Silke Meier (handball player)

Silke Meier

Player information
birthday	June 15, 1980
place of birth	Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt , Germany
citizenship	German
height	1.72 m
Playing position	Left winger
Throwing hand	right
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
0000-	HSG Cannstatt
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
1996-1999	VfL Waiblingen
1999-2000	TuS Metzingen
2000-2007	DJK / MJC Trier
2007-2009	Bayer Leverkusen
2009-2011	VfL Sindelfingen
2011-2011	HC Leipzig
National team
Debut on	March 23, 2001
against	Denmark in Neubrandenburg
	Games (goals)
Germany	45 (41)
As of September 16, 2015

Silke Meier (born June 15, 1980 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt ) is a German handball player .

Career

After positions at HSG Cannstatt , VfL Waiblingen and TuS Metzingen , she was under contract with the Bundesliga club DJK / MJC Trier from 2000 to 2007 , where she won the German championship in 2003. She moved to Bayer 04 Leverkusen for the 2007/08 season . For the 2009/10 season Meier moved to the first division promoted VfL Sindelfingen . After VfL Sindelfingen withdrew its team in 2011, they were without a club. In October 2011 Meier was signed for a month by injury-ridden first division club HC Leipzig .

Meier, who plays on the left wing position , is part of the extended squad of the national team and has played 45 international matches in which she scored 41 goals.

successes

• 4th place EM 2006
• 6th place World Cup 2005
• German champion 2003 with DJK / MJC Trier

Web links

• Silke Meier in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Meier changes to VfL
2. ↑ dhb.de: National players , accessed on September 16, 2015
3. ↑ handelsblatt.com: Leipzig signs ex-national player Meier ( memento of October 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 9, 2014