Torsten Friedrich

Torsten Friedrich

Player information
Nickname	"Spruce"
birthday	January 25, 1971
place of birth	Frankleben , GDR
citizenship	German
height	1.91 m
Playing position	goalkeeper
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Career ended
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
1985–0000	BSG Stahl Frankleben
0000-0000	Dynamo Halle-Neustadt
0000-1/1990	SC Dynamo Berlin
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-1997	VfL Eintracht Hagen
1997-2001	TSG Herdecke
2001-2002	SG Solingen
2002-2005	SC Magdeburg Gladiators
2005-2007	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
2007-2008	TUSEM food
2008-2010	ASV Hamm
2010-2011	HSG Ahlen-Hamm II
2011-2013	ASV Hamm-Westphalia
As of July 31, 2013

Torsten Friedrich (born January 25, 1971 in Frankleben ) is a former German handball goalkeeper .

Torsten Friedrich began playing handball in his home community at BSG Stahl Frankleben . Soon he was delegated to Dynamo Halle-Neustadt, finally he came to the A-youth of Dynamo Berlin, where he played with Stefan Kretzschmar among others . After the fall of the Wall , he went to the West German second division club VfL Eintracht Hagen in 1990 .

After seven and a half years he moved to TSG Herdecke , where he met coach Jens Pfänder . It was also Pfänder who took Friedrich with him to the first division club SG Solingen after Herdeck's bankruptcy in 2001 . Despite 23 points earned, Solingen rose in the 2001/02 season, whereupon Pfänder went to TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke . Friedrich switched to the SC Magdeburg Gladiators - back to his homeland. Here he also won his only title: the European Club Championship in 2002. Although he was usually only second choice behind Johannes Bitter , Torsten Friedrich became a crowd favorite.

In 2005, Friedrich's expiring contract in Magdeburg was not extended, whereupon his old trainer Jens Pfänder brought him to TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke . In the 2006/07 season Nettelstedt was permanently in the relegation region, coach Pfänder had to leave, Nettelstedt prevented relegation only in the relegation against TSV Bayer Dormagen . Thereupon Friedrich Nettelstedt-Lübbecke left and joined the promoted TUSEM Essen , where he was initially trained again by Jens Pfänder, but was again in danger of relegation and only held the class under the new coach Krzysztof Szargiej . In 2008 Friedrich moved to the second division for ASV Hamm . After the merger of ASV Hamm and Ahlener SG , Friedrich took on a number of tasks at the HSG Ahlen-Hamm that resulted from it and played for their second team, the HSG Youngsters. After relegation and the dissolution of the syndicate, he plays again for ASV Hamm-Westphalia. For the 2013/14 season, Friedrich ended his career and became assistant coach at ASV Hamm-Westfalen.

He is also the coach of the U17 youth team, which plays in the major leagues.

Web links

• Torsten Friedrich in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Data from Torsten Friedrich on the ASV Hamm-Westfalen website ( Memento from January 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )