Michael Sparrow

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Michael Sparrow
Michael Sparrow

Michael Spatz, in an interview on May 14, 2008
after the game against VfL Gummersbach

Player information
birthday November 25, 1982
place of birth Mannheim , Germany
citizenship GermanGerman German
height 1.86 m
Playing position Right winger
Throwing hand Left
Club information
society TV Grosswallstadt Logo 01.svg TV Großwallstadt
Jersey number 2
Clubs in the youth
from ... to society
1987-1996 GermanyGermany TSV Birkenau
1996-2001 GermanyGermany SG Leutershausen
Clubs as active
from ... to society
2001-2003 GermanyGermany SG Leutershausen
2003-2007 GermanyGermany VfL Gummersbach
2007-2015 GermanyGermany TV Großwallstadt
2015-2016 GermanyGermany TVB 1898 Stuttgart
2016– GermanyGermany TV Großwallstadt
National team
Debut on January 4, 2003
against HungaryHungary Hungary in Stuttgart
  Games (goals)
GermanyGermany Germany 12 (14)

As of August 11, 2018

Michael Spatz (born November 25, 1982 in Mannheim ) is a German handball player . He plays for TV Großwallstadt .

Career

At the age of five, Michael Spatz came to play handball at TSV Birkenau . He remained loyal to the club until 1996 when he moved to the neighboring SG Leutershausen . In 2001 he joined the first men's team in Leutershausen, which was then playing in the 2nd handball league . At this time he also played in the junior national team, for which he scored 73 goals in 27 games. He stayed in Leutershausen until 2003, when he moved to VfL Gummersbach. He left in 2007 and Spatz went to TV Großwallstadt. In the 2015/16 season he was under contract with TVB 1898 Stuttgart . After this season, Spatz left the TVB and joined his former association TV Großwallstadt.

Spatz has played twelve international matches for the German national handball team .

Spatz studied at the German Sport University Cologne , but did not graduate. He studied international management at the Ansbach University of Applied Sciences . In addition to his work as a handball player, he was employed as a process manager in corporate development. Spatz works for a management consultancy in Aschaffenburg. From December 2016 to September 2017 he was chairman of the TVG Junior Academy.

Spatz has scored more than 2000 goals for TV Großwallstadt so far. He exceeded the mark in the 2018/2019 season.

The 2011/12 season was also a "record season" when Spatz scored a total of 210 goals as a player in the 1st Bundesliga team. No other player has scored more goals for TVG in the first division in one season than Spatz back then.

Spatz ended his career after the 2019/20 season and then became team manager at TV Großwallstadt.

Private

Spatz was married to the handball player Laura Schmitt .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ handball-world.com: Bittenfeld signs experienced right winger on June 22, 2015, accessed on June 22, 2015
  2. ↑ http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-1-1-80374.html
  3. ↑ http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-1-62-82377.html
  4. ↑ http://www.zvw.de/inhalt.tvb-1898-stuttgart-die-drei-berufe-des-simon-baumgarten.f28a7f9c-cfff-4f5d-ab60-c2ffbcb904e5.html
  5. ↑ w.media Ltd NL Germany: "Person of the Week": Michael Spatz with TV Großwallstadt in the trend - "I still have fun". Retrieved February 9, 2018 .
  6. ↑ handball-zeitung.de: Michael Spatz will be the head of the TVG Junior Academy , accessed on October 23, 2017
  7. ↑ main-echo.de: Michael Spatz declares his resignation , accessed on October 23, 2017
  8. ↑ Sport Germany: 2nd league: Spatz makes 2000. Goal for TV Großwallstadt. In: Sportdeutschland.tv. DOSB New Media GmbH, May 21, 2019, accessed on October 14, 2019 .
  9. ↑ M.Staab and M.Weiß: He hits and hits and hits: Michael Spatz scored his 2000th goal for TVG Großwallstadt against Lübeck-Schwartau. In: Main-Echo. Main-Netz Media GmbH, May 20, 2019, accessed on October 14, 2019 .
  10. ↑ handball-world.news: "A promotion with the TVG would be a perfect farewell": Michael Spatz ends his career , accessed on February 20, 2020
  11. ↑ Allgemeine-zeitung.de: Laura Schmitt remains loyal to "Dynamites" , accessed on October 23, 2017
  12. ↑ handball-zeitung.de: The Meenzer Dynamites captain disembarks - Laura Spatz is moving to Switzerland , accessed on October 23, 2017
  13. ↑ VRM GmbH & Co. KG: Handball: Ex-Dynamites captain Laura Spatz has never regretted a move to Switzerland . ( Allgemeine-zeitung.de [accessed on February 9, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Sparrow, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German handball player
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim