Lars Kaufmann

Lars Kaufmann
Kaufmann in 2007
Personal information
Born	February 25, 1982 (1982-02-25) (age 43) Görlitz, East Germany
Nationality	German
Height	199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Left back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1999	SV Koweg Görlitz
1999-2005	1. SV Concordia Delitzsch
2005-2007	HSG Wetzlar
2007-2009	TBV Lemgo
2009-2011	Frisch Auf Göppingen
2011-2015	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2015-2017	Frisch Auf Göppingen
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003-2017	Germany	132	(322)
Medal record Representing   Germany World Men's Handball Championship 2007 Germany Team Competition

Lars Kaufmann (born February 25, 1982) is a German former team handball player. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship. ^[1]

Career

Kaufmann started playing handball at SV Koweg Görlitz, and joined 1. SV Concordia Delitzsch. Here he was the top scorer in the 2nd Bundesliga in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons.

In 2005 he joined HSG Wetzlar, where he played until 2007. He then joined TBV Lemgo. In 2009 he joined Frisch Auf Göppingen, where he won the 2010–11 EHF Cup. Afterwards he joined SG Flensburg-Handewitt, where he won the 2012 EHF Cup Winners' Cup. Due to knee injuries he missed the entire 2013-14 season. ^[2] In his absence Flensburg-Handewitt won the EHF Champions League. In 2015 he won the DHB-Pokal.

In 2015 he returned to Frisch Auf Göppingen. ^[3] Here he won the 2016 and 2017 EHF European League. After the 2016-17 season he retired. ^[4]

National team

Kaufmann made his debut for the German national team in 4 January 2003 against Hungary. In 2007 he won the World Championship, for which he was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt. ^[5]

References

1. "Germany" Archived 2008-02-05 at the Wayback Machine –European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on February 6, 2008)
2. "Lars Kaufmann muss erneut operiert werden" (in German). handball-world.com. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
3. "Transfercoup: Göppingen holt Kaufmann zurück" (in German). handball-world.com. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
4. "Titel-Angler Lars Kaufmann setzt den Haken" (in German). swp.de. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
5. "Handball – WM: Merkel lädt Handball-Weltmeister ins Kanzleramt" (in German). focus.de. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2014.

External links

• Lars Kaufmann at the European Handball Federation