Handball players from Stockholm Djurgårdens IF Handboll players Hammarby IF Handboll players BM Granollers players IK Sävehof players Swedish expatriate handball players in Spain Swedish expatriate handball players in Hungary Swedish handball coaches Expatriate handball coaches 21st-century Swedish sportsmen