Lukas Mertens

Lukas Mertens

Player information
birthday	March 22, 1996
place of birth	Wilhelmshaven , Germany
citizenship	German
height	1.82 m
Playing position	Left winger
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	SC Magdeburg
Jersey number	22nd
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
0000–2013	JSG Wilhelmshaven
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
2013-2017	Wilhelmshaven HV
2017–	SC Magdeburg
As of July 9, 2017

Lukas Mertens (born March 22, 1996 in Wilhelmshaven ) is a German handball player . He plays on the left winger position for SC Magdeburg in the handball Bundesliga .

Lukas Mertens grew up in Wilhelmshaven and graduated from the New Gymnasium Wilhelmshaven. He is currently studying sports science at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg .

Career

Lukas Mertens played in youth for JSG Wilhelmshaven and crowned his career as a youth player with the Oberliga championship of the Handball Association of Lower Saxony in the 2013/14 season. Mertens also played in the Lower Saxony team and has been part of the youth division of the German national handball team since 2012. With the U-20 selection he won the silver medal at the U-20 European Championships in Denmark and was elected to the All Star team. From 2013 he ran for the Wilhelmshavener HV and in 2015 managed the "perfect season" with the team and was promoted to the 2nd handball Bundesliga . Mertens moved to SC Magdeburg in the handball Bundesliga in the summer of 2017 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lukas does it like "Matze": On the record and at the university. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 15, 2017 ; accessed on December 15, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Handball Association of Lower Saxony: Male youth. In: www.hvn-online.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2016 ; accessed on July 27, 2016 .