Tommy Alf Samuelsson (born January 12, 1960 in

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, Sweden) is a

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coach and a retired professional

player. He is currently the head coach of

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Playing career

Samuelson spent the majority of his playing days at

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. He won three Swedish championships (1981, 1986, 1988) with the club and received

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MVP honors in 1986. At the end of his career, he spent two years with

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of Austria and a single season with SC Luzern of Switzerland. Representing the Swedish national team, he won two bronze medals at the

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and

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as well as three silver medals at World Championships (1981, 1986, 1990). Samuelsson retired in 1998.

Coaching career

From 1999 to 2004, Samuelsson served as assistant coach of

in Sweden's top-tier

, winning gold in 2002, before accepting the head coaching job at Austrian first-division side

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for the 2004-05 campaign. In the following season, he guided

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to promotion from Sweden's second-tier

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to the top-flight Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Prior to the 2005-06 season, he returned to Färjestad, again taking on the role as assistant coach. Samuelsson took over the head coaching job in November 2007 after the sacking of

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. From 2008 to 2010, Samuelsson worked as joint-coach alongside

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, leading the club to the Swedish national championship in 2009, while receiving

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honors. After serving as lone head coach in 2010-11, he left Färjestad for Austria, being appointed as head coach of the

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in March 2011. Under his guidance, the Capitals reached the

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finals in 2013. Samuelsson left Vienna at the end of the 2013-14 season to return to

. He served a two-year stint as head coach and parted company with the club in March 2016. On July 5, 2016, Samuelsson was named head coach of

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of the German top-flight

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(DEL). He was sacked in November 2017 after his team had suffered defeat in seven straight games.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

External links

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Swedish Olympic Committee

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Samuelsson, Tommy 1960 births Living people Färjestad BK players Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players with retired numbers Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey People from Degerfors Municipality Swedish ice hockey defencemen Wiener EV players Sportspeople from Örebro County