Niels Versteijnen

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Niels Versteijnen
Player information
Full name Niels Gerardus Versteijnen
birthday February 3, 2000
place of birth Tilburg , Netherlands
citizenship DutchDutch Dutch
height 2.00 m
Playing position Back right
Throwing hand Left
Club information
society VfL Lübeck-Schwartau
SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Jersey number 20th
Clubs in the youth
from ... to society
0000–2013 NetherlandsNetherlands White demons
2013-2018 NetherlandsNetherlands RED-RAG speedometers
2018-2019 GermanyGermany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Clubs as active
from ... to society
2019– GermanyGermany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2020– GermanyGermany VfL Lübeck-Schwartau
National team
Debut on October 25, 2018
against EstoniaEstonia Estonia
  Games (goals)
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 11 (16)

As of March 9, 2020

Niels Gerardus Versteijnen (born February 3, 2000 in Tilburg , Netherlands ) is a Dutch handball player who is under contract with VfL Lübeck-Schwartau .

Career

Niels Versteijnen was born in Tilburg, the Netherlands. He played for the Dutch club White Demons until 2013 and then switched to RED-RAG Tachos . For the 2018/19 season he moved to the A-Junior team of the handball Bundesliga club SG Flensburg-Handewitt in the A-Youth-Bundesliga (handball) with which he became German A-Youth Champion.

In the 2019/20 season he switched to the professional team of SG Flensburg-Handewitt in the handball Bundesliga . Overall, he ran 14 times this season and scored 12 goals, 9 of them seven meters. Since January 1, 2020, Versteijnen has been playing for the second division club VfL Lübeck-Schwartau , but he is still entitled to play for SG Flensburg-Handewitt with second play rights.

Versteijnen ran for the Dutch youth and junior national team. He also took part in the U16 European Beach Handball Championship in 2016 and the U17 European Beach Handball Championship a year later. He is now a member of the Dutch national team . He took part in the 2020 European Championship .

successes

  • German A youth champion 2019 with SG Flensburg-Handewitt

Others

His twin brother Arjan also plays for the Dutch national team.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ heren.handbal.nl: Niels Versteijnen , accessed on March 9, 2020
  2. ↑ A-youth celebrates a masterpiece . Flensburger Tageblatt. June 2, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ Dutch youth international for Flensburg's second . Handball World. June 17, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  4. ↑ Niels Versteijnen the pro squad of SG Flensburg-Handewitt . Handball World. July 21, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  5. ↑ Player Niels Gerardus Versteijnen . Liqui-Moly HBL. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  6. ↑ "For me the best solution": Flensburg talent Versteijnen collects match practice at Lübeck-Schwartau . Handball World. December 27, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  7. ↑ Jens Kürbis : Schwartau's new promise In: Lübecker Nachrichten . 8/9 March 2020, p. 25.
  8. ↑ 2016 Men's ECh Beach Handball 16 . eurohandball.com. October 3, 2017. Accessed March 9, 2020.
  9. ↑ 2017 Men's Ech Beach Handball 17 . eurohandball.com. October 2, 2017. Accessed March 9, 2020.
  10. ↑ a b Niels Versteijnen most successful Dutchman . fl-arena.de. December 30, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  11. ↑ Richardsson has confirmed the definitive EK selection . handbal.nl. January 5, 2020. Accessed January 6, 2020.
  12. ↑ Jens Kürbis : In a special handball mission In: Lübecker Nachrichten . January 9, 2020, p. 15.
personal data
SURNAME Versteijnen, Niels
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Versteijnen, Niels Gerardus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch handball player
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 2000
PLACE OF BIRTH Tilburg , Netherlands