Holger Glandorf

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Holger Glandorf
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Personal information
Born (1983-03-30) 30 March 1983 (age 42)
Osnabrück, West Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Right back
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2001–2009
 HSG Nordhorn-Lingen
2009–2011
 TBV Lemgo
2011–2020
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2017
 Germany 170 (583)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Germany

Holger Glandorf (born 30 March 1983) is a German retired handball player. He has the record for most non-penalty goals in the German Bundesliga. He is a world Champion from the 2007 World Championship.

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Career

Glandorfs first profesional club was HSG Nordhorn-Lingen in the Bundesliga. [1] Here he came second in the 2001-02 season. He won the EHF European League in 2008.

In 2009 he joined TBV Lemgo after NSG Nordhorn was declared bankrupt in February 2009. [2] Here he won the 2009-10 EHF Cup.

In 2011 he joined SG Flensburg-Handewitt. [3] Here he won the 2011-12 EHF Cup Winners' Cup and the 2013-14 EHF Champions League. In December 2014 he tore his achilles in a match against THW Kiel. [4]

He retired in 2020, and became a part of the SG Flensburg-Handewitt administration. [5]

National team

Glandorf debuted for the German national team on January 4th 2003 against Hungary.

In 2007 he won the World Championship with Germany. He was awarded the Silbernen Lorbeerblatt for the accomplishment. [6]

At the 2018 European Championship he was the German top scorer with 36 goals.

He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where the German team placed 9th. [7]

He initially announced his retirement from the national team on 1 September 2014, [8] but returned for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship. [9]

He retired in May 2020. [10]

Post playing career

From July 1st 2022 he has been the administrative director at SG Flensburg Handewitt following Dierk Schmäschke. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Gegnerkader HSG Nordhorn Saison 2001/2002". thw-handball.de. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Glandorf wechselt sofort nach Lemgo" (in German). rp-online.de. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Fix! Glandorf vom TBV zu Flensburg". sport1.de. 18 November 2010.
  4. ↑ [ "Achillessehnenriss: Glandorf fällt nach Derbysieg monatelang aus" (in German). focus.de. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ex-Nationalspieler Holger Glandorf beendet im Sommer seine Karriere" (in German). handball-world.news. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Handball – WM: Merkel lädt Handball-Weltmeister ins Kanzleramt" (in German). www.focus.de. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  7. ↑ Holger Glandorf Biography and Olympic Results at sports-reference.com (Error: unknown archive URL)(archived (Date missing))
  8. ↑ "Glandorf ends national team career". eurohandball.com. 1 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Sigurdsson hält Platz offen: Deutsche Handballer zunächst nur mit 15 Spielern zur WM" (in German). handball-world.news. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Ex-Nationalspieler beenden Karriere: Vier Große und ein leiser Abschied". hna.de. 1 May 2020.
  11. ↑ "Flensburg: Schmäschke in den "Unruhezustand" - Glandorf übernimmt" (in German). NDR. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
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