Erik Schmidt (handballer)

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Erik Schmidt
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Erik Schmidt on September 16th, 2014 with the national team
Personal information
Born (1992-12-28) 28 December 1992 (age 32)
Mainz, Germany
Nationality German
Height 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club AEK Athens
Number 8
Youth career
Team
–
 TG 1862 Rüsselsheim
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 TSG Münster
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 SG Wallau
–
 TV Großwallstadt
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2010–2012
 TV Groß-Umstadt
2012–2015
 TSG Friesenheim
2015–2017
 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
2017–2019
 Füchse Berlin
2019–2020
 SC Magdeburg
2020–2022
 Kadetten Schaffhausen
2022–2024
 HSG Wetzlar
2024–
 AEK Athens
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–
 Germany 38 (40)
Medal record
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Poland
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 23 August 2024

Erik Schmidt (born 28 December 1992) is a German handball player for AEK Athens and the German national team. [1]

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Career

Schmidt began playing handball TG 1862 Rüsselheim. [2] He then played for TSG Münster, SG Wallau and TV Großwallstadt at youth levels. His senior debut began at TV Groß-Umstadt on the 3. Liga. [2] In 2012 he joined the 2. Bundesliga team TSG Friesenheim. [2] In the 2013-14 season he was promoted to the Bundesliga. In 2015 he joined TSV Hannover-Burgdorf. [3] In 2017-18 he joined Füchse Berlin, after signing a three year deal in May 2016. [4] Here he won the EHF Cup in 2018. In 2019 he joined SC Magdeburg. [5] A season later he joined Kadetten Schaffhausen in Switzerland. [6] Here he won the Swiss championship in 2022.

In 2022 he returned to Germany and joined HSG Wetzlar. [7] After his three year contract ran out, he joined Greek side AEK Athens in 2024. [8]

National team

On 20 September 2014 Schmidt debuted for the German national team in a friendly against Switzerland. [9]

At the 2016 European Championship he won gold medals with the German team, beting Spain in the final 24:17.

He was also part of the german team at the 2018 European Championship. [10]

Achievements

References

  1. ↑ DHB profile
  2. 1 2 3 "Friesenheim vermeldet Verlängerung und Neuzugang" (in German). handball-world.com. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Nationalspieler wechselt nach Hannover" (in German). handball-world.com. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Hübner (29 May 2016). "Erik Schmidt bleibt nur bis 2017 bei der TSV Hannover Burgdorf". Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "SC Magdeburg holt Kreisläufer aus Berlin" (in Danish). handball-world.news. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Kadetten Schaffhausen reagieren auf Markovic-Ausfall mit DHB-Europameister Erik Schmidt" (in German). handball-world.news. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Europameister zurück in der Bundesliga: HSG Wetzlar verpflichtet Erik Schmidt" (in German). handball-world.news. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Bestätigt: Erik Schmidt wechselt ins Ausland" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "DHB-Team: Auftaktsieg gegen die Schweiz beim „Unternehmen Weltspitze"" (in German). handball-world.com. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  10. ↑ Ramona Adolf (5 December 2017). "Jogi Bitter im erweiterten EM-Kader - TVB Stuttgart: News aus der Handball-Bundesliga - Zeitungsverlag Waiblingen". zvw.de. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
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