Johannes Golla

Johannes Golla
Golla in 2024
Personal information
Born	(1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 27) Wiesbaden, Germany
Nationality	German
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Number	4
Youth career
Years	Team
2003-2007	TG Eltville
2017-2010	TuS Dotzheim
2010-2012	SG Wallau-Massenheim
2012–2015	HSG VFR/Eintracht Wiesbaden
2015	MT Melsungen
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2015–2018	MT Melsungen
2018–	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–	Germany	92	(328)
Medal record Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2025

Johannes Golla (born 5 November 1997) is a German handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the German national team. ^{[1] [2]}

Since 2021, he has been the captain of the German national team, succeeding Uwe Gensheimer.

Career

Golla started playing handball at the age of 5 at TG Eltville. In 2015 he joined MT Melsungen. ^[3] In 2016, he debuted for the senior team in the Bundesliga.^{[ citation needed ]}

At the end of 2017, Golla announced that he wouldn't extend his contract, and at the start of the 2018/19 season, he joined league rivals SG Flensburg-Handewitt. ^{[4] [5]}

In 2019, he won the German championship and in 2024, he won the EHF European League.^{[ citation needed ]}

National team

On March 9th 2019 he debuted for the German national team against Switzerland. ^[6] He played his first major international tournament at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship. ^{[7] [8]}

At the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship he was the German topscorer, ^[9] and made the tournament all star team. ^[10]

At the 2024 Olympics he won a silver medal with the German team.

Individual awards

• All-Star pivot of the European Championship: 2022 ^[11]

References

1. "Melsungen zu Golla-Abschied: "Praktisch nichts unversucht gelassen"" [Melsungen on Golla's departure: "Practically nothing was left untried"]. handball-world.news (in German). Retrieved 23 December 2018.
2. "Johannes Golla unterschreibt bei der SG Flensburg-Handewitt" [Johannes Golla signs with SG Flensburg-Handewitt]. handball-world.news (in German). Retrieved 23 December 2018.
3. "Sichtung für Jugendnationalmannschaft" (in German). Rheingau.de. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
4. "Melsungen zu Golla-Abschied: "Praktisch nichts unversucht gelassen"" [Melsungen on Golla's departure: "Practically nothing was left untried"]. handball-world.news (in German). Retrieved 23 December 2018.
5. "Johannes Golla unterschreibt bei der SG Flensburg-Handewitt" [Johannes Golla signs with SG Flensburg Handewitt] (in German). Handballworld. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
6. "Handballer verlieren gegen die Schweiz" (in German). DHB. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
7. "Kader für EM-Auftakt steht" [Squad for European Championship kick-off is set]. dhb.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2020.
8. "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
9. "Cumulative Statistics Germany". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
10. "Jim Gottfridsson wertvollster Spieler der Handball-EM, Johannes Golla im All-Star-Team" (in German). www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
11. "MVP Gottfridsson leads seven-nation All-star Team". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 30 January 2022.

External links

• Johannes Golla at the International Handball Federation
• Johannes Golla at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive )
• Johannes Golla at SG Flensburg-Handewitt (archived)
• Johannes Golla at Olympedia
• Johannes Golla at Team Deutschland (in German)
• Johannes Golla at Olympics.com
• Johannes Golla at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Johannes Golla on Instagram