Jump to content

Christian Zeitz

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Christian Zeitz
Image
Zeitz playing for Veszprém in 2014.
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1980-10-18) 18 October 1980 (age 46)
Heidelberg, West Germany
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
SportHandball
PositionRight back
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1986–2002TSV Östringen
2002–2003SG Kronau-Östringen
2002–2003SG Wallau-Massenheim
2003–2014THW Kiel
2014–2016MVM Veszprém
2016–2018THW Kiel
2018–2020SG Nußloch
2020TVB 1898 Stuttgart
2020–2022GWD Minden
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2008 Germany 166 (458)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2004 AthensTeam competition
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2007 GermanyTeam competition
Silver medal – second place2003 PortugalTeam competition
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2004 SloveniaTeam competition
Silver medal – second place2002 SwedenTeam competition

Christian Zeitz (born 18 November 1980 in Heidelberg)[1] is a former German handball player.

Zeitz received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team.[2] He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004.

He was known for an unconventional playing style, often called 'street handball'.[3]

Career

[edit]

Zeitz began playing handball aged 6 with his two older brothers.[4] At 18 he became a part of the first team at TSV Östringen in the 2. Bundesliga. When the tem fused with TSG Kronau to SG Kronau-Östringen, he followed. With the club he was promoted to the 1st Bundesliga.

He then joined THW Kiel, where he won the German Championship 9 times, the DHB-Pokal 6 times and the EHF Champions League 3 times.[5]

He then joined Hungarian MKB-MVM Veszprém.[6] Here he won the Hungarian double two teams and the Hungarian Super Cup three times.

From the 2016-17 season he returned to THW Kiel,[7] where he once again won the DHB-Pokal. On 16 February 2018 he was suspended from the club due to disagreements on the exact lengths of his contract.[8] In court the parts agreed to terminate the contract at the end of the season.[9] The club also had to pay Zeitz 75.000 euroes. Afterwards the club faced criticism from its fans, when they removed his portrait from the club history gallery.[10][11]

At the end of the affair he joined SG Nußloch in the 3. Liga.[12] In February 2020 after the bankruptcy of SG Nußloch, he returned to the Bundesliga to join TVB 1898 Stuttgart for the rest of the season.[13] The following season he joined GWD Minden.[14] In November 2022 he announced his retirement.[15]

Titles

[edit]

Club

[edit]

With THW Kiel

With KC Veszprém

National team

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christian Zeitz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
  3. ↑ Erik Eggers (25 January 2006). "Nationalspieler Zeitz: Der Handball-Extremist" (in German). Der Spiegel.
  4. ↑ "TSV BADEN Östringen e. V. - Vereinsgeschichte" (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "THW Kiel: Christian Zeitz" (in German). THW Kiel. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Zeitz to join Veszprém in 2014". history.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Transfercoup: Zeitz zurück zu den "Zebras"" (in German). NDR. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "THW mit Details zur Suspendierung: Zeitz bezweifelt Befristung der Vertragslaufzeit an" (in German). handball-world.news. 17 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "THW Kiel einigt sich mit Zeitz" (in German). sport1.de. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Der Hammer wird abgehängt" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  11. ↑ "Ausführliche Stellungnahme: Christian Zeitz über die "vertraglichen Differenzen" mit dem THW Kiel" (in German). Handball-World.
  12. ↑ "Wechsel von Christian Zeitz in 3. Liga bestätigt" (in German). handball-world.news. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  13. ↑ "Transferhammer: TVB Stuttgart holt Christian Zeitz zurück in die Handball Bundesliga" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  14. ↑ "Transfercoup: GWD Minden verpflichtet Christian Zeitz" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  15. ↑ Christopher Monz (7 November 2022). ""Als Egoist hätte ich es sicher nicht soweit gebracht" - Christian Zeitz über sein Karriereende" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian_Zeitz&oldid=1381097000"