Robert Andersson

Robert Andersson (born 24 November 1969) is a Swedish handball player, who won the European championship with Sweden. He goes by the nickname 'Knirr'.

Career Anderssons senior debut was at his hometown club IFK Ystad HK. He then joined city rivals Ystads IF HF, where he won the 1991-92 Swedish championship. In that season he was the league top scorer with 189 goals. In 1996 he returned to Germany to join OSC Rheinhausen. After Rheinhausen had to withdraw from the Bundesliga due to financial trouble, he joined 2nd Bundesliga team HSG Nordhorn.

In 2005 he returned to Sweden to join LUGI HF. In 2008 he joined Ystads IF again, where he retired in 2008 due to a shoulder injury. In 2013 he moved to coach recently promoted team H 43 Lund. He was relieved of his duties in October 2017 due to not getting the expected results.

In the summer of 2018 he became the head coach of Swedish team HIF Karlskrona. Between 2020 and 2023 he coached the German team TuS Ferndorf.

Private life His son Julius Lindskog Andersson is also a handball player.