Lars Kaufmann

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Lars Kaufmann
File:Lars Kaufmann 01.jpg
Kaufmann in 2007
Personal information
Born February 25, 1982 (1982-02-25) (age 44)
Görlitz, East Germany
Nationality German
Height 199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left back
Senior clubs
Years Team
–1999
SV Koweg Görlitz
1999-2005
1. SV Concordia Delitzsch
2005-2007
HSG Wetzlar
2007-2009
TBV Lemgo
2009-2011
Frisch Auf Göppingen
2011-2015
SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2015-2017
Frisch Auf Göppingen
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003-2017
Germany 132 (322)
Medal record
Representing File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
World Men's Handball Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Germany Team Competition

Lars Kaufmann (born February 25, 1982) is a German former team handball player. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship.[1]

Career

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Kaufmann started playing handball at SV Koweg Görlitz, and joined 1. SV Concordia Delitzsch. Here he was the top scorer in the 2nd Bundesliga in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons.

In 2005 he joined HSG Wetzlar, where he played until 2007. He then joined TBV Lemgo. In 2009 he joined Frisch Auf Göppingen, where he won the 2010–11 EHF Cup. Afterwards he joined SG Flensburg-Handewitt, where he won the 2012 EHF Cup Winners' Cup. Due to knee injuries he missed the entire 2013-14 season.[2] In his absence Flensburg-Handewitt won the EHF Champions League. In 2015 he won the DHB-Pokal.

In 2015 he returned to Frisch Auf Göppingen.[3] Here he won the 2016 and 2017 EHF European League. After the 2016-17 season he retired.[4]

National team

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Kaufmann made his debut for the German national team in 4 January 2003 against Hungary. In 2007 he won the World Championship, for which he was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Germany" Archived 2008-02-05 at the Wayback MachineEuropean Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on February 6, 2008)
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