Luca Witzke

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Luca Witzke
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Witzke in 2024
Personal information
Born (1999-04-03) 3 April 1999 (age 25)
Kempen, Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club SC DHfK Leipzig
Number 7
Youth career
YearsTeam
2004–2011
 Hülser SV
2011–2014
 TV Aldekerk
2014–2016
 ART Düsseldorf
2016–2018
 TUSEM Essen
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2018–2019
 TUSEM Essen
2019–
 SC DHfK Leipzig
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–
 Germany 26 (54)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Team

Luca Witzke (born 3 April 1999) is a German handball player who plays for SC DHfK Leipzig and the German national team.

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Club career

Witzke joined TUSEM Essen in the A-youth team. In the 2017/18 season he played in the club's second division team. In the 2018/19 season he scored 98 goals for Essen. [1] In the summer of 2019 he moved to SC DHfK Leipzig in the Bundesliga.

International career

Witzke had played 18 junior international matches. With the U20 national team, he won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Celje, Slovenia in the summer of 2018. [2] He missed the 2019 U21 European Championships due to a patellar tendon injury. [3]

In October 2019, Witzke was nominated for a training and international match week for the senior national team. There, he broke his nose, meaning he did not make his first international appearance. [4] He was the youngest player in the 28-man squad for the European Championships in January 2020.

On 5 November 2021, Witzke made his debut for the senior national team in a friendly against Portugal in Luxembourg. At the 2022 European Championship, he played two games before a positive COVID-19 test ended his tournament. [5] At the 2023 World Cup, he reached 5th place with the German national team, and Witzke scored 20 goals.

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References

  1. ↑ "DHfK-Neuzugang Luca Witzke: „Mit sehr gutem Gefühl" in Leipzig". handball-world.news. 20 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Die Bilanz der U20-EM: „Riesiger Stolz" und eine Bronze-Party". handball-world.news. 30 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "SC DHfK Leipzigs Luca Witzke: Stressresistent und voller Dynamik". sportbuzzer.de. 2 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Luca Witzke nach Nasenbeinbruch: „Mir geht es inzwischen wieder gut"". handball-world.news. 1 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Cumulative Statistics Germany". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. 29 January 2022.
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