{{short description|Danish handball player and coach (born 1979)}} {{Use dmy dates |date=December 2023}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Bo Spellerberg | image = Bo_Spellerberg_2.jpg | fullname = Bo Dybdal Spellerberg | nationality = Danish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|7|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Gladsaxe, Denmark | height = {{height|m=1.92|precision=0}} | position = Manager | currentclub = København Håndbold | clubnumber = | years1 = 1997–2002 | clubs1 = FIF | years2 = 2002–2012 | clubs2 = KIF Kolding | years3 = 2008 | clubs3 = → CB Cantabria (loan) | years4 = 2012–2018 | clubs4 = KIF Kolding København | years5 = 2018–2020 | clubs5 = TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | years6 = 2020–2023 | clubs6 = HØJ Elite | nationalyears1 = 2000–2023 | nationalteam1 = Denmark | nationalcaps1 = 245<ref name=landskampe/> | nationalgoals1 = 332 | manageryears1 = 2018–2020 | managerclubs1 = TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | manageryears2 = 2020–2023 | managerclubs2 = HØJ Elite (assistant) | manageryears3 = 2023– | managerclubs3 = København Håndbold | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's Handball}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Sweden|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Spain|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2007 Germany|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalGold|2008 Norway|Team}} {{MedalGold|2012 Serbia|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Denmark|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2002 Sweden|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2006 Switzerland|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championship}} {{MedalGold|1999 Qatar<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenJuniorWorldCh/1999_QAT.pdf|title= 1999 IHF Men's Junior World Championship|publisher=IHF|accessdate=5 September 2005}}</ref> |Team}}
}} '''Bo Spellerberg''' (born 24 July 1979) is a Danish former handball player and current manager of København Håndbold in the Danish Women's Handball League.<ref name=KBHhold>{{cite news|url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/sport/handbold/ECE16652633/bo-spellerberg-bliver-cheftraener-for-koebenhavn-haandbold/|publisher=Jyllandsposten|date=1 December 2023|access-date=5 March 2025|title=Bo Spellerberg bliver cheftræner for København Håndbold|work=Ritzau|language=da}}</ref> He is a two-time European Champion with the Danish national team, after winning both the 2008 and 2012 championships in Norway and Serbia.<ref>[http://www.ehf-euro.com/mens-euro-2008/teams/group-b/denmark.html "Denmark"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129062414/http://www.ehf-euro.com/mens-euro-2008/teams/group-b/denmark.html |date=29 January 2008}} – ''European Handbal Federation (2008)'' (Retrieved on 31 January 2008)</ref>
In 2011, he also won silver medal at the World Championships 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 KIF Kolding, where he played until 2018, only interrupted by a short loan in 2008 to Spanish club to CB Cantabria, along with Gábor Császár who played in Viborg HK at the time. The two players were brought in to help the team survive in Liga ASOBAL, during remaining three matches in the 2007–2008 season. CB Cantabria ended the season in 14th place, which meant they survived relegation thanks to a last minute goal from Bo Spellerberg against Ademar León.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/20080514/deportes/mas-deporte/teka-queda-asobal-ultimo-200805142209.html |title = El Teka se queda en la Asobal en el último minuto |publisher = El Diario Montañés |date = 14 May 2008 |access-date = 30 January 2013 |language=es }}</ref> The club was however dissolved after the season.<ref name="fin">{{cite web|access-date=29 December 2010 |date=5 August 2008 |publisher=El Diario Montañés |title=El Balonmano Cantabria queda fuera de la División de Honor B |url=http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/20080805/deportes/mas-deporte/balonmano-cantabria-queda-fuera-200808051544.html}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
With Kolding he won the Danish Championship 6 times and was selected as Danish player of the year in 2006 and 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tophaandbold.dk/klubservice/kaaringer/aarets-mandlige-haandboldspiller |title=Årets Mandlige Håndboldspiller |publisher=tophaandbold.dk |access-date=2024-01-03|language=da}}</ref> In the 2015-16 season he became the player with the most matches played for the club, taking the record for Boris Schnuchel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kif.dk/hall-of-fame/|publisher=Kolding IF|title=Hall of Fame - Bo Spellerberg|access-date=19 March 2026|language=da}}</ref>
From 2018 to 2020 he was the player-coach at Swiss club TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-16-106096.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Bo Spellerberg wird Spielertrainer|access-date=17 July 2018|language=de}}</ref> From 2020 to 2023 he was the player-assistant coach for the Danish 1st Division team HØJ Elite.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hojelitehaandbold.dk/hoej-elitehaandbold-afgiver-bo-spellerberg-til-oenskejob/|publisher=HØJ Elite|title=HØJ Elitehåndbold afgiver Bo Spellerberg til ønskejob|access-date=5 March 2025|language=da}}</ref> He left the club in November 2023 to become the head coach at first league team København Håndbold.<ref name=KBHhold />
===National team=== He debuted for the Danish national team in 2000.<ref name=landskampe>{{cite web|url=https://danskhaandbold.dk/statistik/spillere/544012|publisher=Dansk Håndbold|title=Bo Spellerberg|access-date=5 March 2025}}</ref> His first major international tournament was the 2002 European Championship. In 2008 he won European gold medals with the Danish team, beating Croatia in the final. This was the first time Denmark won a major international tournament.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/herrelandsholdet/historisk-em-guld-til-danmark|publisher=Danmarks Radio|title=Historisk EM-guld til Danmark|date=27 January 2008|access-date=5 March 2025|author=Jens Gjesse Hansen|language=da}}</ref> In 2012 he won another gold medal at the 2012 European Championship in Serbia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2012-01-29-miraklet-er-fuldendt-dansk-emguld|publisher=TV2 Danmark|website=sport.tv2.dk|date=29 January 2012|access-date=5 March 2025|author=Lars Bruun-Mortensen|title=Miraklet er fuldendt: Dansk EM-guld|language=da}}</ref> In total he played 245 national team matches, scoring 332 goals.<ref name=landskampe />
==References== {{commonscat|Bo Spellerberg}} {{reflist}}
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