Manuel Liniger
Manuel Liniger at the Sparkassen-Cup 2014 |
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Player information | |
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Full name | Manuel Liniger |
birthday | September 10, 1981 |
place of birth | Winterthur , Switzerland |
citizenship |
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height | 1.81 m |
Playing position | Left winger |
Throwing hand | right |
Club information | |
society | Career ended |
Clubs as active | |
from ... to | society |
1999-2005 |
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2005-2007 |
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2007-2010 |
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2010–2012 |
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2012-2014 |
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2014-2018 |
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National team | |
Debut on | May 26, 2001 |
against |
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Games (goals) | |
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214 (902) |
As of May 9, 2018 |
Manuel Liniger (born September 10, 1981 in Winterthur ) is a former Swiss national handball player .
Career
The 1.81 meter tall and 76 kilogram left winger began his professional career in 1999 at Pfadi Winterthur . With Pfadi he was three times Swiss champion as well as one cup winner and one super cup winner. In the EHF Challenge Cup 2000/01 he reached the final. In 2005 he moved to the German handball Bundesliga for the Wilhelmshavener HV . After two seasons he returned to the National League A back to Kadetten Schaffhausen . With this club he advanced to the semifinals of the EHF European Cup Winners' Cup 2007/08 and 2008/09 and the final of the EHF Cup 2009/10 . In 2008/09 he was the competition's top scorer with 83 goals. After becoming Swiss champion again in 2010, he joined the EHF Cup winner TBV Lemgo, with whom he reached the semi-finals again in 2010/11 . From the 2012/13 season, the winger played at HBW Balingen-Weilstetten , with whom he was relegated to the 2nd handball Bundesliga in 2014 . He then left the HBW and returned to the Kadetten Schaffhausen, with whom he signed a four-year contract. He ended his career after the 2017/18 season.
Manuel Liniger took part in the 2004 European Championship with the Swiss national team and came in twelfth place. He played 214 international matches in which he scored 902 goals. This makes him the second best Swiss goalscorer behind Marc Baumgartner (1093).
successes
- 4 × Swiss champions with cadets Schaffhausen (2010, 2015, 2016, 2017)
- 3 × Swiss champions with scouts (2002, 2003, 2004)
- 3 × cup winners (2003 with scouts, 2008, 2016 with cadets)
- 5 × Supercup winners with cadets
- 1 × Supercup winner with scout
- Top scorer of the 2001 Junior World Championships
- Top scorer of the European Cup Winners' Cup 2008/09
statistics
season | league | society | Gates | Games | O |
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2000/01 | NLA | Pathfinder Winterthur | 64 | 35 | 1.8 |
2001/02 | NLA | Pathfinder Winterthur | 145 | 35 | 4.1 |
2002/03 | NLA | Pathfinder Winterthur | 154 | 33 | 4.7 |
2003/04 | NLA | Pathfinder Winterthur | 184 | 32 | 5.8 |
2004/05 | NLA | Pathfinder Winterthur | 227 | 33 | 6.9 |
2005/06 | HBL | Wilhelmshaven HV | 115 | 34 | 3.4 |
2006/07 | HBL | Wilhelmshaven HV | 161 | 33 | 4.9 |
2007/08 | NLA | Cadets Schaffhausen | 168 | 27 | 6.2 |
2008/09 | NLA | Cadets Schaffhausen | 283 | 32 | 8.8 |
2009/10 | NLA | Cadets Schaffhausen | 190 | 32 | 5.9 |
2010/11 | HBL | TBV Lemgo | 113 | 33 | 3.4 |
2011/12 | HBL | TBV Lemgo | 97 | 33 | 3.0 |
2012/13 | HBL | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 90 | 34 | 2.6 |
2013/14 | HBL | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 136 | 30th | 4.5 |
2000-2005 2007-2010 |
NLA | total | 1415 | 259 | 5.5 |
2005–2007 2010–2014 |
HBL | total | 712 | 197 | 3.6 |
Web links
- Manuel Liniger on the website of the Cadets Schaffhausen
- Manuel Liniger in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- Manuel Liniger in handball-hall-of-fame.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ opponents Executive William HV 2005/2006 season on thw-handball.de
- ↑ Opponent roster Wilhelmshavener HV season 2007/2008 on thw-handball.de
- ↑ Opponents TBV Lemgo season 2010/2011 on thw-handball.de
- ↑ Opponents TBV Lemgo season 2012/2013 on thw-handball.de
- ↑ Portrait of Manuel Liniger ( memento from August 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 23, 2017
- ↑ www.eurohandball.com Top Scorers 2008/09 Men's Cup Winners' Cup accessed on February 17, 2014
- ↑ www.h-bw.de A tough day - everything about the adoptions of May 27, 2014, accessed on May 28, 2014
- ↑ Cadets sign CH national player Manuel Liniger ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ handball-world.news: Former HBL professional Liniger retires from May 9, 2018, accessed on May 9, 2018
- ↑ handball-world.news: Swiss veteran ends national team career , accessed on August 23, 2017
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Liniger, Manuel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Manu |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss handball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Winterthur |