Volker Zerbe

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Volker Zerbe
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Personal information
Born (1968-06-30) 30 June 1968 (age 56)
Lemgo, Germany
Nationality German
Height 211 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Playing position Right back
Youth career
Team
TV Lemgo
1984-1986
TBV Lemgo
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1986-2006
TBV Lemgo
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987-2004
Germany 284 (777)
Teams managed
2007
TBV Lemgo
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens Team Competition
World Men's Handball Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Portugal Team Competition
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Slovenia Team Competition
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Sweden Team Competition

Volker Zerbe (born 30 June 1968) is a former German team handball player and manager. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team [1] He is European champion from 2004. He played his entire professional career at TBV Lemgo, where he was the captain of the club.

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He was considered one of the best defensive players of his time, and in 2024 he was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame. [2]

In March 2005 he was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt.

Career

As a youth player he played for TV Lemgo, and transferred to TBV Lemgo in 1984. Here he made his debut in the Handball-Bundesliga in 1986 and played until 2006. In 556 league games he scored 1977 goals.

He is considered part of the Lemgo 'golden generation' together with Daniel Stephan, Christian Schwarzer, Florian Kehrmann and Stefan Kretzschmar, who won the European Championship together. [3]

He has the second most appearances of any outfield player in the Bundesliga, has scored the 7th most all time goals and 3rd most non-penalty goals. He also has the Bundesliga record for most suspension minutes with 1018 total minutes. [4]

When he retired in 2006 his shirt number was retired for three years until Holger Glandorf took it in 2009. The Heldmanskamphalle in Lemgo was renamed "Volker-Zerbe-Halle" in his honour.

He made a short return to handball, while he was the sporting director at Füchse Berlin, when he played for their B-team in the 2013/14 season. [5]

Post playing Career

After Zerbes playing days he has kept being involved in Handball. In 2007 he was a World Championship Ambassador leading up to the World Championship in Germany, and from the 2006/07 season he became the sporting director at TBV Lemko. He was the interim coach at TBV Lemgo from January 2007 until the end of the season after Volker Mudrow was fired, and once again from October 2007 until the end of the year, when Peter Meisinger was fired. He was released of his contract in 2012. [6]

From 2013 he became the Sporting director at Füchse Berlin [7]

Private life

Zerbes nephew, Lukas Zerbe is also a professional handball player.

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References

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  2. "New legends of the game inducted into EHF Hall of Fame". European Handball Federation . Retrieved 28 January 2025.
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