Simon Ernst

This article deals with the handball player Simon Ernst. For the clergyman and historian see Simon Peter Ernst .

Simon Ernst

Player information
birthday	April 2, 1994
place of birth	Düren , Germany
citizenship	German
height	1.95 m
Playing position	Back center
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Foxes Berlin
Jersey number	2
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
1998-2009	Birkesdorfer TV
2009–	TSV Bayer Dormagen
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
2012-2014	TSV Bayer Dormagen
2014-2018	VfL Gummersbach
2018–	Foxes Berlin
National team
Debut on	4th January 2015
against	Iceland in Reykjavík
	Games (goals)
Germany	39 (37)
As of August 4, 2017

Simon Ernst (born April 2, 1994 in Düren ) is a German handball player who has been playing for the German Bundesliga club Füchse Berlin since summer 2018 .

Career

society

Simon Ernst began his career as a handball player at the age of four at Birkesdorfer TV 1864. In 2009 he went to TSV Bayer Dormagen , where he played in the B and A youth and from 2012 also with the men's team in the 3rd division . For the 2014/15 season, the 1.95 meter tall back player moved to VfL Gummersbach , where he signed a two-year contract. He has been under contract with Füchsen Berlin since the 2018/19 season . Although Ernst tore his second cruciate ligament tear in Gummersbach within a year, his contract was extended prematurely until 2021. After he returned to work at the beginning of the 2019/20 season, he suffered another cruciate ligament rupture on October 13, 2019. It is uncertain whether he will be able to continue his career.

National team

So far, Ernst has played around 50 games for the German youth and junior national team. In 2012 he won the U-18 European Handball Championship with the team and was voted the tournament's best playmaker. In 2013 and 2015 he took part in the U-21 handball world championship. In 2015 he won the bronze medal with the U-21 team and was selected as the best backcourt left in the All-Star team.

On February 1, 2014, Ernst played his first game for the German national B team in the opening act of the HBL All-Star Games 2014 . In the 31:33 defeat against SC DHfK Leipzig , he scored two goals. On January 4, 2015, he made his debut in the senior team in the preparation game for the 2015 World Cup against Iceland in Reykjavík . At the European Championships in Poland in 2016 , he became European champions with the German team with a 24:17 victory over Spain .

Bundesliga record

season	society	Division	Games	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
2014/15	VFL Gummersbach	Bundesliga	36	42	0	42
2015/16	VFL Gummersbach	Bundesliga	30th	85	0	85
2016/17	VFL Gummersbach	Bundesliga	34	128	6th	122
2017/18	VFL Gummersbach	Bundesliga	6th	40	4th	36
2019/20	Foxes Berlin	Bundesliga	8th	20th	0	20th
2013-2019	total	Bundesliga	114	315	10	305

Web links

• Simon Ernst on the VfL Gummersbach website
• Simon Ernst on the DHB website

literature

• Simon Ernst in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portrait on dhb.de
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} aachener-zeitung.de: The next great litter of Simon Ernst from March 26, 2014, accessed on September 10, 2014
3. ↑ handball-world.news: "Absolute dream player": National player Simon Ernst will join Füchsen Berlin on October 25, 2017, accessed on October 25, 2017
4. ↑ Berliner Morgenpost: Füchse Berlin extend with national player Simon Ernst from August 15, 2018, accessed on August 16, 2018
5. ↑ Simon Ernst's career is on the brink. In: tagesspiegel.de , October 16, 2019.
6. ↑ Brazil 2015: All Star Team and MVP Announced. IHF, August 1, 2015, accessed on August 3, 2015 . 
7. ↑ archiv.thw-handball.de: DHB team defeated league selection in the All Star Game on February 3, 2014, accessed on September 10, 2014
8. ↑ dhb.de: World Cup test in Reykjavík: Successful start with 31:24 against Iceland on January 4, 2015, accessed on January 5, 2015