Volker Zerbe
Volker Zerbe as sports coordinator for Füchse Berlin |
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| Player information | |
|---|---|
| birthday | 30th June 1968 (age 52) |
| place of birth | Lemgo , Germany |
| citizenship |
 German
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| height | 2.11 m |
| Playing position | Back right |
| Throwing hand | Left |
| Club information | |
| society | Foxes Berlin II |
| Clubs in the youth | |
| from ... to | society |
| -1984 |
 TV Lemgo
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| 1984-1986 |
TBV Lemgo
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| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1986-2006 |
TBV Lemgo
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| 2013– |
Foxes Berlin II
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| National team | |
| Debut on | May 30, 1987 |
| against |
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| Games (goals) | |
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Germany
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284 (777) |
| Clubs as coaches | |
| from ... to | society |
| 2007-2007 |
TBV Lemgo
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As of November 27, 2013 |
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Volker Zerbe (born June 30, 1968 in Lemgo ) is a former German handball player. He played in the right back space and as a central cover player.
biography
Volker Zerbe attended Engelbert-Kaempfer-Gymnasium in Lemgo, where he also graduated from high school.
The left-hander played for TV Lemgo until 1984 and then switched to the youth team at TBV Lemgo , where he played in the handball Bundesliga from 1986 to 2006 throughout his professional career . Since 1996 he has been the captain of the team. He was considered one of the world's best defenders. In 1977 he scored goals in 586 games in the first Bundesliga, 3 of them seven meters. This makes him the field player with the second most Bundesliga appearances, the seventh best goalscorer in Bundesliga history and the third best field goalscorer. With a total of 1018 penalty minutes, he holds the Bundesliga record.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he won the silver medal with the team and was awarded the silver laurel leaf on March 16, 2005 - also with the team.
For the national team, Zerbe threw 777 goals in 284 appearances.
On June 4, 2006, he ended his career as an active handball player with a farewell game. Zerbes shirt number 11 was only given to Holger Glandorf again at TBV Lemgo in February 2009 . In addition, the Heldmanskamphalle in Lemgo was renamed "Volker-Zerbe-Halle".
Even after the end of his active career, Volker Zerbe stayed in handball in various positions. He was appointed World Cup ambassador for the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region and has been managing director and sporting director at TBV Lemgo since the 2006/07 season. In addition, after Volker Mudrow's dismissal in January 2007, he took over the position of interim trainer at TBV Lemgo , which he also held as head coach in the 2007/08 season after Peter Meisinger's dismissal at the end of October 2007 until the end of the year. On January 1, 2008, he was able to sign his former club and national team colleague Markus Baur as a coach. In 2012 his contract with TBV Lemgo was terminated. Zerbe has been sports coordinator at Füchsen Berlin since July 2013 . Since November 2013 he has been playing for the second team at Füchse Berlin. His nephew Lukas Zerbe is also a handball player and plays for TBV Lemgo-Lippe .
successes
- German champion 1997 and 2003
- German cup winner 1995, 1997 and 2002
- European Cup Winner 1996
- Vice European Champion 2002
- 5th place at the 2000 Olympic Games
- Vice world champion 2003
- European champion 2004
- Appointment to the Allstar-Team of the European Championship 2004.
- Silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games
- EHF Cup winner 2006
Individual evidence
- ↑ DHB database: Volker Zerbe ( Memento from December 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Handball in the north, publisher: Flensborg Avis AG, edition: August 30, 2007
- ↑ Press release of the Federal President's Office of March 16, 2005 ... Awarding of the Silver Laurel Leaf to the medal winners of the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games ...
- ↑ Lemgo takes action against handball idol , Frankfurter Rundschau from September 14, 2012, accessed on February 3, 2013
- ↑ A bang in Berlin: Volker Zerbe strengthens the foxes , handball-world.com from July 10, 2013, accessed on July 10, 2013
- ↑ Volker Zerbe among the Foxes ' goal scorers , handball-world.com of November 27, 2013, accessed on November 27, 2013
Web links
- Volker Zerbe in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- Volker Zerbe in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Detailed interview with Zerbe ( Memento from April 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Zerbe, Volker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lemgo |