Bernd Friede

Bernd Friede

Bernd Friede (2010)
Player information
Nickname	"Pax"
birthday	February 18, 1980
place of birth	Klagenfurt , Austria
citizenship	Austrian
height	1.91 m
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Alpla HC Hard
Jersey number	18th
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-1999	HC Carinthia
1999-2008	Alpla HC Hard
2008-2010	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
2010-2014	Alpla HC Hard
National team
Debut on	January 12, 2000
against	Bulgaria
	Games (goals)
Austria	62 (114)
As of May 31, 2014

Bernd Friede (born February 18, 1980 in Klagenfurt ) is a former Austrian handball player .

Career

The 1.91 meter tall and 93 kilogram heavy backcourt player played for HC Kärnten until 1999. Then Friede wanted to move to St. Pölten, but the local association had to file for bankruptcy. So he joined Alpla HC Hard . After the backcourt player played for the Swiss first division club TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen between 2008 and 2010 , he returned to Alpla HC Hard. After the 2013/14 season, he ended his career there. After Alpa HC Hard struggled with injury problems at the beginning of the 2014/15 season, Friede was reinstated in the squad. During his career he won the Austrian championship with Alpla HC Hard in 2003 , 2012 , 2013 and 2014 , as well as the ÖHB-Cup in 2004/05 , 2007/08 and 2013/14 . In addition, Friede was voted "Handball Player of the Year" in 2011/12 by the Handball League Austria .

He played with Hard in the EHF Challenge Cup (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008), the EHF Champions League (2004) and the European Cup Winners' Cup (2006), with St. Gallen in the EHF Cup (2009).

Friede scored 114 goals in 62 international matches for the Austrian national team . During his international career, he took part in the 2010 European Championship and the 2011 Men's Handball World Championship .

HLA balance

season	society	Division	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
2010/11	Alpla HC Hard	HLA	103	6/10	97
2011/12	Alpla HC Hard	HLA	115	13/22	102
2012/13	Alpla HC Hard	HLA	82	9/14	73
2013/14	Alpla HC Hard	HLA	81	13/17	68
2010-2014	total	HLA	381	41 (65%)	340

successes

• 1 × HLA "Handball Player of the Year" 2011/12
• 4 × Austrian champion (with HC Hard)
• 3 × Austrian Cup winners (with HC Hard)

Web links

• Profile on eurohandball.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.tagblatt.ch, January 7, 2009, accessed December 27, 2009
2. ↑ Change to HC Hard
3. ↑ Bernd Friede is playing again
4. ↑ ^{a b} Farewell tour starts at home on vorarlbergernachrichten.at, accessed on May 30, 2014.
5. ↑ handball-world.news: ÖHB awards 2012 for Nascimento, Friede and Juniors , accessed on August 29, 2018
6. ↑ Bernd Friede on eurohandball.com, accessed on December 27, 2009.
7. ↑ End of career after the final: Hard-Captain Friede hopes for a grand finale. at handball-world.com, accessed May 30, 2014.