Kai Häfner

Kai Häfner

Kai Häfner (2018)
Player information
birthday	10th July 1989 (age 31)
place of birth	Schwäbisch Gmünd , BR Germany
citizenship	German
height	1.88 m
Playing position	Back right
	Right winger
Throwing hand	Left
Club information
society	MT Melsungen
Jersey number	34
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
0000-	TSB Schwäbisch Gmünd
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-2006	TSB Schwäbisch Gmünd
2006-2007	TV Bittenfeld
2007-2011	Fresh on Göppingen
2011-2014	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
2014-2019	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
2019–	MT Melsungen
National team
Debut on	April 15, 2010
against	Denmark in Haugesund
	Games (goals)
Germany	80 (172)
As of December 21, 2019

Kai Häfner (born July 10, 1989 in Schwäbisch Gmünd ) is a German handball player .

Career

society

The 1.88 m tall backcourt player , who used to play on the right wing and before his time in Göppingen also on the backcourt middle position, began playing handball at TSB Schwäbisch Gmünd . In the 2006/07 season he played in the 2nd handball Bundesliga with TV Bittenfeld and then with Bundesliga club Frisch Auf Göppingen , with whom he won the EHF Cup in 2011 . After his contract in Göppingen expired in 2011, the left-hander switched to league rivals HBW Balingen-Weilstetten . From the 2014/15 season he played at TSV Hannover-Burgdorf , where he initially signed a two-year contract. In summer 2019 he moved to Bundesliga club MT Melsungen .

National team

Häfner won the silver medal at the European Championship with the German junior national team in 2008 . A year later he won gold at the Junior World Championship . On April 15, 2010, he made his debut in the men's national team against Denmark .

At the 2016 European Championships in Poland, he was nominated for the last game of the main round (against Russia ) after an injury to Steffen Weinhold . The team won the title against Spain on January 31, 2016, to which he contributed with a total of 15 goals in three games. Among them was the winning goal in the last few seconds of the game in a 34:33 victory in the semifinals against Norway.

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , he won the bronze medal with the German team. For this he was honored with the silver laurel leaf by the Federal President on November 1, 2016 . For the European Championship 2018 he was appointed by national coach Christian Prokop in the 20-man squad, who denies the preparation. On January 7th, he was appointed to the final squad and took part in the 2018 European Championship . Including this tournament, he has played 80 games and scored 172 goals.

Bundesliga record

season	society	Division	Games	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
2007/08	Fresh on Göppingen	Bundesliga	5	0	0	0
2008/09	Fresh on Göppingen	Bundesliga	31	10	0	10
2009/10	Fresh on Göppingen	Bundesliga	31	13	0	13
2010/11	Fresh on Göppingen	Bundesliga	31	11	0	11
2011/12	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	Bundesliga	29	74	0	74
2012/13	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	Bundesliga	34	117	0	117
2013/14	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	Bundesliga	23	83	0	83
2014/15	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Bundesliga	32	139	0	139
2015/16	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Bundesliga	25th	133	0	132
2016/17	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Bundesliga	33	166	0	166
2007-17	total	Bundesliga	274	746	0	746

Web links

Commons : Kai Häfner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kai Häfner in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)

literature

• Kai Häfner in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.dhb.de: Portrait of Kai Häfner
2. ↑ dhb.de: Kai Häfner , accessed on December 21, 2019
3. ↑ thw-provinzial.de: Opponent squad Frisch Auf Göppingen 2010/2011 season , accessed on November 11, 2013
4. ↑ handball-world.com: Next "Gauls from the Alb" to Hanover on November 12, 2013, accessed on November 12, 2013
5. ↑ handball-world.news: MT Melsungen and TSV Hannover-Burgdorf agree on an early Häfner change on May 6, 2019, accessed on May 6, 2019
6. ↑ Award of the Silver Laurel Leaf Federal President's Office, November 1, 2016.
7. ↑ www.dhb.de Prokop names squad for preparation for EHF EURO 2018 from December 15, 2017, accessed on December 15, 2017.