Amelie Berger

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Amelie Berger
Player information
Nickname "Bergi"
birthday July 22, 1999
place of birth Tubingen , Germany
citizenship GermanGerman German
height 1.70 m
Playing position Right winger
Throwing hand Left
Club information
society SG BBM Bietigheim Logo.jpg SG BBM Bietigheim
Jersey number 3
Clubs in the youth
from ... to society
0000–2015 GermanyGermany SV 64 Zweibrücken
2015– GermanyGermany Bayer Leverkusen
Clubs as active
from ... to society
2016-2019 GermanyGermany Bayer Leverkusen
2019– GermanyGermany SG BBM Bietigheim
National team
Debut on 29th September 2018
against RussiaRussia Russia
  Games (goals)
GermanyGermany Germany 24 (43)

Status: July 18, 2020

Amelie Berger (born July 22, 1999 in Tübingen ) is a German handball player who plays for the Bundesliga club SG BBM Bietigheim .

Career

Berger started playing handball at the age of eight. As a youth player, she moved from her home club SV 64 Zweibrücken to Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of 2015 . Here she first played for the 2nd team in the 3rd division and in the youth field. With the A-youth she became German runner-up in 2016 and 2017. After a dramatic final against Buxtehuder SV (31:30 after a seven-meter throw), Berger won the German A-Youth Championship with Bayer Leverkusen on June 3, 2018.

Already on November 16, 2016, she made her debut in the handball Bundesliga women (HBF): In the jersey of the elves , the left-hander ran against the Thuringian HC . In summer 2019 she moved to league competitor SG BBM Bietigheim .

Berger went through all DHB junior teams and is part of the DHB elite squad founded in 2018 . According to DHB sports director Axel Kromer, it is a "prime example" of this elite support concept.

Internationally, she played her first major tournament at the U-20 World Cup in 2016 in Russia. Participation in the U-19 European Championship 2017 in Slovenia and the U-20 World Cup 2018 in Hungary followed. Berger made her international debut for the German national team on September 29, 2018 in Dessau against Russia . For the European championship taking place in France , national coach Henk Groener surprisingly appointed Berger to the squad.

Amelie Berger is studying sports management .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. dhb.de: National players , accessed on July 18, 2020
  2. a b Elfe Amelie Berger is in the first line-up of the new national coach Henk Groener. In: werkselfen.de (Bayer 04 Leverkusen). February 1, 2018, accessed October 1, 2018 .
  3. Markus Hausdorf: "All good things come in threes" - Amelie Berger after winning the German championship. Interview. In: handball-world.news. June 5, 2018, accessed September 30, 2018 .
  4. SIS live ticker: TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Thuringian HC 26:27. Match report. In: SIS-Handball.org. November 16, 2016, accessed October 1, 2018 .
  5. sgbbm.de: SG BBM Bietigheim signs German national player Amelie Berger on January 25, 2019, accessed on February 2, 2019
  6. a b c d Mia Zschocke and Amelie Berger: The German EM chicks have a lot in common. In: DHB.de. November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2018 .
  7. Elite promotion: squad. In: DHB.de. November 15, 2018, accessed December 3, 2018 .
  8. German handball players lose their first test against Russia. In: handball-world.news. September 29, 2018, accessed September 30, 2018 .