Carsten Lichtlein

Carsten Lichtlein

Carsten Lichtlein (2007)
Player information
Nickname	"Lütti"
birthday	4th November 1980 (age 39)
place of birth	Würzburg , FR Germany
citizenship	German
height	2.02 m
Playing position	goalkeeper
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	GWD Minden
Jersey number	1
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-0000	TG Heidingsfeld
0000-2000	TV Kirchzell
2000-2005	TV Großwallstadt
2005-2013	TBV Lemgo
2013-2019	VfL Gummersbach
2019-2020	HC Erlangen
2020–	GWD Minden
National team
Debut on	November 27, 2001
against	Austria in Aichwald
	Games (goals)
Germany	220 (1)
As of August 8, 2020

Carsten Lichtlein (born November 4, 1980 in Würzburg ) is a German handball goalkeeper who plays for GWD Minden . He has been the record player in the Bundesliga since December 19, 2019 .

Career

society

He is 2.02 m tall and weighs 100 kg. Lichtlein began his handball career at TG Heidingsfeld and then switched to the Bundesliga team TV Großwallstadt via TV Kirchzell . From 2005 to 2013 he played as the successor to Christian Ramota at TBV Lemgo . For the 2013/14 season Lichtlein moved to VfL Gummersbach . In the 2019/20 season he played for HC Erlangen . He then moved to GWD Minden .

National team

He plays for the German national handball team and has so far played 220 international matches and scored one goal. He made his international debut on November 27, 2001 in Aichwald against Austria . For the world championship title in 2007 he was awarded the silver bay leaf . At the European Championships in Poland in 2016 , he became European champions with the German team with a 24:17 victory over Spain . In December 2017, Lichtlein was nominated by national coach Christian Prokop for the extended squad for the European Championship 2018 .

Private

His father Artur Lichtlein was a goalkeeper at TG Heidingsfeld . In 2000 Lichtlein graduated from the X-ray high school in Würzburg . He is married with two sons and is a tax clerk by profession .

Sporting successes

• EHF Cup winner 2006 and 2010 with TBV Lemgo
• European Champion 2004 , 2016
• Vice World Champion 2003
• World Champion 2007
• 4th at the 2008 European Championships in Norway
• 5th at the 2009 World Cup in Croatia

Web links

Commons : Carsten Lichtlein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Carsten Lichtlein in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)

literature

• Carsten Lichtlein in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
• Jürgen Frey: The record man . In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten . No. 237 , October 12, 2019, p. 32 ( abstract [accessed October 13, 2019]).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.dhb.de: Portrait of Carsten Lichtlein
2. ↑ handball-world.news: 626 missions: Carsten Lichtlein is the record player in the handball Bundesliga , accessed on December 19, 2019
3. ↑ Gummersbach confirms: Lichtlein is on handball-world.com on April 7, 2013, accessed on April 7, 2013
4. ↑ handball-world.news: Lichtlein is leaving Gummersbach in the summer of September 12, 2018, accessed on September 12, 2018
5. ↑ handball-world.news: GWD Minden presents Carsten Lichtlein as Christensen's successor on January 9, 2020, accessed on January 9, 2020
6. ↑ www.focus.de Handball - WM: Merkel invites handball world champions to the Chancellery on June 4, 2007, accessed on April 5, 2014
7. ↑ https://www.zvw.de/inhalt.tvb-1898-stuttgart-jogi-bitter-im-erweiterten-em-kader.4b48785f-a186-476e-a634-e0acbeddf5a9.html
8. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung No. 22, January 28, 2015, p. 27.