Kevin Schmidt (handball player)

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Kevin Schmidt
Kevin Schmidt

Kevin Schmidt on February 8, 2014

Player information
birthday April 20, 1988
place of birth Giessen , Germany
citizenship GermanGerman German
height 1.83 m
Playing position Left winger
  Back center
Throwing hand right
Club information
society Career ended
Clubs as active
from ... to society
0000-2002 GermanyGermany TV Mainzlar
2002-2006 GermanyGermany HSG Pohlheim
2006-2014 GermanyGermany HSG Wetzlar
2014-2016 GermanyGermany HSV Hamburg
2016-2017 GermanyGermany VfL Gummersbach
National team
Debut on January 3, 2013
against SwedenSweden Sweden in Växjö
  Games (goals)
GermanyGermany Germany 18 (77)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to society
2020-2020 GermanyGermany HC Erlangen

Status: July 16, 2020

Kevin Schmidt (born April 20, 1988 in Giessen ) is a former German handball player . The right-handed player played on the left wing in the German national team .

Schmidt began his career at TV Mainzlar . In 2002 he moved to HSG Pohlheim in the youth sector . In 2006 he was hired by the HSG Wetzlar and initially mainly used in the junior team. However, he made his first Bundesliga appearances in the 2006/07 season. In the following season he came in 19 games to 16 hits. Since 2008 he has developed into a regular player in the Bundesliga team. In the 2012/13 season he was the top scorer in the HSG Wetzlar team, which reached 7th place in the Bundesliga. In 2014 he left the HSG after eight years and switched to HSV Hamburg , where he signed a one-year contract.

After HSV Hamburg went bankrupt , Schmidt moved to VfL Gummersbach in January 2016 . Due to a severe cartilage injury, he had to end his career in 2017. Since November 1, 2018, he has been sporting director at HC Erlangen . After HC Erlangen fired its coach on February 28, 2020, he took over the coaching position together with Michael Haaß . He left HC Erlangen on June 30, 2020.

At the end of 2012, Schmidt was appointed to the squad for the 2013 Handball World Cup by national coach Martin Heuberger . He made his debut for the national team shortly before the World Cup in a 26:20 win in a friendly against Sweden, in which he was the best thrower of his team with 3 goals.

Schmidt played seven international matches for the German junior national team. In 2009 he won the world championship with the junior selection.

Bundesliga record

season society Division Games Gates 7 meters Field gates
2006/07 HSG Wetzlar Bundesliga 2 1 1 0
2007/08 HSG Wetzlar Bundesliga 19th 16 0 16
2008/09 HSG Wetzlar Bundesliga 34 88 19th 69
2009/10 HSG Wetzlar Bundesliga 25th 53 18th 35
2010/11 HSG Wetzlar Bundesliga 19th 37 13 24
2011/12 HSG Wetzlar Bundesliga 32 72 20th 52
2012/13 HSG Wetzlar Bundesliga 34 158 61 97
2013/14 HSG Wetzlar Bundesliga 19th 75 32 43
2007-2014 total Bundesliga 184 500 164 336

Web links

Commons : Kevin Schmidt  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait on dhb.de ( Memento from April 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ handball-world.com: HSG Wetzlar and Kevin Schmidt comment on the end of their collaboration on March 14, 2014, accessed on July 1, 2014
  3. ↑ handball-world.com: Hamburg signs German national players for left wing from July 15, 2014, accessed on July 15, 2014
  4. ↑ schwalbe-arena.de: Signing of the contract by Kevin Schmidt , accessed on April 23, 2019
  5. ↑ handball-world.news: HC Erlangen presents new sporting director , accessed on July 4, 2019
  6. ↑ hc-erlangen.de: HC Erlangen and Rolf Brack end their collaboration , accessed on March 3, 2020
  7. ↑ handball-world.news: Kevin Schmidt is leaving HC Erlangen at the end of the season , accessed on May 11, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Kevin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German handball player
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH to water