Christian Zeitz

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Christian Zeitz
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Zeitz playing for Veszprém in 2014.
Personal information
Born (1980-10-18) 18 October 1980 (age 44)
Heidelberg, West Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Right back
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1986–2002
 TSV Östringen
2002–2003
 SG Kronau-Östringen
2002–2003
 SG Wallau-Massenheim
2003–2014
 THW Kiel
2014–2016
 MVM Veszprém
2016–2018
 THW Kiel
2018–2020
 SG Nußloch
2020
 TVB 1898 Stuttgart
2020–2022
 GWD Minden
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2008
 Germany 166 (458)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens Team competition
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Germany Team competition
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Portugal Team competition
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Slovenia Team competition
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Sweden Team competition

Christian Zeitz (born 18 November 1980 in Heidelberg) [1] is a former German handball player.

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Zeitz received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team. [2] He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004.

He was known for an unconventional playing style, often called 'street handball'. [3]

Career

Zeitz began playing handball aged 6 with his two older brothers. [4] At 18 he became a part of the first team at TSV Östringen in the 2. Bundesliga. When the tem fused with TSG Kronau to SG Kronau-Östringen, he followed. With the club he was promoted to the 1st Bundesliga.

He then joined THW Kiel, where he won the German Championship 9 times, the DHB-Pokal 6 times and the EHF Champions League 3 times. [5]

He then joined Hungarian MKB-MVM Veszprém. [6] Here he won the Hungarian double two teams and the Hungarian Super Cup three times.

From the 2016-17 season he returned to THW Kiel, [7] where he once again won the DHB-Pokal. On 16 February 2018 he was suspended from the club due to disagreements on the exact lengths of his contract. [8] In court the parts agreed to terminate the contract at the end of the season. [9] The club also had to pay Zeitz 75.000 euroes. Afterwards the club faced criticism from its fans, when they removed his portrait from the club history gallery. [10] [11]

At the end of the affair he joined SG Nußloch in the 3. Liga. [12] In February 2020 after the bankruptcy of SG Nußloch, he returned to the Bundesliga to join TVB 1898 Stuttgart for the rest of the season. [13] The following season he joined GWD Minden. [14] In November 2022 he announced his retirement. [15]

Titles

Club

With THW Kiel

With KC Veszprém

National team

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christian Zeitz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
  3. ↑ Erik Eggers (25 January 2006). "Nationalspieler Zeitz: Der Handball-Extremist" (in German). Der Spiegel.
  4. ↑ "TSV BADEN Östringen e. V. - Vereinsgeschichte" (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "THW Kiel: Christian Zeitz" (in German). THW Kiel . Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Zeitz to join Veszprém in 2014". history.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Transfercoup: Zeitz zurück zu den "Zebras"" (in German). NDR . Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "THW mit Details zur Suspendierung: Zeitz bezweifelt Befristung der Vertragslaufzeit an" (in German). handball-world.news. 17 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "THW Kiel einigt sich mit Zeitz" (in German). sport1.de. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Der Hammer wird abgehängt" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  11. ↑ "Ausführliche Stellungnahme: Christian Zeitz über die "vertraglichen Differenzen" mit dem THW Kiel" (in German). Handball-World.
  12. ↑ "Wechsel von Christian Zeitz in 3. Liga bestätigt" (in German). handball-world.news. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  13. ↑ "Transferhammer: TVB Stuttgart holt Christian Zeitz zurück in die Handball Bundesliga" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  14. ↑ "Transfercoup: GWD Minden verpflichtet Christian Zeitz" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  15. ↑ Christopher Monz (7 November 2022). ""Als Egoist hätte ich es sicher nicht soweit gebracht" - Christian Zeitz über sein Karriereende" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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