{{short description|Swedish handball player (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Markus Olsson | image = | nationality = Swedish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|3|31|df=y}} | birth_place = Karlshamn, Sweden | height = {{height|m=1.88|precision=0}} | position = Centre back | currentclub = Fenix Toulouse | clubnumber = 4 | youthclubs1 = Karlshamn HF | years1 = 2008–2015 | clubs1 = IFK Kristianstad | years2 = 2015–2018 | clubs2 = Skjern Håndbold | years3 = 2018–2020 | clubs3 = Fenix Toulouse | years4 = 2020–2025 | clubs4 = IFK Kristianstad | nationalyears1 = 2012–2019 | nationalteam1 = Sweden | nationalcaps1 = 62 | nationalgoals1 = 116 | ntupdate = 6 August 2022 }} '''Markus Olsson''' (born 31 March 1990) is a Swedish former handball player who played the Swedish national team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/538522|title=Profile|publisher=eurohandball.com|accessdate=15 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/153/pdf/SWE.pdf |title=2015 World Championship Roster |publisher=IHF |accessdate=15 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126171615/http://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/153/pdf/SWE.pdf |archivedate=26 January 2015 }}</ref>
== Career == Olsson started playing handball at his hometown club Karlshamn HF, and in 2008 he joined IFK Kristianstad. Here he won the Swedish Championship in 2015. The following summer he joined Danish club Skjern Håndbold.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/2015-05-27-skjern-henter-markus-olsson|publisher=TV2 Danmark|title=Skjern henter Markus Olsson|date=27 May 2015|access-date=29 May 2026|language=da}}</ref> Here he won the Danish Men's Handball Cup in 2015 the 2017-18 Danish Championship.
In 2018 he joined French Fenix Toulouse Handball.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://dbrs.dk/sport/markus-olsson-forlader-skjern|publisher=Dagbladet Ringkøbing-Skjern|title=Markus Olsson forlader Skjern|date=10 January 2018|access-date=29 May 2026|language=da}}</ref> In 2020 he returned to Sweden and IFK Kristiansstad. In 2023 he won the double with the club. He retired after the 2024-25 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ifkkristianstad.se/om-oss/historia |title=IFK Kristianstads historia |website=ifkkristianstad.se |language=schwedisch |access-date=2022-08-06}}</ref>
== Private == His sisters, Maria and Anna, are also handball players.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/handboll/nu-ar-maria-hetast-i-handbollsfamiljen/ |title=Nu är Maria hetast i handbollsfamiljen |publisher=Expressen |language=schwedisch |access-date=2022-08-06}}</ref>
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{{Sweden squad 2015 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Sweden squad 2016 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Olsson, Marcus}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Swedish male handball players Category:Sportspeople from Karlshamn Category:IFK Kristianstad players Category:Swedish expatriate handball players in France Category:Swedish expatriate handball players in Denmark Category:Fenix Toulouse Handball players Category:21st-century Swedish sportsmen
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