Manuel Liniger

Manuel Liniger

Manuel Liniger at the Sparkassen-Cup 2014
Player information
Full name	Manuel Liniger
birthday	September 10, 1981
place of birth	Winterthur , Switzerland
citizenship	Swiss
height	1.81 m
Playing position	Left winger
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Career ended
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
1999-2005	Pathfinder Winterthur
2005-2007	Wilhelmshaven HV
2007-2010	Cadets Schaffhausen
2010–2012	TBV Lemgo
2012-2014	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
2014-2018	Cadets Schaffhausen
National team
Debut on	May 26, 2001
against	Netherlands
	Games (goals)
Switzerland	214 (902)
As of May 9, 2018

Manuel Liniger (born September 10, 1981 in Winterthur ) is a former Swiss national handball player .

Career

The 1.81 meter tall and 76 kilogram left winger began his professional career in 1999 at Pfadi Winterthur . With Pfadi he was three times Swiss champion as well as one cup winner and one super cup winner. In the EHF Challenge Cup 2000/01 he reached the final. In 2005 he moved to the German handball Bundesliga for the Wilhelmshavener HV . After two seasons he returned to the National League A back to Kadetten Schaffhausen . With this club he advanced to the semifinals of the EHF European Cup Winners' Cup 2007/08 and 2008/09 and the final of the EHF Cup 2009/10 . In 2008/09 he was the competition's top scorer with 83 goals. After becoming Swiss champion again in 2010, he joined the EHF Cup winner TBV Lemgo, with whom he reached the semi-finals again in 2010/11 . From the 2012/13 season, the winger played at HBW Balingen-Weilstetten , with whom he was relegated to the 2nd handball Bundesliga in 2014 . He then left the HBW and returned to the Kadetten Schaffhausen, with whom he signed a four-year contract. He ended his career after the 2017/18 season.

Manuel Liniger took part in the 2004 European Championship with the Swiss national team and came in twelfth place. He played 214 international matches in which he scored 902 goals. This makes him the second best Swiss goalscorer behind Marc Baumgartner (1093).

successes

• 4 × Swiss champions with cadets Schaffhausen (2010, 2015, 2016, 2017)
• 3 × Swiss champions with scouts (2002, 2003, 2004)
• 3 × cup winners (2003 with scouts, 2008, 2016 with cadets)
• 5 × Supercup winners with cadets
• 1 × Supercup winner with scout
• Top scorer of the 2001 Junior World Championships
• Top scorer of the European Cup Winners' Cup 2008/09

statistics

season	league	society	Gates	Games	O
2000/01	NLA	Pathfinder Winterthur	64	35	1.8
2001/02	NLA	Pathfinder Winterthur	145	35	4.1
2002/03	NLA	Pathfinder Winterthur	154	33	4.7
2003/04	NLA	Pathfinder Winterthur	184	32	5.8
2004/05	NLA	Pathfinder Winterthur	227	33	6.9
2005/06	HBL	Wilhelmshaven HV	115	34	3.4
2006/07	HBL	Wilhelmshaven HV	161	33	4.9
2007/08	NLA	Cadets Schaffhausen	168	27	6.2
2008/09	NLA	Cadets Schaffhausen	283	32	8.8
2009/10	NLA	Cadets Schaffhausen	190	32	5.9
2010/11	HBL	TBV Lemgo	113	33	3.4
2011/12	HBL	TBV Lemgo	97	33	3.0
2012/13	HBL	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	90	34	2.6
2013/14	HBL	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	136	30th	4.5
2000-2005 2007-2010	NLA	total	1415	259	5.5
2005–2007 2010–2014	HBL	total	712	197	3.6

Web links

• Manuel Liniger on the website of the Cadets Schaffhausen
• Manuel Liniger in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Manuel Liniger in handball-hall-of-fame.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ opponents Executive William HV 2005/2006 season on thw-handball.de
2. ↑ Opponent roster Wilhelmshavener HV season 2007/2008 on thw-handball.de
3. ↑ Opponents TBV Lemgo season 2010/2011 on thw-handball.de
4. ↑ Opponents TBV Lemgo season 2012/2013 on thw-handball.de
5. ↑ Portrait of Manuel Liniger ( memento from August 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 23, 2017
6. ↑ www.eurohandball.com Top Scorers 2008/09 Men's Cup Winners' Cup accessed on February 17, 2014
7. ↑ www.h-bw.de A tough day - everything about the adoptions of May 27, 2014, accessed on May 28, 2014
8. ↑ Cadets sign CH national player Manuel Liniger ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ handball-world.news: Former HBL professional Liniger retires from May 9, 2018, accessed on May 9, 2018
10. ↑ handball-world.news: Swiss veteran ends national team career , accessed on August 23, 2017