Petersson started playing handball at IK Sävehof, where he debuted for the senior team in 1990 in the Elitserien.

In 1996 he became a professional player at the German club GWD Minden, where he signed on a bosman transfer, which was a new phenomenon in Handball.

After 4 years he joined THW Kiel, where he once again played with a number of Swedish national team players, including Magnus Wislander, Staffan Olsson and Stefan Lövgren.

[5] In April 2012 he made a second comeback when he joined German side TuS N-Lübbecke for the last match of the season and the final four.

[6] In 2015 he made his third comeback for HSV Hamburg to replace the injured Hans Lindberg und Stefan Schröder.

In 1996, he was a member of the Swedish handball team won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament.