Christoph Schindler (handball player)

Christoph Schindler

Player information
Nickname	"Buck"
birthday	August 11, 1983
place of birth	Elsterwerda , GDR
citizenship	German
height	1.94 m
Playing position	Back center
	Back left
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	VfL Gummersbach
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
0000-2001	HC Bad Liebenwerda
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
2001-2003	UPS Cottbus
2003-2006	TSV Altenholz
2004-2006	THW Kiel
2006-2006	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
2006–2 / 2010	TSV Dormagen
2 / 2010–2017	VfL Gummersbach
As of August 30, 2017

Christoph Schindler (born August 11, 1983 in Elsterwerda ) is a German handball official and former player . He last played for VfL Gummersbach in the handball Bundesliga , the top German division.

Career

As a player

Schindler began playing handball in the youth team of HC Bad Liebenwerda and moved to the northern second division USV Cottbus in 2001 . From 2003 to 2006 he played at TSV Altenholz , which also played in the 2nd Bundesliga North.

Between 2004 and 2006 he had a second game right for THW Kiel , which was used 33 times. He won two German championships with the THW. In 2006, Schindler moved to HBW Balingen-Weilstetten for nine games and in November of the same year went to the then southern second division club TSV Bayer Dormagen (today's name: DHC Rheinland ), with whom he rose in the 2007/08 season. In his first full Bundesliga season he threw 124 goals in 33 appearances. In February 2010, Schindler went to VfL Gummersbach at short notice .

In December 2010, national coach Heiner Brand appointed him as the only newcomer to the extended squad of the national team for the 2011 World Cup in Sweden .

As a functionary

After his active playing career, he took over the post of sports director at his last club, VfL Gummersbach, in the Bundesliga in July 2017 .

First division record

season	society	Division	Games	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
2004/05	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	17th	2	1	1
2005/06	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	8th	0	0	0
2006/07	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	Bundesliga	9	16	0	16
2008/09	TSV Dormagen	Bundesliga	33	124	0	124
2009/10	TSV Dormagen	Bundesliga	18th	105	0	105
2009/10	VfL Gummersbach	Bundesliga	16	36	0	36
2010/11	VfL Gummersbach	Bundesliga	30th	85	0	85
2011/12	VfL Gummersbach	Bundesliga	30th	58	0	58
2012/13	VfL Gummersbach	Bundesliga	24	70	0	70
2013/14	VfL Gummersbach	Bundesliga	25th	76	0	76
2004-2014	total	Bundesliga	210	572	1	571

Sporting successes

• THW Kiel
  • German champion 2005, 2006
  • DHB Supercup winner 2005
• TSV Dormagen
  • Promotion to the 1st Bundesliga in 2008
• VfL Gummersbach
  • European Cup Winner 2010, 2011

Web links

• Christoph Schindler in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Portrait on the website of THW Kiel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ handball-world.com: Schindler changes to VfL Gummersbach.
2. ↑ VfL professionals Pfahl and Schindler in the provisional World Cup line-up ( memento from July 15, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )