Markus Becker (handball player, 1966)

Markus Becker

Player information
Nickname	"Botch"
birthday	April 8, 1966
place of birth	Hattingen , Germany
citizenship	German
height	1.93 m
Playing position	goalkeeper
Club information
society	Career ended
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
1976–0000	TuS Hattingen
0000-1985	OSC Dortmund
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
1985-1 / 1986	OSC Dortmund
1 / 1986-1987	SuS Oberaden
1987-1989	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1989-1991	TSV Bayer Dormagen
1991-1996	SG Wallau / Massenheim
1996-2000	TuS Eintracht Wiesbaden
2000–0000	TuS Niederpleis
0000-0000	TV 1844 Idstein
National team
Debut on	May 30, 1987
against	Yugoslavia in Tokyo
	Games (goals)
BR Germany	4 (0)
As of December 23, 2018

Markus Becker (born April 8, 1966 in Hattingen ) is a former German handball player . The goalkeeper played for TSV Bayer Dormagen and SG Wallau / Massenheim in the Bundesliga , with which he was two German champions .

Career

Becker began playing handball at TuS Hattingen when he was ten , after initially playing football for a short time . In the B-youth he switched to OSC Dortmund and celebrated with the club in 1985 winning the German A-youth championship. After he did not receive any game shares in the Bundesliga team of the OSC, he joined the regional league team SuS Oberaden in January 1986 , with whom he made promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga at the end of the season . After a year in the new league, Becker moved to league rivals TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen for two years and in 1989 to TSV Bayer Dormagen in the Bundesliga. After this two-year commitment, the SG Wallau / Massenheim signed him , where within three years he was twice German champion and DHB cup winner and won the IHF cup once . From 1996 to 2000 he played for the second division club TuS Eintracht Wiesbaden and later for TuS Niederpleis and TV 1844 Idstein .

Becker was initially a youth national player, also played games for the B national team and was world champion in 1986 with the military national team. For the German national team he made his debut on May 30, 1987 against Yugoslavia at the Japan Cup. He played all of his four international caps within a week. Another at the Japan Cup in Tokyo and two at the subsequent three-country tournament in Osaka .

successes

• German champion (3): 1985 ^AJgd , 1992 , 1993
• DHB Cup winner (2): 1993 , 1994
• IHF Cup Winner (1): 1992
• Military World Champion (1): 1986
• Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga (1): 1986

^AJgd in the A youth

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} waz.de: With “French fries” and a lot of talent . February 24, 2012, as of December 23, 2018.