Christian Zeitz

**Christian Zeitz**
Player information
Christian Zeitz on August 16, 2014 at the Sparkassen-Cup
Nickname	"Zeitzi"
birthday	November 18, 1980
place of birth	Heidelberg , Germany
citizenship	German German
height	1.86 m
Playing position	Back right
	Right winger
Throwing hand	Left
Club information
society	TVB 1898 Stuttgart
Jersey number	20th
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
1986-2002	Germany TSV Östringen
2002-2003	Germany SG Kronau-Östringen
2002-2003	Germany SG Wallau / Massenheim
2003-2014	Germany THW Kiel
2014-2016	Hungary MKB-MVM Veszprém KC
2016-2018	Germany THW Kiel
2018-2020	Germany SG Nussloch
2020–	Germany TVB Stuttgart
National team
Debut on	March 13, 2001
against	Norway Norway in Rostock
	Games (goals)
Germany Germany	166 (458)
Status: February 13, 2020

Christian Zeitz (born November 18, 1980 in Heidelberg ) is a German handball player .

Career

Christian Zeitz, who has two older brothers, started playing handball at the age of six at TSV Östringen. Even as a youth player, he emerged as a talented exceptional player. In 2001 Zeitz lost from 112 kg to 87 kg body weight in three months after he was no longer invited to the junior national team. At the age of 18 he started playing in the 1st team ( 2nd Bundesliga ). In 2002 the TSV Östringen merged with the TSG Kronau to form SG Kronau / Östringen (later known as Rhein-Neckar-Löwen), for which it became from then on. In the 2002/03 season he was also eligible to play for the then Bundesliga club SG Wallau / Massenheim due to a second game right . After Zeitz was promoted to the first Bundesliga with SG Kronau / Östringen , he moved to THW Kiel , with whom he was nine times German champion in eleven years and won the DHB Cup six times and the EHF Champions League three times . In 2014 he left the zebras and went to the Hungarian record champions MKB-MVM Veszprém .

From the 2016/17 season Zeitz played again at THW Kiel. On February 16, 2018, he was suspended from gaming because there were disagreements with the club over the term of his contract. In court, both parties agreed to terminate the contract at the end of the season. The court had found that Zeitz was employed on a permanent basis. Kiel paid 75,000 euros in compensation and removed his likeness from the ancestral gallery in Kiel's hall.

Zeitz then continued his career in the 3rd division with SG Nussloch . In February 2020 - after the bankruptcy of Nussloch - it was announced that Zeitz will return to the Bundesliga and play for the TVB Stuttgart .

Christian Zeitz is particularly well-known for his unconventional style of play, which earned him the name “street handball player”. He is known for his massive "left hammer".

In the German national team , Christian Zeitz made 166 appearances from 2001 to 2008. For the world championship title in 2007 he was awarded the silver bay leaf . After the Olympic Games in 2008 , he ended his international career due to physical strain and differences with the then national coach Heiner Brand .

successes

Christian Zeitz during a jump shot as the conclusion of a counter-stroke on December 30, 2006

His sporting successes with the national team:

5th place Junior World Championships 2001 in Switzerland
3rd place in 2001 Military World Cup in Syria
2001 Supercup winner in Germany
Vice European Champion 2002 in Sweden
3rd place World Cup 2002 in Sweden
Vice World Champion 2003 in Portugal
2004 European Champion in Slovenia
Silver medal Olympic Games 2004 in Athens. Greece
9th place in the 2005 World Cup in Tunisia
Awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf of the Federal Republic of Germany for special athletic achievements (2005)
5th place EM 2006 in Switzerland
World Champion 2007 in Germany
4th place EM 2008 in Norway
9th place Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing, China

His sporting successes with the THW Kiel:

EHF Cup winner 2004
DHB Supercup winner 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2012
German champion 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014
DHB Cup winners 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2017
Champions League winner 2007, 2010 and 2012
Super Globe winner 2011

His sporting successes with the KC Veszprém:

Hungarian champion 2015, 2016
Hungarian Cup Winner 2015, 2016
Champion of the SEHA League 2015, 2016

Bundesliga record

season	society	Games	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
2002/03	SG Wallau / Massenheim	4th	14th	0	14th
2003/04	THW Kiel	34	149	0	149
2004/05	THW Kiel	34	187	2	185
2005/06	THW Kiel	27	85	1	84
2006/07	THW Kiel	34	111	2	109
2007/08	THW Kiel	28	34	1	33
2008/09	THW Kiel	34	99	0	99
2009/10	THW Kiel	34	68	0	68
2010/11	THW Kiel	27	137	0	137
2011/12	THW Kiel	29	76	0	76
2012/13	THW Kiel	29	90	0	90
2013/14	THW Kiel	34	72	0	72
2016/17	THW Kiel	31	32	0	32
2017/18	THW Kiel	20th	7th	0	7th
2002-2018	total	399	1161	6th	1155